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 ......
Looking at the topics of personal identity, morality, sexuality, love, and death, this book highlights the value of each individual self as distinguished from the anonymity of our impersonal world. It defines the authentic self as something more than the locus of spatial-temporal identity, the agent of action, and the object of moral duties.
Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life course. Preeminent researcher Dan P. McAdams traces the development of three distinct layers of personality--the social actor who expresses emotional and behavioral traits, ......
Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life course. Preeminent researcher Dan P. McAdams traces the development of three distinct layers of personality--the social actor who expresses emotional and behavioral traits, ......
The concern with the self, with our subjectivity, is the main point of reference in modern Western societies. This work explores how notions of subjectivity have developed over the 20th century, analyzing the work of modern and postmodern theorists such as Freud, Foucault, and Haraway.
Matching Your Personality and Spiritual Path, Revised Edition
Two experts in the field use the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator* to help readers select the approach to spirituality that is most natural to them. SoulTypes is a valuable tool for individual growth and strategic planning for those in leadership roles in congregations and faith-based organizations.
In this work, Hubert J.M. Hermans and Els Hermans-Jansen elaborate a model of the clinical use of self-narratives - the stories people use to construct meaning out the events in their lives - in counseling and psychotherapy. It is based on extensive case studies.