Adlerian (Individual) Psychology: hesitating attitude
Hesitation is a sign of a lack of courage to do
what is required in the situation. It
may show itself in a variety of ways:
in laziness ("Laziness indicates the hesitating attitude. We can deduce from it that the child no
longer believes that he can advance" [p. 391].); in misbehavior
("There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the
useless side: the fear of a defeat on
the useful side" [p. 157].); in depression ("Individual Psychology
sees in this type the pronouncedly hesitating individual who does not have the
confidence to overcome difficulties and to advance, but who initiates his
further steps with the greatest caution and who prefers to stand still or to
turn back rather that to take any risk" [p. 170].)*
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Adler, Alfred Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler - A Systematic Presentation in Selections from His Writings Paperback 1989
*Excerpted with permission from Griffith, Jane & Powers, Robert L. An Adlerian Lexicon - Fifty-Nine Terms Associated With the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler Paperback, 1984