According to the principles of which Bowenian construct, simply teaching a mother better techniques for disciplining her son will fail, because the intervention ignores the problem that she is overinvolved with the boy as a result of her husband's emotional distance.

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Triangles refer to a Bowenian construct where a two-person relationship becomes unstable and a third person is drawn in to stabilize it. In this scenario, the mother's overinvolvement with her son due to the husband's emotional distance forms a triangle, and addressing only the discipline techniques ignores this underlying dynamic.

According to the Principles of Which Bowenian Construct, Simply Teaching