Abstract
Recent research on the relations of personality to well-being shows that the people who are most healthy, happy and fulfilled are those who are high in all three of the character traits of self-directedness, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence as measured by the Temperament and Character Inventory. In the past, the healthy personality has often been considered to require only high self-directedness and high cooperativeness. However, now the self-centred behaviour of people who are low in self-transcendence is degrading the conditions needed for sustainable life by all human beings. Consequently, human beings need to and can develop their capacity for self-transcendence in order to maintain their individual and collective well-being.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 16-24 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Mens Sana Monographs |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2013 |
Keywords
- Character
- Cooperativeness
- Ecological shift
- Health promotion
- Human evolution
- Self-directedness
- Self-transcendence
- Well-being