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Descriptor English: Existentialism
Descriptor Spanish: Existencialismo
Descriptor existencialismo
Entry term(s) psicología existencial
Scope note: Filosofía basada en el análisis de la existencia del individuo en el mundo que sostiene que la existencia humana no puede ser descrita completamente en términos científicos. El existencialismo subraya también la libertad y la responsabilidad del individuo, así como la singularidad de las experiencias religiosas y éticas y el análisis de los fenómenos subjetivos tales como ansiedad, culpabilidad y sufrimiento. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)
Descriptor Portuguese: Existencialismo
Descriptor French: Existentialisme
Entry term(s): Existential Psychology
Psychology, Existential
Tree number(s): F02.739.418
K01.752.304
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005086
Scope note: Philosophy based on the analysis of the individual's existence in the world which holds that human existence cannot be completely described in scientific terms. Existentialism also stresses the freedom and responsibility of the individual as well as the uniqueness of religious and ethical experiences and the analysis of subjective phenomena such as anxiety, guilt, and suffering. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
PX psychology
Online Note: use EXISTENTIALISM to search EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY 1974-78
History Note: EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY was see under EXISTENTIALISM 1974-78
DeCS ID: 5185
Unique ID: D005086
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/13
Existentialism - Preferred
Concept UI M0008018
Scope note Philosophy based on the analysis of the individual's existence in the world which holds that human existence cannot be completely described in scientific terms. Existentialism also stresses the freedom and responsibility of the individual as well as the uniqueness of religious and ethical experiences and the analysis of subjective phenomena such as anxiety, guilt, and suffering. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)
Preferred term Existentialism
Existential Psychology - Narrower
Concept UI M0008017
Preferred term Existential Psychology
Entry term(s) Psychology, Existential



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