What Do We Mean by I'm OK, You're OK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20178122 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Porter (0000-0003-3548-2460, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 116-117 |
| Publication date | 1981-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036215378101100203 |
| OpenAlex | W2576799339 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
“I'm OK, you're OK‘ is implicitly fundamental in the theory, practice, and teaching of Transactional Analysis, yet the meaning of the phrase has not been specified in the literature. The author suggests that the phrase is more significant than being simply one of four possible combinations of the concepts “I,” “you,” “OK,” and “not-OK,” and commends the possibility of an experiential, rather than conceptual, base of the unqualified connectedness and preciousness of all life. As a philosophical statement, the author suggests that “I'm OK, you're OK” be understood to mean “Every human being, without exception, is valuable, important, and to be taken fully into account.” Additional informationNotes on contributorsNancy PorterNancy Porter, B.Arch., PhD., Clinical Teaching Member and former Vice President, ITAA. Director of Training, TAO, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; soon to be in San Diego
Epistemology · Linguistics · Phrase · Psychoanalysis · Social connectedness · Sociology · Transactional analysis · Transactional leadership · History, Medicine, and Leadership · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |