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The Theory of Positive Disintegration and the Highly Sensitive Person: Dynamisms at Work

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Marie-Lise Schläppy at The University of Western Australia
Marie-Lise Schläppy
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Abstract

A presumptive link has existed between highly sensitive people (HSPs), or those with the personality trait sensory processing sensitivity, and high developmental potential as defined by Kazimierz Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration. This study presents the first empirical evidence of such a link and explores the implications of dynamisms as revealed in a first of its kind survey utilizing the Overexcitability Questionnaire 2 given to 1,246 survey respondents (all highly sensitive people) indicating significant correlations to high OE in the emotional, intellectual, and imaginational categories. Dabrowski defined these as the “big three” most necessary for advanced development. Combined with emotionality (the trigger mechanism for the trait) these three OEs seem to indicate the presence of Dabrowskian dynamisms influencing and contributing to advanced personality development through the disintegrative-reintegrative process. Additional empirical evidence is presented indicating a strong drive toward autonomous realization of human authenticity.

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