"Sam would like to be a world-class swimmer. However, due to his parents' opposition, he gave up his dream and followed their pre-set path: to study accountancy. He was very upset and had a poor self-image. However, he thought this was the only way to receive his parents love and support."

Q: Identify and discuss the personality perspective that could be applied to understand the scenario. And support your answer with relevant concepts and theories.

I had raised the same question, the Course hero tutor provided social cognitive personality. I had checked with University's professor, she believe that social cognitive personality might not the best fit for this question, she suggested that I could think of "humanistic perspective" based on Roger's approach - such as unconditional positive regard, condition of worth, self-concept etc.