Talk:Unconditional positive regard

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Unconditional Positive Respect
A similar, alternate meaning is "Unconditional Positive Respect" as used by Gus Lee in his book, "Courage: The Backbone of Leadership". Gus Lee's article page is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Lee. A link to the title from his article page exist but it has not yet been started. Kernel.package (talk) 06:16, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Suggested editing to article
I think that this article lacks overall structure. I would like to create structure to the article by adding more headings with relative information. These headings could include more information on the background of unconditional positive regard (such as how it was developed/ who developed the concept, etc.), how it is utilized in different types of therapy (client-centered therapy, etc.), and other implications in the field of psychology (such as attachment style between parents and children). PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 14:45, 7 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Bearing in mind your comment was made 10 years ago ans you may no longer be an active Wikipedia editor, I still want to add that I concur and warmly encourage you to have a go at extending the article! Mongrelmusings (talk) 00:31, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

I think the article could use a history of the development and/or evolution of UPR over the years if there has been any changes. Some criticisms of UPR would make for a nice balance.Matte Skought (talk) 00:02, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Changes to be made
This article lacks structure. I would like to organize the entire article in a reader-friendly way. I want to give it specific headings so an everyday reader can easily find information for a quick read. Also, an issue with the article now is that the information is not properly cited. I want to make sure that is no longer an issue after our group is finished editing the article. I would like our group to really focus on having a concise article that is reader friendly for the everyday population. This article is a psychology article, however, Wikipedia is for the entire world so I want it to be reader friendly and reader accessible. NMartin319 (talk) 15:58, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

To-Do List
Matte Skought (talk) 00:01, 15 October 2014 (UTC) PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 14:23, 15 October 2014 (UTC) NMartin319 (talk) 21:34, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Find reference(s) to substantiate first paragraph
 * Research history of UPR and add references
 * Research evidence in favor of UPR and add references
 * Research implications of UPR and add references
 * Research criticisms of UPR and add references
 * Find video/text example of UPR in action and add as a link with reference
 * Add real examples of a therapist using UPR in order to show the effectiveness and clinical evidence

'''Please add edits so that I can attibute them to individuals. Add four tildes after your edit.''' J.R. Council (talk) 01:44, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

I began this section with 3 or 4 of the bulleted points.Matte Skought (talk) 20:15, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Proposed Outline
This is a rough sketch that we can jump from. Matte Skought (talk) 23:59, 14 October 2014 (UTC) PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 14:20, 15 October 2014 (UTC) PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 14:21, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Lead Section
 * History of UPR
 * Evidence of UPR's Effectiveness
 * Implications of UPR
 * Criticisms of UPR


 * This is a good outline. I would also propose to put some images in these sections for further enhancement. 38.43.31.255 (talk) 06:14, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

I really like this outline that has been laid out. I feel as though they are strong headings that will engage the reader, which was one of my goals with this project. I think they are also all going to be equal in length. If we find that one topic is starting to get lengthy compared to the others, I think we should break it into multiple sections, but for an initial outline, I am very happy with this. NMartin319 (talk) 21:45, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

See above regarding signing your edits. J.R. Council (talk) 01:46, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

I began this section with four bulleted points which were roughly based on the sample article structure in the handout.Matte Skought (talk) 20:17, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

New References
Matte Skought (talk) 00:19, 15 October 2014 (UTC) PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 14:25, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Patterson, C.H. (1985). Respect (Unconditional positive regard). The Therapeutic Relationship, 59-63.
 * ROGERS, C.R. (1951). Client-Centered Therapy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
 * ROGERS, C.R. (1967?) The Great Carl Rogers - Person Centred Therapy. YouTube, Uploaded 1 March 2010.
 * ROGERS, C.R. (1957). The necessary and sufficient of therapeutic personality change. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 21, 95-103
 * Sanford, R. (1984). Unconditional positive regard: A misunderstood way of being.
 * Wilkins, P. (2000). Unconditional positive regard reconsidered. British Journal of Guidance & Counseling, 28(1), 23-36.

I added two articles to this list of references. I added one that shows direct dialogue between a therapist and the patient. I felt like this would be good for positive evidence for UPR. I also added an article that discusses some of the criticisms of UPR. The other articles that were posted look to be very thorough in regards to our topic. NMartin319 (talk) 21:47, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

''' Again, see above regarding signing your edits. I need to know who is doing what.'''J.R. Council (talk) 01:48, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

I added the Client-Centered Therapy book and the YouTube videoMatte Skought (talk) 20:19, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Assigning Tasks
We can use this area to assign tasks!

Research implications of UPR and add references Find video/text example of UPR in action and add as a link with reference Add real examples to the evidence in favor of UPR
 * Lynsey-Research history of UPR and add references
 * Matt-Research evidence in favor of UPR and add references
 * Nikki-Research criticisms of UPR and add references

Find reference(s) to substantiate first paragraph

PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 14:53, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

This looks good from my end.Matte Skought (talk) 15:35, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

I added in the To-Do List that we could add some real examples to the evidence in favor of UPR so I added that task to one that I will complete. I thought it would be interesting to include in our article because it may break up some of the reading in a very user friendly way. I have complete confidence in our group to accomplish all of these tasks and to develop a great, complete article. Please let me know if one of the tasks becomes too large for one person to take on and I am more than willing to help contribute where ever I am needed! I think the articles that we have posted have great information for us to have a complete article. NMartin319 (talk) 21:37, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

All I did here was agree to the presented task list.Matte Skought (talk) 20:20, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Nice job, nonetheless
Although I can't tell who is making specific contributions, you have done a nice job on the to do list, outline, and refs. Time to move ahead! J.R. Council (talk) 01:51, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Matte Skought and NMartin319 I noticed after the quote in the lead section, there is a large space and then the citation number is below it. I've been trying to play with the format but cannot seem to get the citation at the end of the quote. I was wondering if either of you could see if you have any luck with this. Thanks!PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 02:59, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Feedback for Assignment 9
General comments: You’ve already done some great work to improve this article. There’s still a little bit to go, but you are well on your way to final wrap-up.
 * For organizing an article on a psychological concept, see the brochure, Editing Wikipedia Articles on Psychology, 2nd page, Organizing your article/An article on a psychological concept.

Comments on specific sections of the main article follow: 1. Lead-in 2. History 3. Effect of Unconditional Positive Regard on Psychology 4. Research Implications 5. Examples of Unconditional Positive Regard 6. Criticism J.R. Council (talk) 22:47, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * this is good, but I don’t like this sentence: People who have not been exposed to it may come to see themselves in the negative ways that others have made them feel.
 * very good
 * last sentence, add ‘s’ to Roger
 * move this section to end – it makes a nice conclusion to the article.
 * 1st sentence - change ‘effects’ to ‘context’
 * add to last sentence ‘...humanistic therapy, particularly client-centered therapy,
 * this is fine
 * add a block quote form the article to show examples of statements conveying UPR.
 * this is good

Final Changes Made
Hello. I took care of the lead paragraph sentence and moved the effects section to the end as indicated by Dr. Council. I did not make any changes within the effects section in order to make sure we all get a piece of the action. I am always available for any further edits. Let me know.Matte Skought (talk) 17:12, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

I added the "s" to Rogers in the History section and changed "effects" to "context" in the Effects of UPR section! Let me know if I can help with any additional edits. PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 20:48, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

I added two block quotes under the examples of UPR. The first is a negative example of a therapist and client conversation. The second is a more positive example of unconditional positive regard. However, when I added these block quotes, the format got very strange and I can't fix it!! I've tried everything! Can anyone help with this?! I feel like I added good info, but I feel terrible for what it did to the article. Yikes! Thanks! NMartin319 (talk) 20:58, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Also, the 12th and 13th reference is the same. The information is from the same article, but I felt like I needed to reference it twice since it is different information that I used. Is there a way to have both numbered 12 or something? I can't seem to figure this out either. If you have any advice or know how to make this change, I think that would be a good finishing touch to work on. Thanks!! NMartin319 (talk) 21:00, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

I do see that the format changed, but I am not sure how to change this either? I will toy around with it and see if I can figure it out. As for the 12/13 reference, you can create a "named reference" when you site the first sentence (the one numbered 12 right now) and then when you site the second sentence (numbered 13 right now) you just enter in reference 12 under "named reference". If this doesn't make sense I can show you in class on Wednesday!PsychologyinNoDak (talk) 19:56, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you are trying to do something about the wonky formatting after the quotes. I can't figure out how to fix it either. Please use the course page to contact one of the online ambassadors and ask for help.J.R. Council (talk) 21:37, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

SafeAssign
Hi group,

I believe that the SafeAssign came back okay in regards to plagiarism. It doesn't look to me like anything needs our attention right now. Awesome! If someone sees something that I am not seeing, please let me know. Also, the format to the article has been fixed thanks to one of the ambassadors! Woohoo! I have worked for a long time trying to figure out the citation for #12 and #13 and I can't get it to work! Can someone please help me so it looks a bit more complete? Let me know if there are any questions, concerns, or needs from me to work on the article. I think we've created a pretty good product! NMartin319 (talk) 03:59, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

I agree, everything looks good. One of the dinged websites matched because they plagiarized us! I will take a look at that citation.Matte Skought (talk) 22:43, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Nikki, I found the book on Google Scholar and updated the reference.Matte Skought (talk) 23:03, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Chris Voss and Negotiation Theory
It may be worth noting the incorporation of UPR in negotiation theory, particularly with regard to hostage and terrorist encounters.

>people would have to adopt a position of tolerance which does not reject the value of other persons based upon "repugnant but harmless" behaviors and beliefs in others.

this has been disproven -- if the goal is behavior influence, such as a desire for hostages to be released rather than killed, research has shown that UPR is critical. This article implies little research has been done while in fact the journal of Behavioral Sciences in Terrorism and Political Aggression regularly address this issue. In short, this article is out of date.

Admittedly, adding the work done between 1990 and today would be extensive, but would greatly improve the article quality.

199.80.248.1 (talk) 18:36, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Claim about Ruth Sanford's article
The article makes the following claim about Sanford's criticism:

> However, she questions whether a person can actually demonstrate unconditional positive regard in shallow, less meaningful relationships where the two people do not fully know each other.

You can see in her criticism she says quite the opposite:

> It is clear to me that close to the very core of my intimate and significant relationships dwells unconditional positive regard as an integral part of my way of being. But all of these less significant, more peripheral and even distant relationships? The further I go in my search the more I am aware that the attitude seeps in to touch in some way my feeling about persons in my city, my town, or the broader arena of community life. I wonder how a commissioner, mayor, delegate to the UN. has come to a decision, how she/he feels, what the pressures are.

I've removed that sentence from the paragraph, as the rest of the paragraph remains a correct summary of her article.

--Dariusk (talk) 18:58, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Anything goes? Criticism of UPR
Some criticize UPR, if UPR has no conditions, than it is relative and anything goes. Are therapists capable of unconditionally accepting clients when they engage in behavior they find deplorable like horrific violence and paraphillias especially with nonconsenting others? It seems that genuineness also referred to as congruence on the Person-centered Wikipedia page is essential here; therapists must be authentic and convey their inabilities to accept certain behaviors while still maintaining some level of UPR for the person as a person. It seems that this might be developed. Thoughts? Also, it seems like Roger's ideas about genuineness/authenticity/congruence etc. should at least be mentioned here and developed elsehwere. Please reach out to me about your thoughts and commentsJskalski (talk) 04:32, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Adult Development Winter 2023
— Assignment last updated by Jonb03 (talk) 21:07, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Changed Structure of the Article
I recommended changes to the article's structure. I would also like to add two videos to the article that will connect the information about history regarding Carl Rogers and give everyday application of the concept.

(1) within the heading of history: Carl Rogers. (2014, February 28).Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Approach [Video].YouTube.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Unconditional%20Positive%20Regard%20Meaning&mid=2D114DA297DFA508BF372D114DA297DFA508BF37&ajaxhist=0

(2) within the heading of applications: Michelle Charfen.(2014, October 13).Unconditional Positive Regard-The Power of Self Acceptance[Video]. YouTube.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=uncondition+positive+regard+pauline+andrew&mid=A7243A4D1D9086125D33A7243A4D1D9086125D33&FORM=VIRE

What do you think about the videos? Would they add value and understanding of the concept? Slttu (talk) 01:51, 13 October 2023 (UTC)