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Main description:
Summarizing and integrating the major empirical research of the past twenty years, this volume presents a thorough review of the subject, with a special focus on what sets people with low self-esteem apart from others. As the subject is central to the understanding of personality, mental health, and social adjustment, this work will be appreciated by professionals and advanced students in the fields of personality, social, clinical, and organizational psychology.
Contents:
Foundations: Who Am I? J.D. Campbell, L.F. Lavallee. Low Self-Esteem; S.J. Spencer, et al. The Social Motivations of People with Low Self-Esteem; D.M. Tice. Self-Esteem and Self-Serving Biases in Reactions to Positive and Negative Events; B. Blaine, J. Crocker. Causes and Consequences of Low Self-Esteem in Children and Adolescents; S. Harter. Advances: Motivational Conflict and the Self; J.D. Brown. Self-Esteem, Self-Prediction, and Living Up to Commitments; T.F. Heatherton, N. Ambady. Caught in the Crossfire; C. De La Ronde, W.B. Swann, Jr. The Roles of Stability and Level of Self-Esteem in Psychological Functioning; M.H. Kernis. On the Highly Positive Thoughts of the Highly Depressed; B.W. Pelham. Integration and Commentary: Understanding the Inner Nature of Low Self-Esteem; R.F. Baumeister. Self-Esteem and Expectancy-Value Discrepancy; J. Brockner, et al. The Puzzles of Self-Esteem; H. Tennen, G. Affleck. Index.
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Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Publication date: April, 2012
Pages: 286
Weight: 425g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Psychology
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