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- Existential psychology developed in an attempt to understand how people cope with the realities of existence. This includes how individuals think about themselves (e.g., self-awareness), how they relate to others, how they create a meaningful and satisfying life, and how they manage anxieties associated with the inevitability of death.
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Nov 6, 2017 · Despite different emphases, existential perspectives see the human essence as characterized by three qualities: (1) the uniqueness of the human species and the individual; (2) the indissolubility of the person and the situation; and (3) the ubiquity of freedom and threat in human experience.
Nov 17, 2023 · Kirk J. Schneider Ph.D. Awakening to Awe. Psychoanalysis in Existential Terms: It's Ever-Evolving. More on the lasting legacy of Otto Rank. Updated November 17, 2023 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma. Key...
As a method for embracing both nomothetic and idiographic dimensions of human experience, existential phenomenological research (EPR) draws on both the “pure” phenomenology of Edmund Husserl and the “existential” phenomenological work of Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Oct 25, 2018 · For example, Otto Rank was one of the first theorists to propose an existential perspective to understand human behavior by arguing for the existence of both life and death fears in human development and in persons’ relations with others (see Rank 1936, cited under Close Relationships ).
- Self-Esteem
- Humility
- Neuroticism
- Perfectionism
- Self-Control
- Need For Closure
- Attachment Style
Self-esteem plays a central role in TMT. According to this model, self-esteem serves to protect the individual from the anxiety-provoking existential concerns at the heart of human existence (Greenberg et al. 1986). That is, self-esteem shields people from the terror induced by the awareness of our own inevitable death and decay. The aspirations, c...
Although much research suggests that self-esteem is a crucial resource in coping with existential threats and reminders of the fragility of life, some studies have highlighted the problems with such a self-centered defense mechanism. Behaviors linked to self-esteem that may result from death priming have included reduced prosocial behavior, heighte...
The personality dimension of neuroticism has been of particular interest to existential research. Neuroticism is characterized by a predisposition to feelings such as fear, anxiety, depression, and moodiness (Barlow et al. 2014). Given this tendency towards negative emotions, it is not surprising that existential concerns may be especially potent t...
Numerous studies have linked neuroticism to perfectionism. In fact, perfectionism has become known as a transdiagnostic construct that may partially mediate a range of neurotic conditions including obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and the eating disorders (see further, Shafran et al. 2010). Indeed, an overlap between Beck...
Self-control, defined as the ability to suppress one’s emotions, impulses, and personally desirable behaviors, also appears to be a key tool for managing anxiety about mortality. The personality domains of conscientiousness and agreeableness both have been shown to be conceptually linked to self-control (Ahadi and Rothbart 1994; Rothbart et al. 200...
Need for closure is another personality variable that has been the subject of existential research. Need for closure has been conceptualized as a stable dimension of individual differences involving a desire for quick and definite knowledge and a reluctance to accept new information which may undermine this (Kruglanski and Webster 1996). In additio...
Individual differences in attachment style have been shown to influence the effects of reminders of death. The attachment system is an important inner resource in the face of stress, leading people to seek proximity with others who can minimize distress, such as a parent or partner. Attachment styles represent enduring patterns of relational behavi...
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Dec 18, 2020 · I also believe that Humanistic Psychology’s role today is commensurate with the existential-phenomenological- spiritual tradition of successors to William James (see Mendelowitz and Kim, 2010 ...
Nov 1, 2023 · Daseinsanalysts lend many techniques from psychoanalysis, such as free association and dream analysis. Meaning-centred therapies are the most frequently practiced form of existential therapy, particularly in work with patients with a chronic or life-threatening illness (see for overviews: Vos, 2016, Vos, 2018).
