The following papers, written in the early 1960s, reveal some of Dr. Graves thinking as he conducted his research and developed the Levels of Existence Theory.



* The motivational levels follows Roe’s modification of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, as modified by Graves. The subsistence levels refer to deficiency motivation, while the being levels refer to growth or abundancy motivation.

From the Historical Collection of the work of Dr. Clare W. Graves
- presentations, papers, recorded transcripts, notes -
William R. Lee                                                                                                      March 2001

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