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Born near Lublin, Poland.
Medical school
M.D. and Diploma in Pedagogy
Dombrowski, C. (1929). Les conditions psychologiques du suicide. Genève, Switzerland: Imprimerie du Commerce.
Received his Ph.D. in Psychology.
Podstawy psychologiczne samodreczenia (automutylacji)
Nerwowosc dzieci i mlodziezy
Dabrowski, C. (1937). Psychological bases of self-mutilation. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 19, 1-104.
Typy wzmożonej pobudliwości psychicznej
Nowoczesne zadania i potrzeby psychiatrii i higieny psychicznej w Polsce
The invasion of Poland in 1939 eliminated any possibility of research or publication during the six years of the Second World War (Dabrowski & Piechowski, 1977).
Uwagi o teorii Jacksona
Pojęcie zdrowia psychicznego.
Dezintegracja jako pozytywny etap w rozwoju jednostki
Michael Piechowski graduated with his MSc. degree in 1956, in Poznań, Poland.
Nerwowosc dzieci i mlodziezy. Second edition of this book.
Dabrowski, K. (1959). Sur la désintégration positive. Une esquisse de la théorie concernant le développement psychique de l’homme à travers les états de déséquilibre, la nervosité, névroses et psychoses. Annales médico-psychologiques, 117, T. 2, no 4.
Piechowski received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 1965.
First book about the theory, published in Poland.
Dabrowski, K. (1964). Positive Disintegration. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Dabrowski, K. (1967). Personality-Shaping Through Positive Disintegration. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Dabrowski and Piechowski met in February 1967.
Dabrowski, K. (1968). Le milieu psychique interne. Annales Medico-Psychologiques, 457-485.
Summer 1968
Dabrowski, K., & Piechowski, M. M. (1969). Les emotions supérieures et l'objectivité d'évaluation. Annales médicopsychologigues, Paris, 127(2), 589-613.
Piechowski received his second doctoral degree, this time in psychology, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
First International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration, Laval, Quebec.
Dabrowski, K. (With Kawczak, A., & Piechowski, M. M.). (1970). Mental growth through positive disintegration. London: Gryf.
Volume 1 - 1974 Volume 2 - 1972
Dabrowski, K. (1972). Psychoneurosis is not an illness: Neuroses and psychoneuroses from the perspective of positive disintegration. London, England: Gryf.
Cienin, P. (1972). Existential thoughts and aphorisms. London, England: Gryf.
Cienin, P. (1972). Fragments from the diary of a madman. London, England: Gryf.
Open-ended Overexcitability Questionnaire
Dabrowski, K. (1973). The dynamics of concepts. London, England: Gryf.
Piechowski, M. M. (1974). Two developmental concepts: Multilevelness and developmental potential. Counseling and Values, 18(2), 86-93.
Piechowski, M. M. (1975). A theoretical and empirical approach to the study of development. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 92, 231-297.
"The Toil of Existence"
at Urbana-Champaign.
Dabrowski, K. (1976). On the philosophy of development through positive disintegration and secondary integration. Dialectics and Humanism, 3(3-4), 131-144.
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