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The Construction of the Self: Developmental and Sociocultural Foundations / Edition 2

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ISBN-10:: 1462502970
ISBN-13:: 9781462502974
Pub. Date:: 03/06/2012
Publisher:: Guilford Publications, Inc.

ISBN-10:: 1462502970
ISBN-13:: 9781462502974
Pub. Date:: 03/06/2012
Publisher:: Guilford Publications, Inc.

The Construction of the Self: Developmental and Sociocultural Foundations / Edition 2

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Overview

An important work from a leading scholar, this book explores self-development from early childhood to adulthood. Susan Harter traces the normative stages that define the emergence of many self-processes, including self-esteem. She also addresses individual differences and societal influences on self-development. Presenting pioneering empirical research, Harter shows that increasingly mature features of the self have both benefits and liabilities for psychological adjustment. The book highlights the causes and consequences of different types of self-representations, including those that are unrealistically negative or positive.

New to This Edition
*Reflects more than a decade of conceptual, empirical, and methodological advances.
*Provides a broader sociocultural framework for understanding self development.
*Chapters on emerging adulthood, self-esteem and physical appearance, self-processes in the classroom, motivation, cross-cultural issues, and the quest for authenticity.
*Expanded chapters on childhood, adolescence, and the self-conscious emotions.
*Increased attention to the liabilities of our contemporary preoccupation with the self.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462502974
Publisher:	Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	03/06/2012
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Susan Harter, PhD, until her death in 2020, was Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Denver. Dr. Harter was known for her pioneering research on the concept of the self. Her interests included self-esteem, the construction of multiple selves, false-self behavior, classroom motivation, emotional development, gender issues, and school violence. Her research resulted in the construction of a lifespan battery of self-concept assessment instruments used widely in the United States and internationally. Dr. Harter was a recipient of the John Evans Professorship Award, the highest scholarly honor the University of Denver can bestow on a faculty member, as well as the University Lecturer of the Year Award.

Foreword, William M. Bukowski
1. Introduction: A Contemporary Approach to Self-Development
2. Developmental Differences in Self-Representations during Childhood
3. Developmental Differences in Self-Representations during Adolescence
4. Self-Processes during Emerging Adulthood
5. The Inextricable Link between Perceived Physical Appearance and Self-Esteem
6. Self-Conscious Emotions
7. Self-Processes and Motivation in the Classroom
8. Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Considerations
9. Reconsidering the Self: In Search of Authenticity

What People are Saying About This

Robert N. Emde, M.D.

This is a long awaited and masterful synthesis of knowledge about self-development in childhood and adolescence from one of our leading researchers and clinical thinkers in this area. In addition to authoritative reviews that will be eagerly read by students and scholars alike, the book contains many of the authors own insights and empirical contributions...

Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D.

This book will surely become a classic in the field. 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 psychology and related disciplines.

Nancy Eisenberg, Ph.D.

In this book, Harter brings together her own and others research and thinking about the basis of self-development. The book coverage of such topics as authenticity of the self and the effects of child abuse on the self have significant implications for clinical work and intervention, as well as theory. Sophisticated yet accessible, the book is a must read for scholars of the self and clinicians, and an outstanding research for advanced classes on the topic.

Interviews

Developmental, personality/social, and educational psychologists; child clinical psychologists and other clinicians. Serves as a text in graduate-level courses.

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Editorial Reviews

"As has been the case throughout most of Harter's distinguished career, the emphasis is on the developmental nature of self. This expands the book's importance to a broad audience, which includes parents. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers."

Choice Reviews

"The development of the self is a complex—sometimes difficult to comprehend—process, not easily explained by simplistic models. This book has a sophistication, empirical grounding, and clinical savvy that make it an essential book for therapists interested in individual construction of the self."--Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

"Like the prior edition, this volume provides the most comprehensive and forward-looking overview of scholarship and theory on the construction of the self. The second edition is a major step forward--much exciting new work has been done in this area in the last 10 years. Harter offers a masterful summary and critique of this work; even more important, she gives us strong and insightful guidance for the future. Everyone interested in the construction of the self should read this book. It is an outstanding resource for seasoned researchers as well as an essential guide for young scholars entering the field and launching their research careers."--Jacquelynne S. Eccles, PhD, McKeachie-Pintrich Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Education, University of Michigan
"In The Construction of the Self, Second Edition, Harter shows again why she has been the preeminent scholar in child and adolescent development for over four decades. Weaving together new theoretical insights with a far-ranging review of diverse research literatures, Harter provides a masterful look at the processes through which cognitive changes and personal experiences combine to influence self-views, which in turn underlie broader patterns of social and psychological development. Harter’s perspectives on adaptive and maladaptive trajectories of self-development provide an important framework for promoting self-views that buttress positive relationships and psychological well-being."--Mark R. Leary, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
"Harter surveys the struggle for a sense of identity and worth that individuals face from youth to old age. She offers an in-depth description of how families and cultures shape our self-concepts, and how so many of these adopted identities hamper personal growth and connectedness. On topics from motivation to mindfulness, this second edition offers both solid wisdom and new insights. Harter is truly one of developmental psychology’s luminaries."--Richard M. Ryan, PhD, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester

From the Publisher

"As has been the case throughout most of Harter's distinguished career, the emphasis is on the developmental nature of self. This expands the book's importance to a broad audience, which includes parents. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers."—Choice Reviews

Choices

4 Stars! from Doody

This book covers the formation of the self from a developmental perspective. It includes both normal and abnormal development and explains why some people grow up to have a healthy self-esteem while others do not. The aim is to try and define the self and the development of the self using both cognitive and social models, and to show that when this process goes wrong, it leads to low self-esteem and depression. The author provides practical strategies on how to correct deficiencies in the self and thus improve self-esteem. This book is very much needed and the author's objectives are met. The book is aimed at all mental health professionals and advanced students who have an interest in child development and the development of the self, and those working with patients whose clinical pathology lies in the realm of a deficient self and low self-esteem. The author is highly credible. The author provides a full analysis starting from the definition of the self to the cognitive and social processes responsible for the development of the self. Normal development as well as individual differences are identified. Using theory, data, and clinical vignettes, six discrete stages of self-development are identified across the life cycle. The author shows what a complex process this is and how a healthy self leads to positive self-esteem. Useful, practical interventions are given to foster a healthier sense of self and improve self-esteem. Simple graphs and tables help to make this complex topic easier to understand. This topic is one of the most difficult in the field of psychology. Psychologists, philosophers, analysts and linguists have all tried to bring more understanding to this area.The author successfully brings these divergent fields together. However, we are now in the "decade of the brain" and there has been a swing back to a more biological perspective and less importance is being paid to social agencies. To make this book complete this should have been addressed.

Karen Kreiner

Drawing on theory and empirical research by herself and others, Harter (psychology, U. of Denver) traces changes in the structure and content of self-representations from the preschool years through late adolescence. She analyzes the cognitive and social processes responsible for the development of each person's unique sense of self, and identifies normative-development and individual-difference variables (her analysis seems to take no account of cultural or class differences). The treatment is suitable as a core text for an undergraduate course. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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The Construction of the Self: Developmental and Sociocultural Foundations / Edition 2

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