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Happiness and the development
of a dialogical Self
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Benefits of happiness
- more friends
- stronger social support and richer social interactions.
- increased productivity, more activity and creativity
- higher quality of work
- higher income
- more cooperative, prosocial, and charitable
- greater self-control
- bolstered immune system
- live a longer life
Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D, (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture of
sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111–131.
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Sources of happiness
- Genetics: 50%
- Circumstances: 10%
- Intentional activity: 40%
Intentional activities: possible route to more enduring increases in
happiness beyond basic determinants.
Changing one’s volitional efforts: happiness-boosting potential that
is almost as large as the probable role of genetics, and much larger
than the influence of one’s circumstances.
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Alice: Telling different things from different
positions (open vs. closed)
Question about her past:
Is there something important or influential in your past
that still exerts an influence today?
Valuation from her open position:
“My mother, open and cheerful,
has always been like a friend to me”
Valuation from her closed position:
“When I was 12 years old, my father left the house;
I know so little about that period; I think there is much
pain and sorrow during that time”
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Alice: Telling different things about the same
person
Question about her present:
Is there something important or
influential in your present life?
Valuation from her open position:
“In the contact with my boyfriend: I’m
always listening to him; I’m always there
for him”
Valuation from her closed position:
“My partner and I have both had a broken relationship in the
past; I do not want to lose myself again in another relationship”
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Figure 1, Average dominance ratings for thinking about personal
valuations for open and closed positions over four weeks
Hermans, H.J.M., & Kempen, H.J.G. (1993). The dialogical self: Meaning as movement. San Diego:
Academic Press
How DOMINANT were
these valuations in your
thinking during the past
week?
Reversal of dominance
is expressed by the
crossing lines
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Figure 2. Average meaningfulness ratings for thinking about personal
valuations for open and closed positions over four weeks
Hermans, H.J.M., & Kempen, H.J.G. (1993). The dialogical self: Meaning as movement. San
Diego: Academic Press
How MEANINGFUL were
these valuations in your thinking
during the past week?
Meaningfulness
reversal is expressed
by the crossing lines
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Hubert
Hermans
Spronck
optimistic
pessimistic
city
independent business
practical
optimistic
rural/ farmers
misfortune
sensitive
pessimistic
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Word I in Sranon Tongo
Different modalities of the word 'I‘ in the Sranon Tongo,
the language of Afro-Surinam people
Mi I
Mi kra My soul, I
A misi (f'mi) My feminine part
A masra (f'mi) My masculine part
Mi misi nanga mi masra My feminine and masculine part
Mi dyodyo My divine parents
Mi skin My body, I
Mi geest My spirit, I
Wekker, G. (1994). Eindelijk kom ik tot mezelf [Finally, I’m in touch with myself].
In J. Hoogsteder (Red.), Etnocentrisme & Communicatie in de Hulpverlening (pp. 45-60).
Utrecht: Landelijke Federatie van Welzijnsorganisaties voor Surinamers.
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A dynamic multiplicity of I positions
in the landscape of the mind,
intertwined as this mind is with the
minds of other people
The Dialogical Self
As voiced positions they tell their OWN
STORY; they are involved in dialogical
relationships both within and between
people.
Dialogical relationships involve both interchange and
relative dominance.
Hermans, H.J.M., & Gieser, T. (Eds.) (2012) Handbook of Dialogical Self
Theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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dreamer &
perfectionistavoider father &
grandfather
accepting psychotherapist
SOCIETY
EXTERNAL
DOMAIN OF
SELFINTERNAL
DOMAIN OF
SELF
DIALOGICAL SPACE
Richards example
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- Takes a distance from the immediate stream of
experiences, but is still dialogical.
-The development of a meta-position with a broad
bandwidth contributes to the integration and continuity
of the repertoire as a whole.
Hermans, H.J.M., & Hermans-Konopka, A. (2010). Dialogical Self Theory: Positioning
and counter-positioning in a globalizing society. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
(a) Overarching view on several positions;
(b) Linkages between positions with recognition of
their diversity and alterity;
(c) Direction of change
Meta-position (leadership in the self)
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Motivation from a Dialogical Point of View
-Internal and external
promoter positions:
the case of Kader Abdolah
- his father and his dream as
promoter positions
- motivation is strongest when the promoter
position is supported by a broad bandwidth
of other positions
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Promoter position (leadership in the self)
- Organizing the self-system in the direction of higher
developmental levels (e.g., becoming more authentic
or capable to deal with uncertainty)
- Openness towards the future of the self and have the
potential to produce and organize a diverse range of
more specialized but qualitatively different positions
Can you mention two promoter positions in your past
or present life, one external and one internal?
- Examples: ‘I as accepting,’ ‘I as artistic’, ‘I as
religious,’ ‘my mission’ or an external model
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Summary:
Towards a deeper view on happiness
A dynamic multiplicity of
positive and negative I-positions in the society
of mind, involved in dialogical relationships --
including relationships of relative dominance--
with oneself and others
As a way to make productive use of the
volitional part of happiness
Hermans, H.J.M., & Meijers, F. (2019). The pursuit of happiness. Special issue on happiness,
British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 47, 139-142,
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International Society
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Mission:- the facilitation of dialogical processes in the self,in society and between cultures in a globalizing world
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