Michael A Rigdon
Biographic Data
| ID | 5862947 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael A Rigdon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael A |
| FAMILY NAME | Rigdon |
| SIGNATURE | RIGDON M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Theoretical Orientation and Therapists' View of the Healthy Client
An investigation of 48 therapists, who were classified as either experiential or analytical in their theoretical orientation, revealed that the two therapist groups were different in the way they described a healthy client using the California &sort. As predicted, experiential therapists scored significantly higher on expressive items than did the analytical therapists, but no difference was found for coping items. Coping items were highly valued…
Reduction in death threat as a basis for optimal functioning
Personal construct psychology and existential philosophy suggest that a positive resolution of the issue of personal mortality enables a person to live a more intense, meaningful life. The present study tested this hypothesis by inviting participation in selected death education experiences designed to produce more positive death orientation and higher levels of psychological functioning. Participants in the study were 96 undergraduate psychology…
Re-Clarifying the Measurement of Death Attitudes
An alternative analysis of data reported by Durlak and Kass [1] indicates that, contrary to their conclusion, four of the fifteen death-attitude scales in their study are not complex, but can be considered, to a large extent, measures of a general response to death
A test of the golden section hypothesis with elicted constructs
Reduction in death threat as a basis for optimal functioning
Personal construct psychology and existential philosophy suggest that a positive resolution of the issue of personal mortality enables a person to live a more intense, meaningful life. The present study tested this hypothesis by inviting participation in selected death education experiences designed to produce more positive death orientation and higher levels of psychological functioning. Participants in the study were 96 undergraduate psychology…
Re-Clarifying the Measurement of Death Attitudes
An alternative analysis of data reported by Durlak and Kass [1] indicates that, contrary to their conclusion, four of the fifteen death-attitude scales in their study are not complex, but can be considered, to a large extent, measures of a general response to death
A test of the golden section hypothesis with elicted constructs
Reduction in death threat as a basis for optimal functioning
Personal construct psychology and existential philosophy suggest that a positive resolution of the issue of personal mortality enables a person to live a more intense, meaningful life. The present study tested this hypothesis by inviting participation in selected death education experiences designed to produce more positive death orientation and higher levels of psychological functioning. Participants in the study were 96 undergraduate psychology…
Theoretical Orientation and Therapists' View of the Healthy Client
An investigation of 48 therapists, who were classified as either experiential or analytical in their theoretical orientation, revealed that the two therapist groups were different in the way they described a healthy client using the California &sort. As predicted, experiential therapists scored significantly higher on expressive items than did the analytical therapists, but no difference was found for coping items. Coping items were highly valued…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Orientation (vector space (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications (1 works)