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The self has emerged as a central construct in many domains of behavioral and social science. This state-of-the-science volume brings together an array of leading authorities to comprehensively review theory and research in this burgeoning area. Coverage includes the content, structure, and organization of the self; processes related to agency, regulation, and self-control; self-evaluation and self-related motivation and emotion; interpersonal and cultural issues; and self-development across evolutionary time and the lifespan. Also examined are ways that the development of the self can go awry, resulting in emotional and behavioral problems.
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The once influential behaviorist credo that human behavior can be explained without acknowledging the role of a self now seems absurd, according to Leary (psychology, Wake Forest U.) and Tangney (psychology, George Mason U.). In 32 contributed chapters, social scientists at US and Australian institutions delve into the themes of the self as an organizing construct in a dynamic psychosocial processing system; self-awareness and self-regulation; self-evaluation, self-relevant emotion, and individual differences in self-esteem; interpersonal and cultural aspects; and the evolution of self-recognition in humans and other animals, and disturbances of self-identity in personality disorders. Lastly, the editors overview the next generation of research which may shed further light on these issues. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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