The Self: Interdisciplinary Approaches

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. The Study of the Self: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues

   • George R. Goethals, Jaine Strauss

   Pages 1-17

3. Cultural Variation in the Self-Concept

   • Hazel R. Markus, Shinobu Kitayama

   Pages 18-48

4. Psychoanalytic Conceptions of the Self

   • Morris N. Eagle

   Pages 49-65

5. A Model of the Determinants and Mediational Role of Self-Worth: Implications for Adolescent Depression and Suicidal Ideation

   • Susan Harter, Donna B. Marold

   Pages 66-92

6. Disorders of Self: Myths, Metaphors, and the Demand Characteristics of Treatment

   • Martin T. Orne, Nancy K. Bauer-Manley

   Pages 93-106

7. The Affirmational Versus Negational Self-Concepts

   • William J. McGuire, Claire V. McGuire

   Pages 107-120

8. Toward a Comparative Psychology of Self-Awareness: Species Limitations and Cognitive Consequences

   • Gordon G. Gallup Jr.

   Pages 121-135

9. The Relational Self: A New Perspective for Understanding Women’s Development

   • Judith V. Jordan

   Pages 136-149

10. Development of the Self as Subject

    • Jane Loevinger, Augusto Blasi

    Pages 150-167

11. Self-Regulation and the Self

    • Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier

    Pages 168-207

12. The Nature of the Self in Autonomy and Relatedness

    • Richard M. Ryan

    Pages 208-238

13. Assault on the Self: Positive Illusions and Adjustment to Threatening Events

    • Shelley E. Taylor, Margaret E. Kemeny, Geoffrey M. Reed, Lisa G. Aspinwall

    Pages 239-254

14. Self, Awareness, and the Frontal Lobes: A Neuropsychological Perspective

    • Donald T. Stuss

    Pages 255-278

A truly remarkable explosion of interest in the self has taken place in the past two decades, in psychology and related disciplines. This book presents a wide range of recent work on the self, from self-awareness in chimpanzees to multiple-personality disorders, self-esteem in adolescents, as well as fundamental issues going back to the work of James, Cooley and others. Three main groups or clusters of themes emerge. The first cluster consists of chapters that discuss the organization and coherence of the self; the second one deals with self-awareness and self-deception; and the third one examines, in new ways, the question of the relationship between self and other. While it is difficult to predict exactly where future work on the self will lead scholars, this work points in some significant directions and provides a firm reference in the field.

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• Self
• adjustment
• autonomy
• cluster
• coherence
• depression
• development
• media
• myths
• nature
• organization
• organizations
• psychology
• treatment

• Department of Psychology, Bronfman Science Center, Williams College, Williamstown, USA

  Jaine Strauss, George R. Goethals

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