Humanistic and Positive Psychologies
The Continuing Narrative After Two Decades
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6436098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene M Derobertis (0000-0003-1657-4394, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ, USA, corresponding author), Andrew M Bland (0000-0003-2156-3470, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 936-968 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00221678211008353 |
| OpenAlex | W3153160391 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 118 |
Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi launched the “positive” psychology movement with a conspicuously negative strategy: the seemingly deliberate character assassination of humanistic psychology. Their critical remarks, not at all original, appeared designed to distance positive psychology from humanistic psychology and (ironically) to paint a portrait of positive psychology as being more original than it really was. Seligman has since apologized for disparaging humanistic psychology, and this article assesses both the content of that apology and its value in the ongoing discussion concerning the relationship between humanistic and positive psychologies. The apology was found to be superficial and laced with more extensive explicit and implicit negative assessments of humanistic psychology. These assessments were found to range from theoretically biased partial truths to completely unfounded claims, all unworthy of scientific discourse and in need of fact checking. The unabated dissemination of these arguably damning and unsubstantiated views is framed in terms of van Kaam’s observations concerning the collectivist leanings of postindustrial psychological science, which fly in the face of the humanistic revolution
Epistemology · Humanism · Humanistic psychology · Positive psychology · Value (mathematics · Ego Development and Educational Practices · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Philosophy · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
Wisdom partially mediates the relationship between spirituality and eudaimonic well-being
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Humanism
I-It Versus I-Thou Science and Society
Positive Psychology Applied to the Workplace
A 15-Year Progress Report on the Presence of Humanistic/Existential Psychology Principles in Mental Health Outcome Measurement
The Tyranny of Metrics
Psychological Well-Being Revisited
Positive Psychology
The anatomy of human destructiveness
Cruel Optimism
From Personal Threat to Cross-Cultural Learning
The Deleterious Personal and Societal Effects of the “Audit Culture” and a Domesticated Academy
Positive Psychology and the legitimation of individualism
The negative shadow cast by positive psychology
On framing the future of humanistic psychology
Introduction to our special issue on positive psychology
Needs and values
Winnicott, Kohut, and the developmental context of well-being
An existential-humanistic-positive theory of human motivation
Humanistic and positive psychology
The phenomenology of happiness
Tapping the humanistic potential of self-determination theory
Lifespan human development and “the humanistic perspective”
The psychology of self-esteem
Awe
The evolving ethic of authenticity
Meaning-centered approach to research and therapy, second wave positive psychology, and the future of humanistic psychology
Humanistic psychology and introductory textbooks
The Promise of Happiness
Positive psychology
The Consumer Reports study of psychotherapy
Toward a science of the heart
Psychospiritual Basis of Altruism
Positive Psychology and Humanistic Psychology
Five ways of doing qualitative analysis
Dominance, Self Esteem, Self-Actualization
The Broken Image (Man, Science and Society)
The Humanistic Revolution in Psychology
Eupsychian Versus Authoritarian Leadership
Humanistic Psychology and Culture
An Empirical Test of Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory
A Challenge to Humanistic Psychology in the 21st Century
Humanistic Psychology and the Philosophy of Science
Positive Psychology
Some Thoughts Regarding the Current Philosophy of the Behavioral Sciences
Positive Psychology and Humanistic Psychology
Infusing Humanistic Perspectives into Psychology
Skinner, Maslow, and Psilocybin
The Negative Side of Positive Psychology
Toward a Psychology of Optimal Human Functioning
Person-Centered Approach, Positive Psychology, and Relational Helping
The Third Force in Psychology
Health as Transcendence of Environment
Positive Psychology’s A Priori Problem
Implications of Debunking the “Critical Positivity Ratio” for Humanistic Psychology
The Personal Hero Technique
Psychology
The Role of the Humanistic Movement in the History of Psychology
Humanistic Psychology’s Impact and Accomplishments
An Empirical Test of Maslow's Theory of Motivation
Human Science Research Methods
Goals, Congruence, and Positive Well-Being
Maslow’s Unacknowledged Contributions to Developmental Psychology
Humanistic Psychology
Existential Givens in the Covid-19 Crisis
The Hard Road to the Good Life
Basic theoretical concepts of humanistic psychology
Positive Affect and the Complex Dynamics of Human Flourishing
Obtaining consensus in psychotherapy
The Humanistic Psychology and Positive Psychology Connection
Second Wave Positive Psychology
Security and breast-feeding
Security of judges as a factor in impressions of warmth in others
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |