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SUPERIORITY STRIVING/GOAL STRIVING/SUPERIORITY COMPLEX
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Introduction to Adlerian Psychology- Superiority Striving

Dr. Leigh Johnson-Migalski


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SUPERIORITY STRIVING/GOAL STRIVING/SUPERIORITY COMPLEX
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Introduction to Adlerian Psychology-Superiority Striving

Dr. Leigh Johnson-Migalski


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Carter-Sowell, A. R., Wesselmann, E. D., Wirth, J. H., Law, A., Zhansheng, C., Kosasih, M. W., & ... Williams, K. D. (2010). Strides for Belonging Trump Strides for Superiority: Effects of Being Ostracized for Being Superior or Inferior to the Others. Journal Of Individual Psychology, 66(1), 68-92.
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Ostracism-to ignore and exclude-is a painful experience for the target, and it happens to both superior and inferior performing group members. Across three studies, manipulations of status (superiority or inferiority compared to other group members) and inclusionary status (ranging from over-inclusion to ostracism) were manipulated. In Study 1 participants provided perceived measures for targets being observed. In Study 2 participants measured their direct experience. In Study 3 measures were collected at two time points (immediate and delayed). Our results indicate that being superior or inferior matters little when individuals are ostracized: Performing better than other group members does not serve as a buffer for ostracism, nor does performing worse than other group members intensify ostracism's effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]


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Smith, A. H. (2009). Distinguishing the Holistic Context of the Inferiority-Superiority Striving: Contributions of Attachment and Traumatic Shame Studies. Journal Of Individual Psychology, 65(3), 241-263.
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The recent literature on traumatic shame and the literature on affect regulation and the modulation of feeling states through a caregiver have converged with the study of developmental attachment. These empirical trends can be viewed as consistent with the Individual Psychology concepts of social interest, inferiority-superiority strivings, and lifestyle. An integration of these common principles has application in Individual Psychology-oriented psychotherapy. This paper explores the inferiority-superiority strivings found in the patient's lifestyle, and the more clinically resistant, often hidden aspects of shame. Additionally, considerations are made about psychotherapy as an experience of increased social interest that reduces the effects of shame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]


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