In spite of the proliferation of clinical and empirical work in the psychology of death and dying over the last two decades, this literature still lacks a unifying psychological theory that could help integrate disparate observations....
moreIn spite of the proliferation of clinical and empirical work in the psychology of death and dying over the last two decades, this literature still lacks a unifying psychological theory that could help integrate disparate observations. George Kelly's theory of personal constructs is well situated to provide this much-needed conceptual grounding. The paper sketches the methodological and substantive contributions that
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Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 18:5363, 2005 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Inc. ISSN: 1072-0537 print / 1521-0650 online DOI: 10.1080/10720530590523071 ... SELF-OBLITERATION, SELF-DEFINITION, SELF-INTEGRATION: CLAIMING A ...
Conducted two 8-week behavioral self-control weight reduction groups to investigate the relationship between locus of control and success at weight reduction (N = 49 female Ss). Mean weight losses were significant at post-treatment and...
moreConducted two 8-week behavioral self-control weight reduction groups to investigate the relationship between locus of control and success at weight reduction (N = 49 female Ss). Mean weight losses were significant at post-treatment and after a 3-month and 18-month follow-up. There was no significant difference in weight loss between internals and externals at post-treatment, but internals maintained a significantly greater weight loss than externals at the follow-ups. These results are discussed with regard to self-control behavior.
The heterosexual-homosexual distinction as a construction inhibits appreciation of the diversity of sexual experience by encouraging use of static labels to classify people's continually evolving sexual histories. Distinguishing sexual...
moreThe heterosexual-homosexual distinction as a construction inhibits appreciation of the diversity of sexual experience by encouraging use of static labels to classify people's continually evolving sexual histories. Distinguishing sexual preference may expedite comprehension of sexual acts, but is counterproductive when considering whole persons. The authors question the need for biological explanations of homosexuality and propose that "coming out" as homosexual is a personal choice to be celebrated, not a biological abnormality. They perceive sexuality as merely 1 aspect of personhood. When people instead see self-proclaimed homosexuals as homosexuals and only homosexuals, sexual behavior overshadows other salient individual characteristics and sexual desire becomes inseparable from personality style.
In order to provide an overview and evaluation of the ways in which constructs might be elicited, a number of procedures are reviewed including: the original triad procedure, dyadic and monadic procedures, ordinal elicitation procedures,...
moreIn order to provide an overview and evaluation of the ways in which constructs might be elicited, a number of procedures are reviewed including: the original triad procedure, dyadic and monadic procedures, ordinal elicitation procedures, and self-characterization procedures. In addition, two recently developed procedures are presented: 1) a focusing elicitation procedure using a modification of Gendlin's focusing technique which allows it to be applied to the triadic elicitation procedure, 2) a storytelling elicitation procedure that uses an original board game to aid a small group of participants in examining their personal and interpersonal constructions. In conclusion, some of the ways that these elicitation procedures have been compared and evaluated are reviewed.
Page 1. Reflections on Becoming a Humanistic Psychologist Editor's Note: At the April 1994 meeting of the executive board of the Division of Humanistic Psychology, one of our agenda items was the clarification of the...
morePage 1. Reflections on Becoming a Humanistic Psychologist Editor's Note: At the April 1994 meeting of the executive board of the Division of Humanistic Psychology, one of our agenda items was the clarification of the mission and goals of humanistic psychology. ...
Several of the foregoing papers have used versions of the Threat Index (1) as a means of exploring the personal meanings that individuals attribute to their own mortality. For the convenience of the interested clinician and researcher,...
moreSeveral of the foregoing papers have used versions of the Threat Index (1) as a means of exploring the personal meanings that individuals attribute to their own mortality. For the convenience of the interested clinician and researcher, the procedures for administering and scoring the most commonly used forms of the instrument are presented here. A detailed review of studies examining
