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The '''Jonah Complex''' is the: fear of success; [[Change management|fear of change]]; fear of personal growth, fear of reaching one's potential; fear of achieving one's aspirations and dreams; and fear of meeting one's social responsibilities ([[golden rule]], God-given responsibilities, etc.).<ref>[[Abraham Maslow]] (October 1993). "The Jonah Complex". [https://books.google.com/books?id=LRcSeVPS9ykC&q=jonah+complex The Farther Reaches of Human Nature]. ISBN 9780140194708.</ref><ref>Department of Cognitive Science, Chris VerWys. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328180625/http://www.rpi.edu/~verwyc/MASLOWOH.htm Personality Psychology], Abraham Maslow</ref><ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/009164718201000202 Desacralizing Life and its Mystery: The Jonah Complex Revisited] by Pierre-E. Lacocque. ''Journal of Psychology and Theology'', Volume 10, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1177/009164718201000202</ref> The Jonah Complex may interfere with an individual's [[achievement orientation]] and hinder a person's ability ability to achieve organizational/societal aims and goals.<ref>[[Abraham Maslow]] (October 1993). "The Jonah Complex". [https://books.google.com/books?id=LRcSeVPS9ykC&q=jonah+complex The Farther Reaches of Human Nature]. ISBN 9780140194708.</ref>

The '''Jonah Complex''' is the: fear of success; [[Change management|fear of change]]; fear of personal growth, fear of reaching one's potential; fear of achieving one's aspirations and dreams; and fear of meeting one's social responsibilities ([[golden rule]], God-given responsibilities, etc.).<ref>[[Abraham Maslow]] (October 1993). "The Jonah Complex". [https://books.google.com/books?id=LRcSeVPS9ykC&q=jonah+complex The Farther Reaches of Human Nature]. ISBN 9780140194708.</ref><ref>Department of Cognitive Science, Chris VerWys. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328180625/http://www.rpi.edu/~verwyc/MASLOWOH.htm Personality Psychology], Abraham Maslow</ref><ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/009164718201000202 Desacralizing Life and its Mystery: The Jonah Complex Revisited] by Pierre-E. Lacocque. ''Journal of Psychology and Theology'', Volume 10, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1177/009164718201000202</ref>  

 

The Jonah Complex may interfere with an individual's [[achievement orientation]] and hinder a person's ability ability to achieve organizational/societal aims and goals.<ref>[[Abraham Maslow]] (October 1993). "The Jonah Complex". [https://books.google.com/books?id=LRcSeVPS9ykC&q=jonah+complex The Farther Reaches of Human Nature]. ISBN 9780140194708.</ref>

The Jonah Complex is more evident is [[Neuroticism|neurotic]] people.<ref> Feist, Gregory; Feist, Jess (2009). Theories of personality (7th ed.). New York McGraw-Hill Higher Education. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-07-338270-8.</ref><ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/009164718201000202 Desacralizing Life and its Mystery: The Jonah Complex Revisited] by Pierre-E. Lacocque. ''Journal of Psychology and Theology'', Volume 10, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1177/009164718201000202 (See: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/27505865 JSTOR copy of the journal article])</ref>   

The Jonah Complex is more evident is [[Neuroticism|neurotic]] people.<ref> Feist, Gregory; Feist, Jess (2009). Theories of personality (7th ed.). New York McGraw-Hill Higher Education. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-07-338270-8.</ref><ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/009164718201000202 Desacralizing Life and its Mystery: The Jonah Complex Revisited] by Pierre-E. Lacocque. ''Journal of Psychology and Theology'', Volume 10, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1177/009164718201000202 (See: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/27505865 JSTOR copy of the journal article])</ref>