Beyond chaos and rigidity, flexstability

IF 2.9 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL New Ideas in Psychology Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100948

Ib Ravn

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Chaos and rigidity are often used to describe problematic psychological states. If they are to be avoided, how does one conceive of a normative alternative? A midway compromise between chaos and rigidity seems unsatisfactory. This paper proposes that underlying chaos and rigidity are two dimensions of healthy human experience, those of stability (focus, routine, unity) and flexibility (exploration, novelty, diversity). Their union is possible, the optimal state of “flexstability”, a state in which individuals experience flexibility and stability simultaneously. Chaos can be now understood as flexibility without stability, and rigidity as stability without flexibility. These concepts may be arranged in a two-by-two “flexstability matrix” that suggests that normative psychological development navigates the extremes of chaos and rigidity and pursues the state of flexstability. The concepts of the matrix are applied to seven research areas in psychology: parenting styles, identity formation, development of mind, flow, creativity, emotional regulation and self-determination.

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除了混乱和僵化，还有灵活和稳定

混乱和僵化经常被用来描述有问题的心理状态。如果要避免它们，人们如何设想一个规范的替代方案?混乱与僵化之间的折中似乎不能令人满意。本文认为，潜在的混沌和刚性是健康人类经验的两个维度，即稳定性(集中、常规、统一)和灵活性(探索、新奇、多样性)。他们的结合是可能的，是“灵活稳定”的最佳状态，在这种状态下，个人同时体验到灵活性和稳定性。现在可以把混沌理解为没有稳定性的灵活性，把刚性理解为没有灵活性的稳定性。这些概念可以被安排在一个2乘2的“弹性稳定性矩阵”中，这表明规范的心理发展在混乱和僵化的极端中导航，并追求弹性稳定的状态。矩阵的概念被应用于心理学的七个研究领域:养育方式、身份形成、心智发展、心流、创造力、情绪调节和自我决定。

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期刊介绍： New Ideas in Psychology is a journal for theoretical psychology in its broadest sense. We are looking for new and seminal ideas, from within Psychology and from other fields that have something to bring to Psychology. We welcome presentations and criticisms of theory, of background metaphysics, and of fundamental issues of method, both empirical and conceptual. We put special emphasis on the need for informed discussion of psychological theories to be interdisciplinary. Empirical papers are accepted at New Ideas in Psychology, but only as long as they focus on conceptual issues and are theoretically creative. We are also open to comments or debate, interviews, and book reviews.