Efficacy, agency, and self-esteem /

Challenging current notions in self-esteem literature, this volume offers new insights into efficacy, agency, and self-esteem as well as the influence of these constructs on psychological well-being. Articles -contributed by prominent researchers- contain substantial new theoretical and empirical re...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kernis, Michael Howard, 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1995]
Series:Plenum series in social/clinical psychology.
Language of science.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Is the self motivated to do more than enhance and/or verify itself? / Seymour Epstein and Beth Morling
  • Human autonomy : the basis for true self-esteem / Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan
  • Not all high (or low) self-esteem people are the same : theory and research on stability of self-esteem / Keegan D. Greenier, Michael H. Kernis and Stefanie B. Waschull
  • Toward a dual-motive depth psychology of self and social behavior / Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, and Sheldon Solomon
  • The evaluative organization of self-knowledge : origins, process, and implications for self-esteem / Carolin Showers
  • Interpersonal functions of the self-esteem motive : the self-esteem system as a sociometer / Mark R. Leary and Deborah L. Downs
  • Self-esteem and the extended self-evaluation maintenance model : the self in social context / Steven R.H. Beach and Abraham Tesser
  • Overcoming a lack of self-assurance in an achievement domain : creating agency in daily life / Robert E. Harlow and Nancy Cantor
  • Implicit theories of intelligence : reconsidering the role of confidence in achievement motivation / Ying-yi Hong, Chi-yue Chiu, and Carol S. Dweck
  • Need for control and self-esteem : two routes to a high desire for control / Jerry M. Burger
  • Efficacy, agency, and self-esteem : emerging themes and future directions / Michael H. Kernis.