Sentence examples for Confrontational approaches from inspiring English sources

"Confrontational approaches in general, though once the norm even in many behavioral treatment settings, have not been found effective and may backfire by heightening resistance and diminishing self-esteem on the part of the targeted individual," the report says.

The six-party talks have shown that more confrontational approaches are ineffectual at best, and at times threaten to increase tension between the parties.

"Motivational interviewing" and other less confrontational approaches involve asking an addict to join family members, who may attend lengthy counseling before and after the encounter with the addict.

Two months after waterboarding had ended, one of the interrogators reported that Mr. Mohammed responded to "creature comforts and sense of importance" and not to "confrontational" approaches.

Throughout his presidency, and particularly after Republican electoral success in 2010, Obama has prioritized the transfer of "cleared" detainees, avoiding more sweeping and confrontational approaches such as shuttering the facility wholesale or ending the military tribunals that have dragged on for years without reaching the trial phase.

It is unclear whether Mr. Romney's hawkish Vietnam stance in 1966, when he was 18 years old and first exposed to the larger world, presaged his hawkish foreign policy stance as a presidential candidate in 2012, in which he has promised more confrontational approaches toward China, Iran and Russia than those adopted by President Obama.

Others have taken a more confrontational approach.

"Such interactions must replace a confrontational approach".

The campaign's confrontational approach has ruffled some feathers.

Some had feared he might take a more confrontational approach.

Still, many environmentalists prefer a more confrontational approach.