1st Edition
The Optimal Personality An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis
By Richard W. Coan
Copyright 1974
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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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, Professor Richard Coan here describes a method of analysing this domain, and examines the important theoretical implications of his findings. He developed instruments to measure various... Read more
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.
Biography
Richard W. Coan
