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Special issue: Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration.

Publication: Roeper Review
Publication Date: 01-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Special issue: Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration.(Kazimierz Dabrowski )

Article Excerpt
Introduction

As professionals engaged in the field of giftedness become familiar with the term overexcitability, many discover that understanding this construct might be beneficial to working with gifted individuals. The term comes from the theory of positive disintegration (TPD)--a complex theory of personality development written by Polish psychiatrist Kazimierz Dabrowski (1902-1980) that we believe has much more to offer the field than just overexcitabilities. Since 1979, when Piechowski (1979) and Ogburn-Colangelo (1979) introduced it to the gifted community, Dabrowski's work has been used as a foundation for research, a guide for effective education, a conceptual instrument for successful counseling, and a meaningful organizational system to help individuals better understand themselves.

Disintegration may seem too negative a concept for gifted studies. But when something new is created, as in a paradigm shift, disequilibrium occurs as part of the dismantling and rebuilding process. This simple point is at the root of Dabrowski's...

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