caa a22 4500 467916535 CHVBK 20180406152904.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-005-5551-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-005-5551-2 Strümpfer D. Departments of Psychology, Universities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, 1 Sabie Road, 2195, Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa aut The Strengths Perspective: Fortigenesis in Adult Life [Elektronische Daten] [D. Strümpfer] "Fortigenesis” (L. fortis=strong) refers to a process of developing strengths at a variety of endpoints. Assumptions are: (i) there exist 2 continua, of mental illness and mental health, along which waxing and waning in the process of fortigenesis moves individuals in the directions of more or less strength; (ii) challenge, struggling and suffering, due to inordinate demands, are inherent to the human condition; (iii) there are strengths to negotiate and resile these demands, and even to harness them towards subsequent flourishing; and (iv) there are also purely positive experiences. The background to a "science of strength” is presented briefly. Subjective well-being, questing for meaning, thriving/flourishing, and interpersonal flourishing, are reviewed as illustrative themes. The review is limited to English language and Occidental literature, and to matters mainly apparent in individual adult lives. Springer, 2006 Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 77/1(2006-05-01), 11-36 0303-8300 77:1<11 2006 77 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-5551-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-5551-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Strümpfer D. Departments of Psychology, Universities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, 1 Sabie Road, 2195, Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 77/1(2006-05-01), 11-36 0303-8300 77:1<11 2006 77 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer