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

by JerrySuls (Editor), Jerry Suls (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2016

  $61.55

  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