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 …

Gaining insight into the nature and consequences of people's global self-evaluations (ie,
their self-esteem) has been fraught with difficulty. Nearly 2 decades ago, researchers …

This article introduces the concept of collective narcissism—an emotional investment in an
unrealistic belief about the in group's greatness—aiming to explain how feelings about an …

Do individuals with high self-esteem enjoy positive interpersonal relationships, or are they
aggressive and antisocial? Does narcissism reflect an abundance of self-worth, or inflated …

In this article, I report on a research program that has focused on the joint roles of stability
and level of self‐esteem in various aspects of psychological functioning. Stability of self …

Long-standing theories have suggested high self-esteem (SE) can assume qualitatively
different forms that are related to defensiveness. The authors explored whether some high …

Diagnostic criteria and empirical research suggests an intimate connection between low self-
esteem and psychopathology. The purpose of the present work is to provide a review of the …

Explicit attitudes have long been assumed to be central factors influencing behaviour. A
recent stream of studies has shown that implicit attitudes, typically measured with the Implicit …

There appear to be two forms of high self‐esteem: secure high self‐esteem (which is often
linked with psychological health) and fragile high self‐esteem (which is generally associated …

The current studies extend previous research on self-esteem by examining one of the likely
origins of implicit self-esteem. Three studies showed that young adult children who reported …