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- Title
Alfred Adler on the Dynamics of Fear.
- Authors
Stone, Mark H.
- Abstract
Fear can be examined from many viewpoints. The author explicates how Alfred Adler's perspective stems from the Epicurean and Stoic philosophies. This short historical background is followed by key passages illuminating Adler's understanding of the dynamics of fear. Finally, because Adler specified a difference between fear of external matters and internal, existential fear, his twofold viewpoint is tested in a study of 223 adult participants using the Fear Survey Schedule (Wolpe & Lang, 1969/1977). Data analysis offers insights into a hierarchy of client-patient manifestations of fear that validates two divisions of fear and gives support for Adler's conception of fear and its dynamics.
- Subjects
FEAR; ADLER, Alfred, 1870-1937; ADLERIAN psychology; FEAR Survey Schedule for Children; DATA analysis
- Publication
Journal of Individual Psychology, 2013, Vol 69, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1522-2527
- Publication type
Article