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Constructive Alternativism: George Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory
2020George Kelly’s professional focus was on supporting people who were struggling with the stresses of their lives. Finding that the Freudian ideas he had been offered as tools in his own professional training offered little in working towards change with many of his clients, Kelly developed his own approach based upon a constructivist perspective of ...
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Personal Construct Theory and constructivist drug education
Drug and Alcohol Review, 2007AbstractIn 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, 1992Abstract 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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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, 2010Trait 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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Concepts, Constructs, Cognitive Psychology, and Personal Construct Theory
The Journal of Psychology, 1991ABSTRACT 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, 1986The 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, Phenomenology and Pragmatism
History & Philosophy of Psychology, 2005Personal Construct Theory (PCT) is unusual among personality theories in that it makes explicit its philosophical position: constructive alternativism. However, Kelly (1955) did not detail its philosophical origins. Kelly’s model of the person as an ‘incipient scientist’ followed the work of John Dewey and George Mead. It saw the person as a centre for
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Personal Construct Theory and Social Work Practice
British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 1968In the rapidly expanding field of social casework there have been sundry attempts to study the influence of various factors on the professional interview. The present study has demonstrated the feasibility of investigating the conceptual processes involved in casework assessment using Kelly's theory of personal constructs.
ALISTAIR E. PHILIP, J. W. McCULLOCH
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