A presentation of the book “Values, Justice and Mental Well-being” (Ценности, справедливост и психично благополучие) by Prof. DSc Ergyul Tair from the Department of Psychology of the Institute for Population and Human Studies (IPHS) took place on 18 October at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS. The director of IPHS Prof. Antoaneta Hristova opened the event by thanking Prof. Tair for reviving the section of occupational and organizational psychology at the institute and highlighted her work as a very thorough scholar in the field of psychology.
The book of almost 300 pages is by “Prof. Marin Drinov” Publishing House with reviewers Prof. Antoaneta Hristova, Prof. Snezhana Ilieva and Prof. Sonia Karabeliova. The publication is not only for the narrowly specialized college but is also aimed at the wider public. The event was attended by the President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Member of the Academy, and representatives of the Academy’s management, lecturers, students and colleagues.
The book “Values, Justice, and Mental Well-Being” traces the extent to which preferences for goals at the individual, cultural, or occupational level (values) and beliefs about justice (belief in a just world) determine an individual’s successful adaptation to the environment (well-being).
Prof. Tair presents some of the main approaches to individual, cultural and work values and research findings in Bulgaria over the last ten years. The author focuses on a new integrative model of functional values, cognitively representing the two basic needs (existence and development) that guide the choice and evaluation of individual behavior.
The book outlines specific differences in values by age and gender corresponding to functional perspective and stages of personality development. Based on the results of empirical research, evidence is presented for significant changes in beliefs about a just world as a result of cognitive and emotional personal maturation and for differentiating of beliefs about justice.
The inferred predictive capabilities of functional values and beliefs about justice for individual well-being and optimal personal functioning validate psychological research as a mental health approach applicable to personality psychology, health psychology, and occupational and organizational psychology.
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