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- Existential humanistic therapy, also known as existential therapy or humanistic-existential therapy, is a psychotherapeutic style focusing on exploring and understanding the individual’s unique experience of existence, meaning-making, and personal growth. Existential humanistic therapy is rooted in the philosophies of existentialism and humanism.
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May 16, 2014 · The existential-humanistic theory of personality change can be tested using a measure of psychological well-being (PWB). Waterman ( 1984, 1993) defines PWB as concerned with the feelings associated with an individual’s strive to grow and fully develop oneself amid life challenges.
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existential-humanistic theory, which focuses on goal-striving for meaning and fulfillment. This meaning-centered approach to personality incorporates both negative and positive existential givens and addresses four main themes: (a) Human nature and human condition,
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- 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 · Gregg Henriques Ph.D. Theory of Knowledge. Psychology. A Humanistic-Existential Reset for Psychology. We need to ground psychology in a humanistic existential perspective. Posted December...
Apr 1, 2014 · An Existential-Humanistic View of Personality Change: Co-Occurring Changes with Psychological Well-Being in a 10 Year Cohort Study. April 2014. Social Indicators Research 121...
Anna Sutton. Psychology. Journal of Individual Differences. 2023. Abstract: Change in personality is viewed in two contrasting ways. Sometimes it is seen as an indicator of psychopathology or inauthenticity, associated with reduced well-being. Yet the ability to… Expand. PDF.
Jan 1, 2009 · Thus, an existential-humanistic and transpersonally oriented depth psychology presents the larger discipline of psychology with an expanded definition of personality, a wider definition of consciousness, a more complete spectrum of methods for scientific inquiry, and an epistemology allowing psychology to dialogue with non-Western models of ...
