Suggests abnormality occurs if the individual does not show the following mentally healthy behaviours: High self attitudes, independence, drive for personal growth, accurate view of reality, resistant to stress
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Who proposed the set of 4 characteristics for ideal mental health and who do they take inspiration from?
Jahoda (1958)
Maslow (theory of self actualisation)
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High self attitudes
Strong sense of self esteem
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Autonomy
Independence from social influence
Coping with stress of life
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Self actualisation
Desire for personal growth
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Environmental mastery
Having an accurate perception of world and resistant to stress
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STRENGTH EVALUATION
+Focuses on desirable behaviours rather than the opposite
+Therefore it is a positive approach and offers alternative perspective on mental disorders by focusing on positives
+So the ideas have had some influence and are in accord with the 'positive psy
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LIMITATION EVALUATION
-It is difficult for anyone to achieve ideal mental health
-The approach suggests most of us are abnormal (all have low self esteem sometimes etc)
-Therefore we have to ask how many need to be lacking before judging as abnormal
-Not useful/valid
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LIMITATION EVALUATION
-Difficult to measure all criteria listed by Jahoda
-How easy is it to access capacity for personal growth? Would have to rlf report technique
-So although interesting concept, not really useful in identifying abnormality
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Who proposed the set of 4 characteristics for ideal mental health and who do they take inspiration from?
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Jahoda (1958)
Maslow (theory of self actualisation)
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