Contemporary Issues and Historical Perspectives. The Normative Development of Self-representations during Childhood. The Normative Development of Self-representations during Adolescence. The Developmental Emergence of Self-conscious Emotions. The Content, Valence, and Organization of Self-evaluative Judgments. Discrepancies between Real and Ideal Self-concepts. Social Sources of Individual Differences in Self-evaluation. A Model of the Causes, Correlates, and Consequences of Global Self-worth. The Authenticity of the Self. The Effects of Child Abuse on I-self and Me-self Processes. Autonomy and Connectedness as Dimensions of the Self. Interventions to Promote Adaptive Self-evaluations.
Susan Harter, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Developmental Psychology Program at the University of Denver. Her research, supported by funds from NIH for over 20 years, has resulted in the construction of a lifespan battery of self-report instruments to tap dimensions of the self-concept. These instruments are currently in use throughout the United States and internationally. In addition, she has received two major faculty awards, University Lecturer of the Year and the John Evans Professorship Award, the highest award to be bestowed upon a faculty member. Both awards are for national and international recognition in one's chosen field of research. Dr. Harter has written numerous journal articles and chapters, including chapters on self-concept, self-esteem, as well as motivational and emotional development in the 1983 and 1998 Handbook of Child Psychology. She has also served on National Institute of Mental Health study sections, chaired the Cognition, Emotion, and Personality Committee, and currently is on the Editorial Boards of a number of journals, including Developmenal Psychology, Child Development, Psychological Bulletin, Development and Psychopathology, and American Educational Research Journal.
'[This] book will serve as the first reference source for
developmental research on the self for years to come ... A
wide-ranging review of research and theory on the self, with
numerous connections made among different paradigms. Particularly
valuable as illustrations of the potential value of these
connections are Harter's discussions of clinical cases and
pathological phenomena.' - Contemporary Psychology
'This book will surely become a classic in the field. Dr. Harter
brings her extensive theoretical and empirical knowledge of the
self to bear in this important volume. Her integration of theory
and research, along with attention to the practical implications of
this work, will make this book a valuable addition to the libraries
of academicians as well as practitioners. I highly recommend it for
use as a graduate text in clinical, developmental, and social
psychology, as well as for advanced seminars in psychiatry and
related disciplines.' - Dante Cicchetti
'The book's coverage of such topics as the authenticity of the self
and the effects of child abuse on the self has significant
implications for clinical work and intervention, as well as theory.
Sophisticated yet accessible, this book is 'must' reading for
scholars of the self and clinicians, and an outstanding resource
for advanced classes on the topic.' - Nancy Eisenberg
'[This] book will serve as the first reference source for
developmental research on the self for years to come ... A
wide-ranging review of research and theory on the self, with
numerous connections made among different paradigms. Particularly
valuable as illustrations of the potential value of these
connections are Harter's discussions of clinical cases and
pathological phenomena.'-Contemporary Psychology
'This book will surely become a classic in the field. Dr. Harter
brings her extensive theoretical and empirical knowledge of the
self to bear in this important volume. Her integration of theory
and research, along with attention to the practical implications of
this work, will make this book a valuable addition to the libraries
of academicians as well as practitioners. I highly recommend it for
use as a graduate text in clinical, developmental, and social
psychology, as well as for advanced seminars in psychiatry and
related disciplines.'-Dante Cicchetti, PhD
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