Markers of Psychosocial Maturation

Mufid James Hannush was Associate Professor of Psychology at Rosemont College in Rosemont, USA. Professor Hannush is the author of Becoming Good Parents: An Existential Journey (2002).

• 1. Introduction.- Part I The Capacities for Self-Analysis, Self-Understanding, and Self-Transcendence.- 2. Self-Analysis: The Capacity for Self-Analysis Through Self-Reflection.- 3. Self-Understanding: The Capacity for Self-Understanding and Insight into the Self.- 4. Self-Transcendence: The Capacity for Self-Transcendence Through the Suspension of Belief/Judgment.- Part II The Capacities for Balance, Feelings, and Creativity.- 5. Balance: The Capacity to Establish and Maintain a Dialectical Balance Between Polar Lifeworld Meanings.- 6. Feelings: The Capacity to Balance One’s Feelings and Come to Terms with the Ambivalences and Ambiguities of Existence.- 7. Creativity: The Capacity for Creativity and Creative Living.- Part III The Capacities for Aesthetics, Goodness, Kindness, and Truth.- 8. Aesthetics: The Capacity for Relational Aesthetics.- 9. Goodness: The Capacity for Goodness.- 10. Kindness: The Capacity for Kindness.- 11. Truth: The Capacity to Seek, Find, and Be in the Service of Emotional and Relational Truth.- Part IV The Capacities for Companionship and Aloneness.- 12. Companionship: The Capacity for Companionship and Friendship.- 13. Aloneness: The Capacity to Be at Home with Aloneness, Silence, and Solitude.- Part V The Capacities for Self-Esteem, Flexibility, and Resilience.- 14. Self-Esteem: The Capacity for Self-Esteem Regulation.- 15. Flexibility: The Capacity for Flexibility.- 16. Resilience: The Capacity for Resilience.- Part VI The Capacities for Acceptance, Authenticity, and Responsibility.- 17. Acceptance: The Capacity for Acceptance of Self, Others, and Life Itself.- 18. Authenticity: The Capacity for Authenticity, Congruence, Genuineness, and Realness.- 19. Responsibility (Response-Ability): The Capacity for the Acceptance, Assumption, and Owning of Responsibility.- Part VII The Capacities for Holding, Trust, andHope.- 20. Holding: The Capacity for Holding and Containing the Self/Other.- 21. Trust: The Capacity to Trust Self and Others.- 22. Hope: The Capacity for Realistic Hope.- Part VIII The Capacities for Empathy, Relating, and Repairing.- 23. Empathy: The Capacity for Empathy.- 24. Relating: The Capacity for Healthy Relating.- 25. Repairing: The Capacity for Repairing Relational Ruptures.- Part IX The Capacities for Irony, Joy, Love, and Work.- 26. Irony: The Capacity for Cultivating a Sense of Irony.- 27. Joy: The Capacity for Joy and Enjoyment as Manifested in Humor, Laughter, and Playfulness.- 28. Love: The Capacity to Love and Be Loveable.- 29. Work: The Capacity for Generative Work.- Part X The Capacities for Suffering and Mourning.- 30. Suffering: The Capacity to Endure Suffering.- 31. Mourning: The Capacity for Mourning and Working Through Loss.- 32. Conclusion.

“Hannush’s work is a psychoeducational tour de force on psychosocial maturation. … The reader will appreciate that each chapter as a dedicated reference page(s) … . This scholarly text would be excellent support for a graduate-level course in psychosocial maturation as well as lifespan development. … Without doubt, the reader will enjoy much wisdom in this book. … This instructive, comprehensive, and perceptive book thus ends with optimism and hope for our enduring and maturing selves … .” (Robert McInerney, Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, Vol. 53 (1), 2022)