Self-concept, motivation, and identity underpinning success with research and practice

• Other Authors: Guay, Frédéric (Editor), Marsh, Herbert (Editor), McInerney, Dennis M. (Editor), Craven, Rhonda G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2015]
• Series: International advances in self research.
• Subjects: Self (Philosophy); Identity (Psychology); Personality and motivation.; Psychology > Personality.; Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints.; Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806611119
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-169-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 348 pages)

The concept of the Self has a long history that dates back from the ancient Greeks such as Aristotle to more contemporary thinkers such as Wundt, James, Mead, Cooley, Freud, Rogers, and Erikson (Tesser & Felson, 2000). Research on the Self relates to a range of phenomena including self-esteem, s...