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 …

As Self and Identity enters its third year of publication, I continue to be impressed by the way
in which ''self''has emerged from the hinterlands of social and behavioral science to become …

Cross-cultural perspectives have brought renewed interest in the social aspects of the self
and the extent to which individuals define themselves in terms of their relationships to others …

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 chapter began with a brief history of the self, noting that in recent decades social
psychology has at long last embraced some seminal conceptions of the self offered by …

The self-concept can be divided into two distinct forms: social identity and personal identity.
Social identity is defined as the collective self, grounded in and associated with group …

Abstract present 10 theses which elaborate on the conceptual distinction between the
individual self and the collective self/these theses build on the distinction between the …

The individual self comprise unique attributes, the relational self comprises partner-shared
attributes, and the collective self comprises ingroup-shared attributes. All selves are …

Leading theoreticians and researchers present current thinking about the role played by
group memberships in people's sense of who they are and what they are worth. The …

In this chapter, we explore how others affect individual selves and how individual selves
affect others. It is difficult to think about the self without referring to others. People often …