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Feeling misunderstood: a concept analysis.

TOPIC
Feeling misunderstood.


PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to analyze the concept of feeling misunderstood to explicate the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of this phenomenon.


SOURCE
A comprehensive review of literature, from 1957 to 2005, was completed with the keywords feeling misunderstood to guide the search.


CONCLUSIONS
Three defining attributes of feeling misunderstood were identified: (a) disquietude; (b) discordant perceptions; and (c) heightened cognizance of emotions. Antecedents, including presence of an issue, communication barrier, and unexpected response from receiver, are explicated, along with the consequences, or transformations in behavior.