Level V: Secondary Integration
Secondary integration is the ideal culmination of personality development in Dąbrowski’s theory. Here, internal conflict has been resolved through the unification of behavior, values, and ideals.
Features include:
• Complete autonomy and self-realization
• Deep and universal empathy
• Harmony between inner experience and external action
• Service to humanity guided by moral vision
Few reach this level, but it serves as a guiding image for developmental aspiration.
Features include:
• Complete autonomy and self-realization
• Deep and universal empathy
• Harmony between inner experience and external action
• Service to humanity guided by moral vision
Few reach this level, but it serves as a guiding image for developmental aspiration.