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Personal Construct Theory and constructivist drug education

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2007
AbstractIn recent years drug education has come under scrutiny. Research has found that drug education is having minimal impact. Questions have been raised as to the appropriateness of theories underpinning drug education programmes as well as the aims and purpose of programmes. As such, there is a call for new approaches.
Jane, Mallick, Mike, Watts
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Humanistic psychology and personal construct theory.

The Humanistic Psychologist, 1992
Abstract This article describes the strong bond which exists between humanistic psychology and George Kelly's personal construct psychology. First, it examines humanistic concepts found in personal construct psychology such as constructive alternativism, the credulous approach, role relationships, the invitational mood, transitive diagnosis and the ...
Franz R. Epting, Larry M. Leitner
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PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY AND RESIDENTIAL CHOICE*

Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1981
ABSTRACT Personal construct theory is a cognitive theory of personality that provides a theoretical and methodological framework for examining four major research issues in the behavioral approach to residential choice. The theory elucidates the content and structure of residential cognition at the level of the individual.
VALERIE PRESTON, S. MARTIN TAYLOR
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Deconstructing Constructs: Pitfalls in Personal Construct Theory

Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1993
(1993). Deconstructing Constructs: Pitfalls in Personal Construct Theory. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 71-82.
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Trait theory and personal construct theory

Psych-Talk, 2010
Trait theory and personal construct theory have markedly different approaches to the understanding of individual differences. Outline these approaches and assess the strengths and weaknesses of each. What consequences does each approach have for understanding agency-structure dualism?
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George Kelly's Personal Construct Theory

Australian Journal of Human Communication Disorders, 1974
(1974). George Kelly's Personal Construct Theory. Australian Journal of Human Communication Disorders: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 62-69.
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Personal construct theory and psychological well‐being*

British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1983
The concept of ‘psychological well‐being’ (as opposed to ‘psychological disorder’) is considered from the standpoint of George Kelly's personal construct theory (Kelly, 1955). It is argued that the origin of psychological disorder lies in a difficulty in ‘person construing’, with particular reference to ‘self‐construing’. For some (like schizophrenics)
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Concepts, Constructs, Cognitive Psychology, and Personal Construct Theory

The Journal of Psychology, 1991
ABSTRACT In this article, I have addressed the efforts to locate and integrate personal construct psychology with other perspectives in psychology (Neimeyer, 1985). The general domain is cognitive psychology, but with a focus on the basic building block of the cognitive perspective, the concept. Personal construct psychology is particularly interesting
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Meditation as viewed through personal construct theory

Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 1986
The various phenomena associated with concentrative and mindfulness meditation are conceptualized in terms of Kelly's personal construct theory. Reports of “unstressing”, “no-thought”, “deautomatization”, and so forth are examined and described from a constructivist viewpoint.
Vincent Kenny, Michael Delmonte
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Personal construct theory and mental health

International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 1992
Abstract Although it has been an illusive and controversial concept, mental health is likely to continue to have currency in the presently high-profile debates on health and health education. In this article, I consider the manner in which personal construct theory deals with the concept of mental health.
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