Self-reflection and well-being: is there a healthy amount of introspection?
Both extremely high and extremely low self-reflection have been considered as risk factors for psychological maladjustment. Therefore, from an integrating perspective medium amounts of self-reflection may constitute "healthy introspection." To test this hypothesis, self-reflection and psychological well-being were measured with self-report tests given a pooled sample of 647 subjects. A regressive relationship with self-reflection as a quadratic predictor of well-being was estimated using the LMS method for nonlinear structural equation modeling. No evidence for a curvilinear effect was detected in the total sample or in subgroups. Alternative theoretical assumptions are discussed on a psychological and operational level.
Hoyer
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Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Klinische, Diagnostische und Differentielle Psychologie, Germany.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012647:Self-Assessment