title: Still radical after all these years: George Kelly's The psychology of personal constructs.
abstract: George Kelly's "The psychology of personal constructs" put forward a new psychology that viewed people as actively constructing and anticipating their worlds. This paper considers personal construct theory and its philosophy; personal construct assessment techniques; the personal construct view of psychological disorder and its treatment; and the wide range of other applications of personal construct theory. It is concluded that personal construct psychology remains a radical approach over half a century after Kelly published his magnum opus.
authors.affiliation: University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts., UK. d.winter@herts.ac.uk
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Winter
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000266:history; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000266:history*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*