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This program is intended as an environmental approach to mental health in industry. As such we consider it to be complementary to the more usual approach of individual counseling and therapy. The focus is on the effects of environmental factors on the mental health of the adult, with special attention to social psychological factors in largescale organizations. We view the industrial environment and the experience of working in it both positively and negatively. That is, we see the industrial environment not only as a source of pressures and conflicts which interfere with mental health, but also as a source of support conducive to mental health. But these effects of the environment can best be understood by considering the total person-environment field. Thus it is a secondary objective of the program to contribute to an integrated theory of personality and organization which will lead to a more specific understanding of health and illness.In this article we will consider the following major issues in our programmatic work: ( I ) the central research concepts to be employed, and a schema depicting the relationships among them; (11) an approach to theory construction and to methods of research; (111) the place of motivation, self-identity and other enduring aspects of the person in this research program; ( I V ) a systematic approach to studying the industrial environment, and ( V ) the development of appropriate criteria for mental health.The scope of the program is broad, covering problems and variables which are typically studied in sociology, social psychology, clinical psychology and psychiatry, epidemiology, and physiology. The systematic position of these variables will be discussed in connection with Figure 1 before the scope of the program is further delineated