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Distinguish environmental regulation (changing surroundings
Distinguish environmental regulation (changing surroundings to reset and return) from avoidance (leaving permanently to escape), where the test is whether environmental change becomes the endpoint or a reset mechanism.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle derives from Experiential avoidance (attempting to alter the form, (experiential avoidance as transdiagnostic risk factor). It prescribes a functional criterion for distinguishing adaptive situation modification from maladaptive avoidance.