ABSTRACT
The phrase, life style, is currently used in many ways which Adler never intended. As Adler used it, life style refers to the “unity in each individual—in his thinking, feeling, acting; in his so-called conscious and unconscious, in every expression of his personality. This unity we call the style of life of the individual” (3, p. 175). While we agree with this definition of life style, we prefer one somewhat more limited, namely, a person’s central convictions which, to oversimplify, describe how he views himself in relation to his view of life.
