Meaning Therapy
Dr. Paul Wong
Towards an Integrative Model of Meaning-Centered Counseling and Therapy
In my last installment on Meaning-Centered Counseling (MCC; Wong, 1997) I presented a cognitive-behavioral reformulation of logotherapy. In the present paper, I propose that Meaning-Centered Counseling and Therapy (MCCT) is an integrative model, because the blending...
Meaning-Centered Counseling: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Logotherapy
Abstract This paper is the first of a series of papers that extend Dr. Frankl’s pioneer work of bridging between existential traditions and cognitive-behavioral psychology. Meaning-Centered Counseling may be regarded as neo-logotherapy, because it...
A Stage Model of Coping with Frustrative Stress
Text coming soon. Cite Wong, P. T. P. (1995). A stage model of coping with frustrative stress. In R. Wong (Ed.), Biological perspectives on motivated activities (pp. 339-378). Norwood, NJ: Ablex. Click here for published version of the chapter.
When People Ask “Why” Questions, and the Heuristics of Attributional Search
Co-Author Co-authored with Bernard Weiner, University of California, Los Angeles. Abstract Five experiments making use of a self-probe methodology in both simulated and real conditions demonstrated that individuals do engage in spontaneous attributional search. This...
Initial Validity and Reliability of the Trent Attribution Profile (TAP) as a Measure of Attribution Schema and Locus of Control
Abstract Success and failure outcomes in three achievement-oriented common-life situations were simulated in the Trent Attribution Profile (TAP) with both self and others-orientations. The TAP provides measures of locus of control and stability dimensions...
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