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Peer reviewedMaslow, Abraham H. – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1991
Presents previously unpublished paper written by Abraham Maslow, written in November 1966, in which Maslow confronts the issue why so few people are truly self-actualizing. Discusses the Jonah Complex, the willful evasion of personal capacity for growth and accomplishment in life. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Individual Development, Self Actualization
Peer reviewedGoud, Nelson – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1994
Presents the Jonah Complex as a retreat from an opportunity to realize one's fundamental values and capacities. Discusses the key features of the Jonah Complex, provides examples of the primary fears, and offers guidelines for resolving the Jonah Complex. Introduces Maslow's growth-safety model as model for understanding and countering Jonah…
Descriptors: Fear, Individual Development, Prevention, Self Actualization
Peer reviewedShapiro, Stewart B. – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1987
Expanded a previous factorial study of the writings of 40 humanistic educators by including 89 educators. Revealed two new factors--self-determined evaluation and a spiritual-transpersonal factor--as important principles of humanistic education. Confirmed the original factors, a general humanistic instructional paradigm, democratically induced…
Descriptors: Authors, Factor Analysis, Humanistic Education, Individual Development
