Self-Esteem: Issues and Answers: A Sourcebook of Current Perspectives
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This volume provides a comprehensive picture of the current state of knowledge regarding self-esteem and its role in psychological and interpersonal functioning. It is divided into five sections, covering:
· conceptualization and assessment of self-esteem · development and determinants of self-esteem · psychological functioning and self-esteem · self-esteem in a social context · future directions of research and knowledge of self-esteem Contributors are all major names in clinical, developmental, personality, and social psychology, whose short chapters provide an overview of the topic, in addition to putting forward their own original and groundbreaking research and theory, based on solid empirical studies. The book is given additional coherence by the inclusion of commentaries by the Editor throughout. The volume is an essential sourcebook for psychologists researching in this important field of Self and Identity, Clinical/Counseling student and practitioners, and those working in Educational Psychology. |