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self-actualization: a standalone construct

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self-actualization1 CONSTRUCTSelf-actualizationKAUFMAN · POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

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Positive psychology

Maslow's idea of becoming the fullest version of oneself, here operationalized as ten measurable characteristics such as authenticity, purpose, acceptance and peak experiences.

In positive psychology, self-actualization refers to maslow's idea of becoming the fullest version of oneself, here operationalized as ten measurable characteristics such as authenticity, purpose, acceptance and peak experiences. This meaning comes from Kaufman (2018) in Journal of Humanistic Psychology.[1]

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  1. Kaufman, S. B. (2018). Self-Actualizing People in the 21st Century: Integration With Contemporary Theory and Research on Personality and Well-Being. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 63(1), 51-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167818809187

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