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...

Table of Contents:

• Intentional-self regulation and identity processes in adolescence : Perspectives on research and application / Sara K. Johnson and Richard M. Lerner
• Self-enhancing self-presentation : Interpersonal, relational, and organizational implications / Constantine Sedikides, Vera Hoorens, and Michael Dufner
• The political self / Sean T. Stevens, Stephanie M. Anglin, and Lee Jussim
• A personal agency view of self-regulated learning : The role of goal setting / Barry J. Zimmerman, Dale H. Schunk, and Maria K. DiBenedetto
• Dimensional comparison theory : An extension of the internal/external frame of reference model / Herbert W. Marsh, Philip D. Parker, and Rhonda G. Craven
• Too much time has been spent on the time devoted to homework : Motivation is the key constant in homework research / Ulrich Trautwein, Oliver Ludtke, Benjamin Nagengast, and Barbara Flunger
• Social cognitive career theory : A theory of self (efficacy) in context / Steven D. Brown and Robert W. Lent
• Self-beliefs and self-regulation in health behavior change / Ralf Schwarzer and Aleksandra Luszczynska
• Confidence : Is it different from self-efficacy and is it important? / Lazar Stankov and Jihyun Lee
• Achievement and the self : Approach and avoidance as self-growth and self-protection / Emily J. Greenwood, Rachel M. Korn, and Andrew J. Elliot
• Motivation : A philosophical and psychological synthesis / Laurance J. Splitter and Dennis M. McInerney
• Competence within context : Implications for the development of positive student identities and motivation at school / Kathryn R. Wentzel.