Anxiety and the Emerging Child
Engaging “What is”
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https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v22i1.35Keywords:
Humanistic Psychology, AnxietyAbstract
This paper utilizes a humanistic psychology theoretical framework and pays attention to the rampancy of anxiety affecting youth in the United States. This paper intends to explore the phenomena of anxiety and discuss how it could be perceived as an opportunity for growth if approached in a constructive way. Specifically, we argue that youth need to be able to meet their inner self in the phenomena of anxiety in an empowering way, rather than unconsciously fleeting its destructive affects.
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Mendelowitz, E. 2011. “Transience and Possibility: The Legacy of Rollo May.” Humanistic Psychologist 393: 253?260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2011.594332
Moustakas, C. 1966. “The Dying Self Within The Living Self.” In Existential child therapy: The child’s discovery of himself, edited by C. Moustakas, 9?29. New York: Basic Books.
Moustakas, C. 1995. Being-In, Being-For, Being-With. Northvalve, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Moustakas, C. 1956. The Teacher and the Child: Personal Interaction in the Classroom. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Moustakas, C. 1956b. The Self: Explorations in Personal Growth. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers.
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Pienkos, E., and L. A. Sass. 2012. “Empathy and Otherness: Humanistic and Phenomenological Approaches to Psychotherapy of Severe Mental Illness.” PCSP: Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy 81: 25?35.
Rapee, R. 2012. “Family Factors in the Development and Management of Anxiety Disorders.” Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 151: 69?80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10567-011-0106-3
Rilke, R. M. 1930. The Journal of My Other Self. Translated by John Linton. New York: W.W. Norton.
Rilke, R. M. 2000. Letters to a Young Poet. Translated by J. M. Burnham. Novato, CA: New World Library.
Robinson, K. 2011. Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative. Chichester: Capstone.
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Segal, S. 2006. “Disrupted Conventions or Diseased Selves: The Relationship between Philosophical and Psychotherapeutic Forms of Questioning.” Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association 21: 41?55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17428170600900624
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Streng, F. 1967. Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.
Szasz, T.S. 1970. Ideology and Insanity: Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanization of Man. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books.
Van der Heiden, C. T. 2011. “Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Clinical Presentation, Diagnostic Features, and Guidelines for Clinical Practice.” Journal Of Clinical Psychology 671: 58?73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20743
Wichmann, S. 2011. “Self-determination Theory: The Importance of Autonomy to Well-being Across Cultures.” Journal of Humanistic Counseling 501: 16?26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1939.2011.tb00103.x
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Yalom, I. D. 2008. “Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death.” Humanistic Psychologist 363(4): 283?297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873260802350006
“Facts and statistics” 2013. Anxiety and Depression Association of America. Available online at: http://www.adaa.org/about-adaa/press-room/facts-statistics
Aich, T. K. 2013. “Buddha Philosophy and Western Psychology.” Indian Journal of Psychiatry 55(6): 165–170. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.105517
American Humanist Association. 2003. Humanism and Its Aspirations: Humanist Manifesto III, a Successor to the Humanist Manifesto of 1933. http://www.americanhumanist.org/who_we_are/about_humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_III American Psychological Association 2013, June.
“College students’ mental health is a growing concern, survey finds.” Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/06/college-students.aspx
Atwood, G. E. 2012. “Psychotherapy as a Human Science: Clinical Case Studies Exploring the Abyss of Madness.” PCSP: Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy 81: 1?24.
Batelaan, N. F. 2010. “Identifying Target Groups for the Prevention of Anxiety Disorders in the General Population.” Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1221: 56?65.
Beesdo, K., S. Knappe and D. S. Pine. 2009. “September. Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders In Children and Adolescents: Developmental Issues and Implications for DSM-V.” Psychiatric Clinics of North America 323: 483–524. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2009.06.002
Berger, P. and T. Luckman. 1967. The social construction of reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. New York: Anchor Books.
Berman, M. 1981. The Reenchantment of the World. New York, NY: Cornell University.
Bohm, D. 2009. Wholeness and the Implicate Order. London: Ark Paperbacks.
Bohm, D. and F. D. Peat. 1987. Science, Order, and Creativity. New York: Bantam Books.
Bonner, E. T., and H. L. Friedman. 2011. “A Conceptual Clarification of the Experience of Awe: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.” Humanistic Psychologist 393: 222?235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2011.593372
Bugental, J. F. T. 1965. The Search for Authenticity. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Cantril, H. 1967. “A Fresh Look at the Human Design.” In Challenges of Humanistic Psychology, edited by J. F. T. Bugental, 13?18. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Choi, S. 2012. “Unveiling reality of the mind: Cultural arbitrary of consumerism.” International Journal of Children’s Spirituality 17(4): 265-276.
DeRobertis, E. M. 2012. “Third Force Psychology and Child Psychology: A Convergence of Horizons.” Humanistic Psychologist 401: 58?78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2012.643689
Do?an, T. and F. Sapmaz. 2012. “Examination of Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version Form of the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire in University Students.” Dusunen Adam: Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 254: 297?304.
Doom, J. R. and G. J. Haeffel. 2013. “Teasing Apart the Effects of Cognition, Stress, and Depression on Health.” American Journal of Health Behavior 375: 610?619. http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.5.4
Ellis, A. 1975. Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy. Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart. Friedman, H. L. and B. Robbins. 2012. “The Negative Shadow Cast By Positive Psychology: Contrasting Views and Implications of Humanistic and Positive Psychology on Resiliency.” Humanistic Psychologist 401: 87?102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2012.643720
Fromm, E. 1956. The Art of Loving. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers.
Gledhill, J. M. 2011. “The Short-Term Outcome of Depressive Disorder in Adolescents Attending Primary Care: A Cohort Study.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 4610: 993?1002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-010-0271-6
Gordon, S. 2012. “Existential Time and the Meaning of Human Development.” Humanistic Psychologist 401: 79?86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2012.643691
Gudmunsen, C. 1977. Wittgenstein and Buddhism. New York: Barnes and Noble
Heidegger, M. 1962. Being and Time. New York: Harper and Row.
Hodgson, K. J., K. H. Shelton, M. M. van den Bree and F. J. Los. 2013. “Psychopathology In Young People Experiencing Homelessness: A Systematic Review.” American Journal of Public Health 1036: e1?e14.
Kasulis, T. 1981. Zen Action Zen Person. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. Keen, E. 2011. Emotional Narratives: Depression as Sadness-Anxiety as Fear. Humanistic Psychologist 391: 66?70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2011.539937
Kerouac, J. 1959. Mexico City Blues. New York: Grove Press.
Krippner, S., D. B. Pitchford, J. A. Davies and K. Adhikari. 2012. “Rethinking Human Values.” Neuroquantology 104: 595?600.
Krishnamurti, J. 1973. The Awakening of Intelligence. New York: HarperCollins.
Laing, R.D. 1969. The Divided Self: An Existential Study of Sanity and Madness. Reprint edition. New York, NY: Penguin Books. Originally published by Tavistock Publications, 1960.
Loy, D. 1992. “Avoiding the Void: The Lack of Self in Psychotherapy and Buddhism.” The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 24(2): 151?180.
Loy, D. 2003. The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory. Somervill, MA: Wisdom
Mann, D. 2013, August 12. “Childhood tummy aches may be tied to adult anxiety, depression.” U.S. News: Health. Available online at: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/08/12/childhood-tummy-aches-may-be-tied-to-adult-anxiety-depression
Maslow, A. H. 1967. “Self-actualization and Beyond.” In Challenges of humanistic psychology, edited by J. F. T. Bugental, 279?186. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Maslow, A. H. 1998. Toward a Psychology of Being. New York: J. Wiley and Sons.
May, R. 1953. Man’s Search for Himself. New York: W.W Norton and Company.
May, R. 1977. The Meaning of Anxiety. New York: W.W. Norton and Company.
May, R. 1983. The Discovery of Being: Writings in Existential Psychology. New York: W.W. Norton and Company.
Medlock, G. 2012. “The Evolving Ethic of Authenticity: From Humanistic to Positive Psychology.” Humanistic Psychologist 401: 38?57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2012.643687
Mendelowitz, E. 2011. “Transience and Possibility: The Legacy of Rollo May.” Humanistic Psychologist 393: 253?260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2011.594332
Moustakas, C. 1966. “The Dying Self Within The Living Self.” In Existential child therapy: The child’s discovery of himself, edited by C. Moustakas, 9?29. New York: Basic Books.
Moustakas, C. 1995. Being-In, Being-For, Being-With. Northvalve, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Moustakas, C. 1956. The Teacher and the Child: Personal Interaction in the Classroom. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Moustakas, C. 1956b. The Self: Explorations in Personal Growth. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers.
O’Donnell, R. W. 2011. “Charting Late-Life Affective Disorders.” Generations 352: 46?57.
Pienkos, E., and L. A. Sass. 2012. “Empathy and Otherness: Humanistic and Phenomenological Approaches to Psychotherapy of Severe Mental Illness.” PCSP: Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy 81: 25?35.
Rapee, R. 2012. “Family Factors in the Development and Management of Anxiety Disorders.” Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 151: 69?80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10567-011-0106-3
Rilke, R. M. 1930. The Journal of My Other Self. Translated by John Linton. New York: W.W. Norton.
Rilke, R. M. 2000. Letters to a Young Poet. Translated by J. M. Burnham. Novato, CA: New World Library.
Robinson, K. 2011. Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative. Chichester: Capstone.
Rogers, C. 1942. Counseling and Psychotherapy: Newer Concepts in Practice. Edited by L. Carmichael. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Rogers, C. 1969. Freedom to Learn: A View of What Education Might Become. Columbus, OH: C. E. Merrill Pub. Co.
Rogers, C. 1977. Carl Rogers on Personal Power. New York: Delacorte Press.
Rogers, C. 1980. A Way of Being. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Said, E. W. 2000. Reflections on Exile and Other Essays. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Sancako?lu, S. and M. Sayar. 2012. “Relation Between Socioeconomic Status and Depression, Anxiety, and Self-Esteem in Early Adolescents.” Yeni Symposium 504: 207?220.
Segal, S. 2006. “Disrupted Conventions or Diseased Selves: The Relationship between Philosophical and Psychotherapeutic Forms of Questioning.” Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association 21: 41?55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17428170600900624
Smoller, J. M. 2009. “Genetics of Anxiety Disorders: The Complex Road from DSM to DNA.” Depression and Anxiety 1091?4269, 2611, 965?975.
Streng, F. 1967. Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.
Szasz, T.S. 1970. Ideology and Insanity: Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanization of Man. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books.
Van der Heiden, C. T. 2011. “Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Clinical Presentation, Diagnostic Features, and Guidelines for Clinical Practice.” Journal Of Clinical Psychology 671: 58?73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20743
Wichmann, S. 2011. “Self-determination Theory: The Importance of Autonomy to Well-being Across Cultures.” Journal of Humanistic Counseling 501: 16?26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1939.2011.tb00103.x
Williams, P. 2012. “Looking Back to See the Future: The Influence of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology on Coaching Psychology Today.” International Coaching Psychology Review 72: 223?236.
Yalom, I. D. 2008. “Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death.” Humanistic Psychologist 363(4): 283?297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873260802350006
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2014-08-14
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Kazanjian, C., & Choi, S.-J. (2014). Anxiety and the Emerging Child: Engaging “What is”. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 22(1), 35-52. https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v22i1.35
