Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration
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1902-09-01 00:00:00
Kazimierz Dabrowski
Born near Lublin, Poland.
1914-06-06 00:00:00
World War I
1918-02-01 00:00:00
Catholic University
1924-04-01 00:00:00
University of Poznan
1926-05-01 16:25:49
University of Warsaw
Medical school
1928-04-01 00:00:00
University of Geneva
M.D. and Diploma in Pedagogy
1929-05-01 16:25:49
The Psychological Conditions of Suicide
Dombrowski, C. (1929). Les conditions psychologiques du suicide. Genève, Switzerland: Imprimerie du Commerce.
1931-04-01 00:00:00
University of Poznan
Received his Ph.D. in Psychology.
1931-09-27 18:17:07
On the influence of the environment on the formation and development of children's nervousness
1933-04-01 00:00:00
Visit to the U.S.
1934-04-01 00:00:00
Polish version of "Psychological Bases of Self-Mutilation" (1937)
Podstawy psychologiczne samodreczenia (automutylacji)
1935-02-01 00:00:00
Nervousness of Children and Youth
Nerwowosc dzieci i mlodziezy
1937-02-01 21:38:39
Psychological Bases of Self-Mutilation
Dabrowski, C. (1937). Psychological bases of self-mutilation. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 19, 1-104.
1938-02-01 00:00:00
Types of Augmented Psychic Excitability
Typy wzmożonej pobudliwości psychicznej
1938-05-01 00:00:00
Modern tasks and needs of psychiatry and mental hygiene in Poland
Nowoczesne zadania i potrzeby psychiatrii i higieny psychicznej w Polsce
1939-09-17 16:52:37
World War II
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).
1940-09-16 19:39:56
Married Eugenia
1948-08-02 19:09:10
Stalinist Era
1948-09-16 19:39:56
Remarks on Jackson's theory
Uwagi o teorii Jacksona
1948-09-17 16:52:37
The Concept of Mental Health
Pojęcie zdrowia psychicznego.
1949-08-02 19:09:10
Disintegration as a Positive Stage in the Development of the Individual
Dezintegracja jako pozytywny etap w rozwoju jednostki
1951-08-02 19:09:10
A. Mickiewicz University
Michael Piechowski graduated with his MSc. degree in 1956, in Poznań, Poland.
1958-09-16 19:39:56
Nervousness of Children and Youth
Nerwowosc dzieci i mlodziezy. Second edition of this book.
1959-08-02 19:09:10
Social-Educational Child Psychiatry
1959-09-27 18:17:07
On Positive Disintegration
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.
1961-09-16 19:39:56
Piechowski - 1st Ph.D.
Piechowski received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 1965.
1964-01-01 00:00:00
On Positive Disintegration
First book about the theory, published in Poland.
1964-01-01 00:00:00
Positive Disintegration
Dabrowski, K. (1964). Positive Disintegration. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
1965-01-01 00:00:00
Moved to Canada
1967-01-01 00:00:00
Personality-Shaping Through Positive Disintegration
Dabrowski, K. (1967). Personality-Shaping Through Positive Disintegration. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
1967-02-01 00:00:00
Dabrowski meets Piechowski
Dabrowski and Piechowski met in February 1967.
1968-01-01 00:00:00
The Inner Psychic Milieu
Dabrowski, K. (1968). Le milieu psychique interne. Annales Medico-Psychologiques, 457-485.
1968-08-01 00:00:00
Esalen Institute
Summer 1968
1969-01-01 00:00:00
Higher Emotions and the Objectivity of Evaluation
Dabrowski, K., & Piechowski, M. M. (1969). Les emotions supérieures et l'objectivité d'évaluation. Annales médicopsychologigues, Paris, 127(2), 589-613.
1969-02-01 00:00:00
Multilevelness Project
1970-01-01 00:00:00
Piechowski - 2nd Ph.D.
Piechowski received his second doctoral degree, this time in psychology, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1970-08-01 00:00:00
First International Conference on TPD
First International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration, Laval, Quebec.
1970-09-16 19:39:56
Mental Growth Through Positive Disintegration
Dabrowski, K. (With Kawczak, A., & Piechowski, M. M.). (1970). Mental growth through positive disintegration. London: Gryf.
1971-01-01 00:00:00
Dynamics of Concepts - Polish version
1972-01-01 00:00:00
Multilevelness of Emotional and Instinctive Functions
Volume 1 - 1974 Volume 2 - 1972
1972-01-01 00:00:00
Psychoneurosis is Not an Illness
Dabrowski, K. (1972). Psychoneurosis is not an illness: Neuroses and psychoneuroses from the perspective of positive disintegration. London, England: Gryf.
1972-08-01 00:00:00
Existential Thoughts and Aphorisms
Cienin, P. (1972). Existential thoughts and aphorisms. London, England: Gryf.
1972-09-16 19:39:56
Fragments from the Diary of a Madman
Cienin, P. (1972). Fragments from the diary of a madman. London, England: Gryf.
1973-01-01 00:00:00
Original OEQ
Open-ended Overexcitability Questionnaire
1973-04-01 00:00:00
The Dynamics of Concepts
Dabrowski, K. (1973). The dynamics of concepts. London, England: Gryf.
1974-04-01 00:00:00
Two developmental concepts: Multilevelness and developmental potential
Piechowski, M. M. (1974). Two developmental concepts: Multilevelness and developmental potential. Counseling and Values, 18(2), 86-93.
1975-04-01 00:00:00
A Theoretical and Empirical Approach to the Study of Development
Piechowski, M. M. (1975). A theoretical and empirical approach to the study of development. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 92, 231-297.
1975-04-01 00:00:00
Trud istenienia
"The Toil of Existence"
1975-06-06 00:00:00
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
1976-01-01 00:00:00
On the philosophy of development through positive disintegration and secondary integration
Dabrowski, K. (1976). On the philosophy of development through positive disintegration and secondary integration. Dialectics and Humanism, 3(3-4), 131-144.