Abstract
This article presents Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) as future-oriented psychology. According to Dabrowski, positive disintegration is characterized by a transition from narrow to a broad understanding of reality, involving the capacity for reflecting on one's past history (retrospection) and for envisaging future of one's personal growth (prospection).
Highlights
In one of my articles, I described the Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) as a “revolutionary” theory of human development [1]
I propose that the TPD can be understood as a future-oriented theory of human development and developmental dynamisms are grounded in strong anticipation
The individuals begin to engage in Mental Time Travel (MTT) and experience a sense of the self in time. They begin to understand of continuity between past and future and discover that recalling past events become a source of information about their future possibilities that play an important role in their future choices and decisions
Summary
In one of my articles, I described the Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) as a “revolutionary” theory of human development [1]. Dabrowski stresses the importance of “emotional turbulence” in the transition from the lower to the higher levels of psychological development He states that nervousness and psychoneurotic symptoms (anxiety, obsessions, depression) are necessary for human growth and are the signs of the beginning of an advancing process of positive transformation [4,7,9]. Developmental dynamisms are similar to emotional interpretations (EIs) by Lewis [23,24,25,26], affective-cognitive structures by Izard [21,22,35], secondary and tertiary emotions by Plutchik [36] and TenHouten [37], and quantum of intellect-emotion by Matte-Blanco [38] These emotional patterns increase in number and complexity with development and provide flexibility and creativity to deal with challenging problems. I propose that the TPD can be understood as a future-oriented theory of human development and developmental dynamisms are grounded in strong anticipation
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