1951 – The Role Of Self-transcendence In Personality And Its Impact On Quality Of Life

Abstract

Introduction

The concept of person is connected to personality and self-transcendence belongs to its structure, as core component. The assessment of self-transcendence as part of human personality opens the gate of self-awareness in personology. Robert Cloninger is a distinctive researcher because he states that the comprehensive assessment of the human being includes the moral-spiritual dimension which implies deep self-awareness, in the absence of which subjective well-being is not possible.

Thus, in Cloninger's view self-transcendence is a character dimension. Self-transcendent individuals are often described as un-demanding, fulfilled, enduring, creative, altruistic, spiritualized. High self-transcendence has adaptive advantages when the individuals deals with suffering and death, which are inevitable once the person grows older.

Material and method

131 patients with personality disorder aged 19 to 62 were included in the study. Temperament and Character Inventory; Multicultural Quality of Life Index (J. Mezzich et all, 2000).

Specific objective of the study

The assessment of the relationship between the scores in personality dimensions and the quality of life.

Results

Significant correlations were ascertained between the character dimension Self-transcendence and the Multicultural Quality of Life Index. Thus, according to this correlation analysis, (r² = 0,035) of the variation of the score on the Multicultural Quality of Life Index is given by variations of the Self-Transcendence score.

Conclusions

The assessment of the self-transcendence dimension as part of human personality opens the doors of knowledge in personology.

Human personality directly influences scores in quality of life scales through character dimensions.