Abstract Markus and Kitayama's (1991) theory of independent and interdependent self-
construals had a major influence on social, personality, and developmental psychology by …

The psychological self may be construed as a reflexive arrangement of the subjective “I” and
the constructed “Me,” evolving and expanding over the human life course. The psychological …

Self and identity may be two of the most popular concepts in social psychology. Nearly every
area of social psychology touches on some aspect of a person's self or identity, or on a …

Self-construal is thought to mediate and explain the effects of culture on a wide variety of
outcome variables. A meta-analysis of published cross-cultural self-construal research is …

The general feeling of self-respect and self-worth—what is typically called self-esteem, is the
focus of many current theories of personality and social psychology. Although limited largely …

Three theoretical perspectives on cultural universals and differences in the content of self-
concepts were tested in individualistic (United States, n= 178; Australia, n= 112) and …

This edited volume outlines the latest meta-theoretical and theoretical contexts of self-
research. Self and Identity examines theoretical accounts of human experience within the …

This chapter focuses on the basic premise, originally developed in the framework of social
identity or self-categorization theory that the self-categorization process is a major source of …

Individualism and collectivism are often equated with independent vs. interdependent,
agentic vs. communal, and separate vs. relational self-construals. Although these same …

One of the most widely accepted themes in the literature on the self-concept is the idea that
the self-concept is an inherently social construction. This idea is most pronounced in theory …