Overview
- Covers Viktor Frankl’s life from a positive psychology perspective
- Deals with the theory of PP2.0 in psychobiography to explore meaning and virtue
- Brings together psychobiography, PP2.0 and new insights into Frankl’s life
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology (BRIEFSPSYCHOL)
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About this book
This book is a psychobiography on the life of Viktor Frankl and a unique exploration of his life from a positive psychology perspective. It uses Paul Wong’s theory of positive psychology wave 2 (PP2.0) and explores the concepts of meaning and virtue throughout Frankl's life span. The authors define virtue in terms of appreciation of beauty, gratitude, hope, humour and spirituality, and define meaning based on Paul Wong’s PURE model. They apply Irving Alexander’s primary indicators of psychological salience and W.T. Schultz’s prototypical scenes to analyse Frankl's important life events.
This psychobiography presents an original contribution to theory on three levels: advancing the literature in psychobiography, developing the field of PP2.0, and providing new insights into Frankl’s life. It is a must for psychographers, positive psychologists and people interested in Frankl’s life and theoretical contributions.Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Nataliya Krasovska (M.A) studied cultural sciences in the European University Viadrina. During her studies, she researched the interplay between language acquisition and motivation, the use of language in coaching and therapy and the issues of psychological resilience and well-being. Her scientific papers are dedicated to the coping skills and creativity, use of dance as a therapeutic mechanism as well as linguistic features of motivational texts. Her sphere of interests also includes such topics as emotional intelligence, mindfulness, non-violent communication and neurolinguistic programming. Today, Nataliya Krasovska works as a teacher of Russian language and a language consultant in the European University Viadrina.
Mayer, Claude-Hélène, (Dr. habil., PhD, PhD) is a Professor in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, an Adjunct Professor at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany and a Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology (University of Pretoria, South Africa), a Ph.D. in Management (Rhodes University, South Africa), a Doctorate (Georg-August University, Germany) in Political Sciences (socio-cultural anthropology and intercultural didactics), and a Habilitation (European University Viadrina, Germany) in Psychology with focus on work, organizational, and cultural psychology. Her research areas are: transcultural mental health and well-being (salutogenesis/sense of coherence), shame, transcultural conflict management and mediation, women in leadership, The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and psychobiography.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Psychobiography of Viktor E. Frankl
Book Subtitle: Using Adversity for Life Transformation
Authors: Nataliya Krasovska, Claude-Hélène Mayer
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70814-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70813-9Published: 28 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70814-6Published: 27 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2192-8363
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8371
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 77
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Positive Psychology, Social Work, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Personality and Social Psychology