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                     HEALTHY PERSONALITY 
                                 
                            Presented by 
                                 
                    CONTINUING PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION 
                                 
                          7.2 CONTACT HOURS 
      
      
     “I wanted to prove that human beings are capable of something grander than war and prejudice and hatred.”   
                                                                                            Abraham Maslow, Psychology Today, 1968, 2, p.55. 
      
      
     Course Objective                                                            Learning Objectives                                                           
     The purpose of this course is to provide an                       Upon completion, the participant will understand                    
     understanding of the concept of healthy personality.         the nature, motivation, and characteristics of the                     
     Seven theorists offer their views on the subject,                healthy personality.  Seven influential                                     
     including: Gordon Allport, Carl Rogers, Erich                  psychotherapists-theorists examine the concept                       
     Fromm, Abraham Maslow, Carl Jung, Viktor                    of healthy personality allowing the reader to                           
     Frankl, and Fritz Perls.                                                        integrate these principles into his or her own life.         
                                                                                                       
     Accreditation                                                                   Faculty    
     Provider approved by the California Board of                  Neil Eddington, Ph.D.                      
     Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 14008, for               Richard Shuman, MFT                  
     7.2 Contact Hours. 
     In accordance with the California Code of  
     Regulations, Section 2540.2(b) for licensed 
     vocational nurses and 2592.2(b) for psychiatric 
     technicians, this course is accepted by the Board 
     of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians 
     for 7.2 contact hours of continuing education credit.  
      
     Mission Statement   
     Continuing Psychology Education provides the 
     highest quality continuing education designed to 
     fulfill the professional needs and interests of nurses. 
     Resources are offered to improve professional  
     competency, maintain knowledge of the latest  
     advancements, and meet continuing education  
     requirements mandated by the profession.                  Copyright © 2006 Continuing Psychology Education 
                                                                                        
      
                                               
                                 
                                 
      
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          HEALTHY PERSONALITY 
          INTRODUCTION                                                            personality offered by Gordon Allport, Carl Rogers, Erich 
             The study of healthy personality was ignored for a long time         Fromm, Abraham Maslow, Carl Jung, Viktor Frankl, and Fritz 
          in psychology, instead, mental illness was extensively                  Perls.  These theories are selected because they are fully 
          examined.  In the past several decades, however, a growing              developed and are contemporary in their appeal.  Each 
          number of researchers have recognized the capacity for growth           describes a level of personality development which is beyond 
          and change in the human personality.  These “growth                     normality leading to healthy personality.    
          psychologists” (most prefer to be called humanistic                        The health of personality is considered important for 
          psychologists) have taken a new and fresh look at human                 happiness, peace of mind, personal adjustment, and success in 
          nature and have observed a different type of person from that           living.  To examine ways of becoming what we are capable of 
          described by behaviorism and psychoanalysis, the traditional            being is a worthwhile venture as Maslow (1967) stated by the 
          schools of psychology. Whereas behaviorists see individuals as          following: “If you deliberately plan to be less than you are 
          passive responders to external stimuli and psychoanalysts see           capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for 
          people as victims of biological forces and childhood conflicts,         the rest of your life.”   
          the humanistic psychologists believe we can strive to become             
          all we are capable of becoming and in the process transform             GORDON ALLPORT 
          from “normality” to healthy personality.                                THE MATURE PERSON 
             Healthy personality has proven to be a difficult and elusive          
          concept to define.  There are thought to be enough definitions             Allport believed healthy individuals function on a rational 
                                                                                                      , aware and in control of the forces that 
                                                                                            ous level
          of healthy personality to fill a small book.  Jahoda (1958),            and consci
          however, observed that “positive mental health” includes one            guide them.  Mature persons are directed by the present and by 
          or more of the following six aspects of individuals:                    their intentions toward the future.  The outlook is forward 
             1.  The degree of personal integration achieved by the               toward contemporary and future events, not backward to 
                   individual.                                                    childhood traumas and conflicts as with neurotics.  He saw a 
             2.  The degree of autonomy achieved by the person.                   gap or dichotomy between neurosis and healthy personality 
             3.  The adequacy of the person’s perception of reality.              with neither type displaying any similar characteristics.  The 
             4.  The degree of environmental mastery achieved by the              neurotic reveals infantile conflicts and experiences and the 
                  person.                                                         healthy person functions on a different and higher plane.  
             5.  The attitudes shown by a person toward his or her                Allport only studied mature, healthy adults and had little to say 
                  own self.                                                       about neurotics, hence, his system is truly health oriented. 
             6.  The style and degree of a person’s self-actualization.            
             Schultz (1977) assessed components of healthy personality            THE MOTIVATION OF THE HEALTHY PERSONALITY 
                ated the following characteristics to be agreed upon by 
          and st                                                                     Allport stated that adult motives are f
          most theorists:                                                                                                unctionally 
             1.  Capability to consciously and rationally direct one’s            autonomous of childhood meaning they are independent of 
                  behavior.                                                       original circumstances.  Rather than being pushed from behind 
             2.  Being in charge of one’s own destiny.                            by motivating forces in the past, we are pulled ahead by our 
             3.  Knowing who and what one is and being accepting                  intentions for the future.   
                  of strengths and weaknesses.                                       Central to this model is the importance of future goals and 
             4.  Being firmly anchored in the present.                            intentions as indicated by Allport (1955): “The possession of 
             5.  Pursuit of challenge through new goals and new                   long-range goals, regarded as central to one’s personal 
                  experiences.                                                    existence, distinguishes the human from the animal, the adult 
             As can be seen, any single definition of healthy personality         from the child, and in many cases the healthy personality from 
          will be inadequate to some degree, yet it will be beneficial to         the sick.”   
          have a working model, hence, the formulation by Jourard                    The intentional nature of the individual - striving toward the 
          (1963) will be used:                                                    future - unifies the total personality by integrating all its 
             Healthy personality is manifested by individuals who have            components toward the achieving of goals and intentions.  The 
          been able to gratify their basic needs through acceptable               intentional nature of the personality also increases the tension 
          behavior such that their own personality is no longer a                 level of the person as he or she takes risks and explores new 
          problem to their self.  They can take their self more or less for       things.  Allport believed that only through these new tension-
          granted and devote energies and thoughts to socially                    producing experiences and risks can human beings grow.  
          meaningful interests and problems beyond security, or                   Interestingly, this view differs from tension-reduction models 
          lovability, or status.                                                  of motivation (including Freud’s) which profess that people are 
             This course investigates those conceptions of healthy                motivated to reduce tensions and thus maintain a state of 
                                                                                  homeostasis.   
           
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          HEALTHY PERSONALITY 
             In Allport’s view, happiness is not a goal in itself; it may be a         for his or her welfare.  The love of healthy persons is 
          by-product of pursuing aspirations and goals.  In fact, he                   unconditional.   
          believed the healthy person’s life could be grim with pain and                  Compassion, the second kind of warmth, relates to an 
          sorrow.                                                                      understanding of the basic human condition and a sense of 
             Another paradox within this model states that the goals which             kinship with all people.  Empathy for others results from an 
          are pursued by the healthy personality, in the final analysis, are           “imaginative extension” of one’s own feelings to humanity.  In 
          unattainable.  As an example, he used the explorer Roald                     turn, the mature person is tolerant and non-judgmental of 
          Amundsen, who discovered the South Pole.  After each new                     people’s frailties, understanding they share the same 
          discovery, Amundsen would immediately plan for the next.  He                 weaknesses.   
          was motivated by the goal of continuing exploration, but this                 
          goal could never be fully realized so long as there were                     Emotional Security 
          unexplored territories.  To this end, Allport (1955) wrote: 
          “Salvation comes only to him who ceaselessly bestirs himself                    This characteristic of healthy personality includes 
          in the pursuit of objectives that in the end are not fully                   self-acceptance, frustration tolerance and emotional control.  
          attained.”                                                                   Self-acceptance is the most im
             Allport acknowledged the need to invent motives should                                                     portant and involves accepting 
                ng ones become insufficient, hence, he proposed the                    all aspects of one’s being, including weaknesses and failings, 
          existi                                                                       without being resigned to them.  Mature persons live with their 
          principle of organizing the energy level.  The woman whose                   shortcomings with little conflict within themselves.  They try to 
          goal was to raise children must find new goals and redirect                  do their best and improve when possible.   
          energy once the children reach adulthood.  Mature, healthy                      Frustration-tolerance relates to tolerating stress and the 
          persons constantly need motives of adequate strength to                      thwarti
                                                                                               ng of wants and desires.  Healthy people devise 
          consume their energy.                                                        different, less frustrating ways of reaching the same or 
             Allport’s theory of motivation of the healthy personality also            substitute goals.  Frustration is not crippling as it may be for 
          includes the principle of mastery and competence which                       neurotics. 
          proposes that mature, healthy persons desire not to perform at                  Emotional control pertains to an individual’s control of 
          mediocre levels but at high levels of competence and mastery                           em i
                                                                                       personal     ot ons so they do not disrupt social functioning.  
          in striving to satisfy their motives.                                        The control is not repression, but a redirecting of the emotions 
                                                                                       into more constructive channels. 
          CRITERIA OF THE MATURE PERSONALITY                                              Mature persons exhibit these three traits because they have a 
                                                                                       basic sense of security.  They deal with life’s fears and ego-
             The following seven criteria of maturity represent Allport’s                        th a sense of proportion understanding that such 
                                                                                       threats wi
          characteristics of healthy personality.                                      stressors are often manageable. 
          Extension of the Sense of Self                                                
             The self evolves from being focused onl                                   Realistic Perception 
                                                        y upon itself to a 
          widening range of people and activities.  Allport believed that                 Healthy persons regard their world objectively and they 
          the person needed to extend the self into activities with a                  accept reality for what it is.  Mature people do not distort 
          feeling of genuine personal involvement and participation.  The              reality to make it compatible with their wants and fears.  
          self then becomes invested in meaningful activities and they                 Contrarily, neurotics may have a personal preconception of 
          become extensions of the sense of self.  This sense of authentic             reality placing people and situations into compartments which 
          participation applies to work, family, leisure and all aspects of            may not reflect the reality of the situation.     
          living.  The more an individual is fully involved with various                
          activities, people, or ideas, the more psychologically healthy he            Skills and Assignments 
          or she will be. 
                                                                                          Allport believed in the importance of work and the necessity 
          Warm Relating of Self to Others                                              of losing oneself in this activity.  He did not think it possible to 
                                                                                       find mature, healthy persons who have not directed their skills 
             Allport reported two kinds of warmth in relation to other                                         o                                  eaning 
          people: the capacity for intimacy and the capacity for                       toward their work.  W rk and responsibility provide m
                                                                                       and a sense of cont
          com                                                                                               inuity to life.  Allport (1961) quoted the 
               passion.                                                                famous brain surgeon, Harvey Cushing, on this point: “The 
                      hy person can display intimacy (love) for a parent, 
             The healt                                                                 only way to endure life is to have a task to complete.” 
          child, spouse, or cl
                               ose friend.  A well-developed sense of self-             
          extension brings forth this capacity for intimacy as the person               
          displays authentic participation with the loved one and concern 
           
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          HEALTHY PERSONALITY 
          Self-objectification                                                       Gordon Allport’s strength was his ability to detect common 
             The individual who possesses a high level of                         themes in the lives of psychologically healthy people and to 
          self-objectification - meaning self-insight - achieves a higher         state these themes with clarity.    
          level of sel                                                             
                     f-understanding.  Knowledge of self requires insight         CARL ROGERS 
          into the relation between what one thinks one is and what one           THE FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON 
          actually is.  Allport suggested that those with greater self-            
          insight are more intelligent than those who possess less self-             Rogers felt that our perception of the present is more 
          insight.                                                                mportant than past childhood events in attaining healthy 
                                                                                  i
                                                                                  personality.  In working therapeutically with clients, he 
          A Unifying Philosophy of Life                                           emphasized that personality must be examined and understood 
             Healthy personalities are forward-looking, and motivated by          through the client’s personal point of view, his or her own 
          long-range goals of accomplishment.  This way of being                  subjective experiences.  What is real for clients is their unique 
          provides continuity to their personalities.  Allport called this        perception of reality.  Rogers developed a method of therapy 
          unifying motivation directedness which guides all aspects of a          which places the main responsibility for personality change on 
          person’s life toward a goal (or series of goals) and gives a            the client as opposed to the therapist, hence, the term client-
          reason for living.  Thus, within this model, having a healthy           centered therapy.  He believed that reality is subject to each 
          personality is contingent upon aspirations and direction toward         person’s perceptual experiences, in turn, it will differ from one 
          the future.                                                             individual to the next, however, he sensed a common and basic 
             Values are vital to the development of a unifying philosophy         motivational force for all: the tendency or striving to actualize. 
                             ic’s values are thought to not be strong              
          of life.  The neurot                                                    THE MOTIVATION OF THE HEALTHY PERSON 
          enough to unify all aspects of life.   
             Another contributing factor to a unifying philosophy of life is         Rogers indicated a single motivation - “one fundamental 
          conscience which involves a sense of duty and responsibility to         need”- in his model of personality: to maintain, actualize, and 
          itself and to others.  The mature person’s conscience suggests,         enhance al             he individual.  All aspects of human 
          “I ought to behave this way,” whereas the neurotic’s verbiage                     l aspects of t
          is “I must behave this way,” based on childhood obedience and           growth and development operate within this actualizing 
          restrictions.                                                           tendency, including physical maturation such as the body’s 
                                                                                  organs and physiological processes developing.  The 
                                                                                  actualizing tendency at the physiological level is irresistible as 
          CONCLUSION                                                              it thrusts the individual forward from one stage of maturation to 
             Allport was the first personality theorist to study mature,          the next, forcing one to adapt and grow.  Rogers (1963) knew 
          normal adults instead of neurotics.  He challenged several              this process to be true for all living things as described by the 
          established theories of personality in developing his model.            following, “Here in this palm-like seaweed was the tenacity of 
          For example, he is rare in his emphasis that there are no               life, the forward thrust of life, the ability to push into an 
          functional similarities between neurotic and healthy                    incredibly hostile environment and not only hold its own, but to 
          personalities, that they are separate entities.  His view that the      adapt, develop, become itself.”  The goal of life is not 
          healthy personality, once formed, is free of past childhood             maintaining homeostasis, tension-reduction, or ease and 
          experiences differs from Freud and other personality theorists.         comfort but movement toward increased complexity of 
          Additionally, Allport’s focus on increasing rather than                 functioning allowing us to become all that we are capable of 
          decreasing the tension level as a means of positive change is           becoming.  At this biological level, Rogers saw no differences 
          noteworthy.                                                             between the mentally healthy and ill, but significant differences 
             Psychological health is forward not backward-looking in this         appear regarding psychological aspects of actualization.  The 
          model.  The outlook is toward what the person hopes to                  emphasis in actualization shifts from physiological to 
          become, not to what has already happened and cannot be                  psychological beginning in childhood and is completed in 
          changed.  Hence, Allport’s model of personality is optimistic           adolescence.   
          and hopeful.                                                               This model defines self-actualization as the process of 
                                                                                  becoming oneself, of devel
             The mature person is actively involved and committed to                                         oping one’s unique psychological 
              e hing or someone beyond the self.  They are immersed in            characteristics and potentialities, is life-long and continual, and 
          som t                                                                   is the most important goal in a person’s life.  Rogers believed 
          life.  The healthy person is able to love and extend the self into      that humans have an inherent urge to create and that the most 
          deep relationships with others.  Mature persons know who they           important creative product is one’s own self.  
          are, in turn, they are secure in their relationships with self and       
          others.                                                                                       
           
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