Psychological Perspectives on the Self, Volume 4 : the Self in Social Perspective

Suls, Jerry (EDT)

Psychology Press Ltd（2016/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138984103
• DDC分類 155

Full Description

The primary aim of this volume is to present the most recent advances in the psychological study of the self with a special emphasis on the factors that contribute to self-concept and self-esteem. This volume offers the following features:

* state-of-the-art testimonies of important new research programs on the self

* valuable reviews and literature on measurement of self-concept

* analysis of sociocultural influences on self -- an understudied topic until recently

* new theory on the origins of self-enhancement

Contents

Contents: Preface. R.B. Felson, The (Somewhat) Social Self: How Others Affect Self-Appraisals. J.D. Brown, Self-Esteem and Self-Evaluation: Feeling Is Believing. H.W. Marsh, Academic Self-Concept: Theory, Meaurement, and Research. D. Dunning, Words to Live By: The Self and Definitions of Social Concepts and Categories. M.R. Leary, The Interplay of Private Self-Processes and Interpersonal Factors in Self-Presentation. B.R. Little, Personal Projects and the Distributed Self: Aspects of a Conative Psychology. D. Oyserman, H.R. Markus, The Sociocultural Self.