The Optimal Personality: An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780367110048 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 250 str.

Richard W. Coan

Opis

The terms mental health, maturity, personality integration, self-actualization have been used by psychologists to represent the realm of the ideal or optimal personality. Originally published in 1974, the author here describes a method of analysing this domain, and examines the important theoretical implications of his findings.

Spis treści

Preface.  1. Approaches to Psychological Theory  2. Concepts of the Optimal Personality  3. Research Strategy for the Study of the Optimal Personality  4. Development of a Research  5. The Scope of Awareness  6. The Experience of Control  7. Additional Questionnaire Instruments  8. Other Measures Included in the Research Battery  9. An Analysis of the Battery as a Whole  10. Masculine and Feminine Modes of Functioning  11. Toward a General Theory of the Optimal Personality.  References.  Index.

O autorze

Richard W. Coan