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

Owens, Timothy J.

ISBN 10: 0521028426 / ISBN 13: 9780521028424

Edité par Cambridge University Press 2006-02, 2006

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• Titre: Extending Self-Esteem Theory and Research: Sociological and Psychological Currents
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press 2006-02
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521028426
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521028424
• Reliure: PF
• État de l'article: New

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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.