Towards a Wholistic Model of Identity: why Not a Meadow?

The focus of this study is set on the creation of a Ganzheitliche-theoretical approach that allows to understand the self-identification process and bases on my previous work (Campill 2020). It is essential in our times, especially because of the current globalization, to connect the cultural psychological development and to reach with the reconsideration of older theories to new approaches. The use of a Ganzheitliche-approach allows to describe a multi-dimensional complex as whole, as well as to zoom into more specified processes that interact while Networking. It has to be noted that any theoretical advancement has to be reinforced, through a foundation built out of heterogenous ideas, that can root from different time periods, society's, schools or domains. The visualization of such a multi-dimensional concept, will be realized by using concepts that are strongly bounded with those Naturwissenschaftliche traditions and allows first insights of how psychology could be seen in a different manner. A priority of the research were the everyday challenges, of individuals experiencing a social-change in a new-cultural environment. This study provided several insights into the life of multicultural individuals, which allows to underline the important role of compromising as a natural coping method, negotiating between the intervening human desires of adaptation and preservation. The self-identification model of an individual becomes detectable, if we use the metaphor of a meadow abundant with different flowers. This model is visualised through the artwork by Vincent van Gogh and allows the bridging between different fields of knowledge, generated in a diversity of scientific and non-scientific fields. Furthermore, on the empirical side, this article provides the exploration of observable negotiation processes, which also allows to link the proculturation concept with the identification Meadow. The negotiation will be connected with the dimensions of, preservation, adaptation and compromising, and allows first insights in a new way of seeing Identity evolving through the life span of an individual.