The disorganized pattern is often the product of trauma or extreme inconsistency in one's childhood and is characterized by vacillation between an avoidant and an ambivalent state. (thespruce.com)
Persistence on these time scales is found in patterns of variability that characterize meridional vacillations of the extratropical jet. (gfdl.noaa.gov)
While elections introduce some potential instability when leaders and priorities change in a system, perhaps we can also mitigate the effects of political vacillations in education if we make stability an issue; school boards should empower those who work in the schools, trusting education professionals in administration and in classrooms to formulate and execute long - term plans for quality teaching and learning. (nbpts.org)