Extending Self-Esteem Theory and Research : Sociological and Psychological Currents

Timothy J. Owens

ISBN 10: 0521028426 / ISBN 13: 9780521028424

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is an in-depth examination of self-esteem--people's positive and negative evaluation of themselves as a person. Beginning with self-esteem's conceptualization and measurement, the book carefully examines the role of self-esteem in society and within and across various domains and contexts of the human experience. Inspired by the seminal work on self-esteem carried out by American social psychologist Morris Rosenberg, the book serves as a comprehensive statement on self-esteem theory and research in the late 20th century, with an eye toward the direction it will take in the 21st century.

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• Titre: Extending Self-Esteem Theory and Research : Sociological and Psychological Currents
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521028426
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521028424
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 28 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 28 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 760 grammes

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Synopsis

This work serves as a comprehensive statement on self-esteem theory and research.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Self-esteem is an academic and popular phenomenon, vigorously researched and debated, sometimes imbued with magical qualities, other times vilified as the bane of the West's preoccupation with self. Though thousands of articles have been devoted to the topic, and bookshops work to feed the public's appetite for advice on revealing, enhancing and maintaining self-esteem, conflicting claims and findings have placed the field in disarray. In a very real sense, self-esteem is a victim of its own popularity. This book seeks to add clarity to a concept earlier examined by such notable self theorists as Morris Rosenberg but eminently worthy of re-examination and extension. We do this by asking some leading thinkers on self-esteem theory, measurement and application to assess what we know about self-esteem, and link it to important aspects of society and the human experience.