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"Role Strain and Role Conflict Are the Same"

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The two are distinguished by where the tension sits: strain arises inside one role's own demands, conflict arises between two separate roles.

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A doctor rushed between patients feels strain; a doctor called in on a child's birthday faces conflict.

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The distinction matters because the remedies differ entirely.