The Application of
Yin and Yang Perspective in Ellis' ABCDE Model Toward Self-Counseling as Intrapersonal Communication
In this paper "self-perceived image" is treated as the yang force and "other-perceived image" as the yin force, and the paradox between
yin and yang of CI's ICI is a unified whole.
It divides the world into two forces -
Yin and Yang. Yin is dark, cold, negative, passive and feminine; yang is light, active, warm, positive and male.
Mao (2009) posits, "Just as
yin and yang co-exist with each other, alternating between two poles in relation to their shifting social and cultural circumstances," the pairs of opposites "are capable of creating their own moments of balance and of contributing in the process to a new set of relationships and understandings" (p.
Presupposing that the "complementary bipolarity" and "multiplicity periodicity" (usually in the form of five-term alternation) of
Yin and Yang are the archetypal patterns of traditional Chinese narratives (not limited to myth) (p.
As depicted by Kaiser and Overfield (2010), "everything has both
yin and yang components that are in constant interaction, never resting in a static state of balance but rather constantly adjusting to find harmony in a fluid and dynamic equilibrium" (p.
For tao and chi, to Cheng Yi ([phrase omitted]): "The tao entails one yin and one yang" and "
yin and yang are chi, tangible ([phrase omitted])." Then, Zhu Xi inherited this Cheng Yi's idea of chi (Zhang et al., 1989: pp.
To use Deleuze's language, when elan vital as the virtual whole differentiates into
yin and yang, "each side of the division...
terms of the
yin and yang perspectives in chi (qi, ki [phrase omitted])
In order to effectively address the ongoing debate between dual- or single- process models of information processing in persuasion research, thus, the present study suggests that a Yin-Yang paradigm fully exploring the dialectical relationship between
yin and yang would provide insights into this debate because of its "novel system or frame of thinking" (Li, 2016, p.
The
yin and yang strike a contrast- a perception interplay, which generates chi (for the superior).