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Situating Psychological Well-Being: Exploring the Cultural Roots of Its Theory and Research

✍ Scribed by John Chambers Christopher

Book ID: 102285853
Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 360 KB
Volume: 77
Category: Article
ISSN: 1556-6678
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1999.tb02434.x

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✦ Synopsis

Psychological well-being is a seminal concept in counseling and yet it is seldom discussed, researched, or critiqued; this article examines the cultural values and assumptions underlying its theory and research. Contemporary understandings of psychological and subjective well-being are placed in cultural and historical context to illuminate their Euro-American cultural roots. Approaches to psychological well-being are shown to presuppose ontological and liberal individualism as notions of the self and as normative prescriptions for the good or ideal person. It is argued that culture-free theories or measures of well-being are unattainable; all understandings of psychological well-being are based on moral visions.

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