Positive Mental Health - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Sociology

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 7 pages of information about Positive Mental Health.

Positive Mental Health - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Sociology

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 7 pages of information about Positive Mental Health.
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The concept of positive mental health was developed by Marie Jahoda, who argues that positive mental health can be viewed as an enduring personality characteristic or as a less permanent function of personality and the social situation (Jahoda 1958). This article summarizes Jahoda's approach to positive mental health, reviews other discussions of the concept, describes a challenge to the assumption that positive mental health requires the accurate perception of reality, examines the value assumptions inherent in the concept, and compares the notions of normality and positive mental health.

In her classic book, Current Concepts of Positive Mental Health (1958), Jahoda identified the following six approaches to the definition of positive mental health, which are described in detail below: (1) attitude toward own self; (2) growth, development, and self-actualization; (3) integration; (4) autonomy; (5) perception of reality; and (6) environmental mastery.

  1. Acceptance of self, self-confidence, and self-reliance characterize the mentally healthy person. An...

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