What is the nature of the'self', how do everyday experiences shape it, and how does it
influence our thinking, judgements and behaviors? Such questions constitute enduring …

This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book discusses convincing case for the inclusion of the study of …

Although the two major research areas of the" Self" and" Social Relationships" have
flourished, they have done so largely independently of each other. More and more research …

This edited volume addresses key issues relating to the concept of self, an increasingly
researched area of social psychology. The self-concept consists of three fundamental self …

This chapter explores an alternative approach to the self deriving from self-categorization
theory. The me can be thought as the object of experience while the I is the agent of …

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hands of sociologists and increasingly of social psychologists as well, the analysis of self …

Abstract consider the major trends in theory and research that have characterized the study
of the self among social (and, more recently, social-cognitive) investigators/examine the …

The past 30 years have witnessed several periods of great progress in the study of the self.
One was in the mid-to late-1970s, when researchers explored quite fruitfully the status of the …

Attempts to draw together the more outstanding contributions deriving from the sociological
and psychological traditions, and to provide an impetus for integration of the thinking and …

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