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Suggested metatheory for positive psychology : The organismic systems theory (2024)

Maurer, M. M. (2024). Suggested metatheory for positive psychology : The organismic systems theory. International Journal of Wellbeing, 14(3), Article 2547. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v14i3.2547

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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Maurer, Mia M.

Lehti tai sarja: International Journal of Wellbeing

eISSN: 1179-8602

Julkaisuvuosi: 2024

Ilmestymispäivä: 01.10.2024

Volyymi: 14

Lehden numero: 3

Artikkelinumero: 2547

Kustantaja: International Journal of Wellbeing

Julkaisumaa: Uusi-Seelanti

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v14i3.2547

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/98327

Tiivistelmä

Positive psychology has been criticized among other things for its lack of a metatheory that would explicate its underlying philosophical assumptions and epistemology as well as give direction for methodology and the forming of constructs, models and theories. This article sets out to suggest a metatheory for positive psychology, combining the systems approach (systems-informed positive psychology, Kern et al., 2019) together with the organismic theory inherent in philosophy of science, biology, neurology and psychology. The suggested metatheory is called organismic systems theory (OST), explicating the following assumptions for PP: 1) active individual (actualizing tendency), 2) functional tendency, 3) integration, 4) emergence, 5) dynamism, 6) self-organization, 7) interconnectedness, 8) holism, 9) subjectivity, 10) boundaries, and 11) adaptation. The systems approach is considered compatible with the organismic approach with their combination suggested to provide the field with a good theory that combines psychological-level inquiry with more general systems-level inquiry. The epistemology and implications of this metatheory for positive psychology are discussed.

YSO-asiasanat: humanistinen psykologia; positiivinen psykologia; metateoriat; systeemiteoria

Vapaat asiasanat: humanistic psychology; metatheory; organismic theory; organismic valuing process; positive psychology; systems theory

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2024

Alustava JUFO-taso: 1