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Daniels, Susan – Roeper Review, 1998
Discussion of the creative self considers ideas of the described, not defined, self; the differentiated self; intensity, transformation, and development of the creative self; complexity of the creative self; the dialectical self; dialectical personality traits or bipolar mood disorder; and the inventive self. (DB)
Descriptors: Creativity, Individual Development, Individual Psychology, Mental Disorders
de Jone-Gierveld, Jenny – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1978
This study reports the initial results of an attempt at introducing and validating the theoretical construct of loneliness. The conception of loneliness included four components: intensity and types of missing relationships; rationalizations and defenses of feelings of deprivation; time-perspective; and perception of personal abilities to change…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Response, Individual Psychology
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Neihart, Maureen – Roeper Review, 1998
Identifies fundamental principles of psychology to explain how the self begins and develops over the life span. The influences that contribute to the creation of false and true selves in gifted children are discussed and strategies for promoting the true self of gifted children are offered. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Gifted, Individual Development, Individual Psychology
Kiley, Dan – Law in American Society, 1974
This article describes some of the "games" or roles delinquents play in order to achieve excitement and happiness within their lives. (JH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Identification (Psychology)
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Kaufman, Gershen – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974
Shame becomes inevitably bound up with the process of identity formation. The experience of shame is a fundamental sense of being defective as a person, accompanied by fear of exposure and self-protective rage. The shame-inducing process involves one significant person breaking the interpersonal bridge with another. (Author)
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Individual Development, Individual Psychology, Interpersonal Relationship
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Dweck, Carol S.; Leggett, Ellen L. – Psychological Review, 1988
A research-based model is presented that accounts for major patterns of adaptive and maladaptive behavior in terms of underlying psychological processes. It is postulated that as individuals' self-attributes are translated into allied goals, these goals generate corresponding behavior patterns. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Goal Orientation
Foster, Thomas V. – 1979
The poor self-image of many collegiate high achievers is due to the development of an obsessive-compulsive personality. Typical of this psychological maladjustment is the concept that external achievements are directly related to internal personal worth in a linear and absolute fashion. Characteristic symptoms include physical as well as emotional…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Clinics, College Students, Competition
Hillman, Aaron W. – 1975
The document presents a course outline and teacher material for a nine-week high school psychology course. The objective is to introduce students to the psychology of human personality and adjustment and to encourage them to apply what is learned to their own lives. The major thesis is that students must understand themselves in order to…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Individual Psychology, Learning Activities
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Maxwell, Elizabeth – Roeper Review, 1998
Looks at early traits of self-efficacy in young gifted children in terms of a self that is aware and actively evaluative and seeks its own actualization. Three areas of expression of self-efficacy are depicted: the intellectual, the emotional, and the volitional. Parenting issues with regard to early self-efficacy are explored. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Creative Expression, Gifted