There is currently active independent study in researching intersectionality of significance quest theory (SQT; Kruglanski et al., 2013; Kruglanski et al. 2022), flow (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975, 1978), self-concept, and their relations to additional variables (e.g., aggression). Based on independent research during undergraduate studies at Washington State University, this research has continued wherein self-concept had been proposed as a constellation of values (i.e., compass; Hodges, 2023) which is related to needs, motivations, and attitudes.
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[Yet what happens when prejudice’s discriminations withholds equal invitation and the compounded losses of past and continued disinvitation?] “We don’t go in a country as outsiders to try to alter their culture. We come only on invitation. We have a crew that knows how to build serial dramas, but we work in partnership with the…
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Horseman Conception(s) Neutralizer Criticism [will]attack/blame[ed] characteristics of identit<y|ies>“behind every criticism is a wish” “gentle startup”; talk about feelings using “I statements” in positive ways (i.e., “I feel [insert feeling/affect word here (e.g., sad, angry, frustrated, joyous, enchanted, energized, engaged, shaken, perplexed, rejecting, worried, serene, scared, panic, regret, accepting, safe, curious, edgy, relaxed)]”). for a list…
References
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1975). Play and intrinsic rewards. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 15(3), 41–63. https://doi.org/10.1177/002216787501500306
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1978). Attention and the holistic approach to behavior. In K. S. Pope & J. L. Singer (Eds.), The stream of consciousness: Scientific investigations into the flow of human experience (pp. 335–358). Plenum.
Hodges, R. A. E. (2023). Introduction and discussion as the pith to the seed of paradigmatic superpositional therapeutic relations: Discovery of self as value [Unpublished Manuscript]. Washington State University.
Kruglanski, A. W., Bélanger, J. J., Gelfand, M., Hettiarachchi, M., Reinares, F., Orehek, E., Sasota, J., Sharvit, K. (2013). Terrorism—A (self) love story: Redirecting the significance quest can end violence. American Psychologist, 68(7), 559-575. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032615
Kruglanski, A. W., Molinario, E., Jasko, K., Webber, D., Leander, N. P., & Pierro, A. (2022). Significance-Quest Theory. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(4), 1050–1071. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916211034825