English Dictionary

elective mutism

名詞

古風 活用形 不可算名詞

(clinical psychology, psychiatry) Dated form of selective mutism (“A severe anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak in some social settings”). In the past, some clinicians erroneously believed that individuals with elective mutism chose to remain silent in some social situations as an act of defiance. Contrary to what was once believed, the inability to speak (mutism) is involuntary, thus the potentially misleading term elective mutism has largely been supplanted by selective mutism.

日本語の意味

臨床心理学および精神医学の文脈で、かつて用いられた用語であり、選択性緘黙（selective mutism）の旧用語として、社交的な場面で全く話せなくなる重度の不安障害を指す。ただし、かつて一部の医師によって、故意に沈黙を選んでいると誤解されていたが、実際には無意識かつ不随意な症状である点が強調される

For years the diagnosis of elective mutism led some practitioners to assume the child chose silence, but research now shows the condition is involuntary and is better termed selective mutism.

長年、かつての診断名は子どもが沈黙を自ら選んだと考えられる原因になりましたが、研究によりその状態は自発的ではないことが示され、現在は選択性緘黙という用語がより適切だとされています。

意味（1）

(clinical psychology, psychiatry) Dated form of selective mutism (“A severe anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak in some social settings”). In the past, some clinicians erroneously believed that individuals with elective mutism chose to remain silent in some social situations as an act of defiance. Contrary to what was once believed, the inability to speak (mutism) is involuntary, thus the potentially misleading term elective mutism has largely been supplanted by selective mutism.