„Righteous perseverance”- a logotherapeutic explanation of the meaning of suffering. Implications for education and prevention
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the implications of the logotherapeutic method of explaining the meaning of suffering for education and prevention. Based on literature on the subject, the following are presented: the place and meaning of suffering in existence, attitudes towards suffering, the process of discovering meaning in a situation of inevitable suffering. In addition, conclusions were formulated for educational and preventive work, which are: undertaking comprehensive and multidimensional educational and preventive activities; based on a three-dimensional human model, which will counteract the occurrence and escalation of suffering in the lives of children and adolescents; supporting the development of knowledge of teachers, educators and parents and guardians about mental health promotion and innovative forms and methods of work in the field of logoprevention; introduction of a new form of classes supporting the development of existential competences of young people based on noetic potential and resources as well as existentially significant and important realities, which are values.
Source: Studia z Teorii Wychowania
Author: Katarzyna Jarosz
Institution: University of Opole
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4414987752