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Rediscovering Social Identity Psychology and Culture Individuals, Groups and Organisations Cultural Issues in Psychology Narratives of Identity and Place Handbook of the Uncertain Self Intergroup Relations Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation Psychology of Self-Regulation Handbook of Approach and Avoidance Motivation Social Identity The Science of Stories Self Continuity The Self and Identity in Rehabilitation Truth, Lies and Trust on the Internet Personality and Social Behavior The Self The Self and Social Relationships Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being Identity and the Modern Organization Religious Fundamentalism and Social Identity Social Comparison Theories Social Identities Self-Esteem Issues and Answers Standards and Expectancies Identity Self and Identity

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Rediscovering Social Identity Edited by Tom Postmes, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Nyla R. Branscombe, University of Kansas, USA This reader brings together the founding texts of the “Social Identity Approach”—a set of concepts, ideas, and principles contained in Social Identity Theory and Self-Categorization Theory. This approach originated in social psychology and is increasingly part of the standard curriculum in communication and media studies, organizations and management, sociology, education, and politics. Originally published in the 1970s and 1980s by Henri Tajfel and John Turner, in a wide variety of books and journals, many of these articles have become citation classics, and for good reason: they have lost none of their inspirational quality. The depth and scope of their analysis is unrivalled, and there can be no doubt that the themes they address, such as intergroup conflict, diversity, stereotyping and social influence, are as relevant today as they ever were.

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Contents Part I. Introduction. T. Postmes, N.R. Branscombe, Sources of Social Identity.

J.C. Turner, K.J. Reynolds, The Story of Social Identity. Part II. Tajfel’s Vision for a Social Psychology. H. Tajfel, Experiments in a Vacuum. H. Tajfel, Individuals and Groups in Social Psychology. Part III. The Development of Social Identity Theory. H. Tajfel, Social Identity and Intergroup Behaviour. H. Tajfel, Interindividual Behaviour and Intergroup Behaviour. H. Tajfel, Social Categorization, Social Identity and Social Comparison. H. Tajfel, The Achievement of Group Differentiation. H. Tajfel, The Social Psychology of Minorities. H. Tajfel, J.C. Turner, An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict. H. Tajfel, Social Stereotypes and Social Groups. Part IV. Conceptual and Meta-theoretical Foundations of Self-categorization Theory.

J.C. Turner, Towards a Cognitive Redefinition of the Social Group. J.C. Turner, P.J. Oakes, The Significance of the Social Identity Concept for Social Psychology with Reference to Individualism, Interactionism and Social Influence. Part V. Development and Elaboration of Self-categorization Theory. J.C. Turner, Social Categorization and the Self-Concept: A Social Cognitive Theory of Group Behavior.

J.C. Turner, The Analysis of Social Influence. J.C. Turner, P.J. Oakes, S.A. Haslam, C. McGarty, Self and Collective: Cognition and Social Context. J.C. Turner, P.J. Oakes, The Socially Structured Mind. J.C. Turner, R.S. Onorato, Social Identity, Personality, and the Self-Concept: A Self-Categorization Perspective. Part VI. Conclusions. S.A. Haslam, N. Ellemers, S.D. Reicher, K.J. Reynolds, M.T. Schmitt, The Social Identity Perspective Today: The Impact of Its Defining Ideas. S.A. Haslam, N. Ellemers, S.D. Reicher, K.J. Reynolds, M.T. Schmitt, The Social Identity Perspective Tomorrow: Opportunities and Avenues for Advance.

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Psychology and Culture Thinking, Feeling and Behaving in a Global Context

by Lisa Vaughn, University of Cincinnati, USA “This is a very succinct and clear introduction to psychological differences across cultures. It covers a very broad area of research and is well referenced with up-to-date papers and books. It is a well-written and highly accessible text.” – Adrian Furnham, Department of Psychology, University College London, UK With increasing globalization, countries face social, linguistic, religious and other cultural changes that can lead to misunderstandings in a variety of settings. These changes can have broader implications across the world, leading to changing dynamics in identity, gender, relationships, family, and community. This book addresses the subsequent need for a basic understanding of the cultural dimensions of psychology and their application to everyday settings.

The book discusses the basis of culture and presents related theories and concepts, including a description of how cognition and behavior are influenced by different sociocultural contexts. The text explores a broad definition of culture and provides practical models to improve intercultural relations, communication, and cultural competency.

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Each chapter contains an introduction, a concise overview of the topic, a practical application of the topic using current global examples, and a brief summary. This up to date overview of psychology and culture is ideal reading for undergraduate and graduate students and academics interested in culturally related topics and issues.

Contents 1. Introductory Concepts. 2. Identity and Culture: Introduction. 3. Human Development/Socialization and Culture. 4. Basic Psychological Processes and Culture. 5. Intercultural Interactions and Acculturation. 6. Relationships, Sexuality and Culture. 7. Health and Culture. 8. Intercultural Communication and Education.

9. Work/Organizations and Culture.

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Individuals, Groups and Organisations g n i m o c Forth

by Tony Cassidy, University of Ulster, UK When asked to introduce ourselves a key aspect of our selfdescription will be our occupation. Certainly if we fail to identify what we do it is very likely that we will be asked.

Even if we are unemployed, the very absence of employment will be part of our identity. Those who have studied identity have long realized that human identity is largely tied up in the groups we inhabit, our social identity. We carry a representation of our social world in our minds and use this to negotiate our everyday world. For many, a large percentage of this is the world of work. Although we are quite often unaware of it, the groups in our minds determine much of our behaviour and experience. Have you ever been in a meeting and been surprised by the behaviour of colleagues who you thought you knew? Have you ever wondered at committee decisions which seem unfair or irrational to you? People in groups behave differently to when they are alone, and indeed may behave very differently from one group to another. The thesis of this book is that work behaviour cannot be understood by focusing on individuals. Real explanations are to be found at the levels of groups or organizations and the way in which those groups and organizations are incorporated in the individual mind.

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Individuals, Groups and Organisations will be of interest to students of social psychology, organizational psychology and business and management.

Contents 1. The Illusion of Individuality 2. Groups and Why We Need Them 3. SelfCategorisation and Social Identity 4. Group Performance 5. Communication and Power 6. Effective Leadership 7. Organisational Culture and Change 8. Improving Groups and Building Teams 9. Groups and the Healthy Organisation

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Cultural Issues in Psychology A Student’s Handbook

by Andrew Stevenson, Manchester Metropolitan University and Aquinas College, Stockport, UK “This book is up-to-date, showing familiarity with contemporary debates within the discipline. It is also very readable, thought provoking and broad in its coverage. Difficult concepts are introduced in a gentle fashion, and the whole book should develop the students’ understanding and thinking about this fascinating area.” - Peter Banister, Department of Psychology and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK “In this engaging text, the author offers a multilateral perspective on the cultural construction of the human psyche. Using accessible language, the author presents his vision of a new cultural science for a globalized world.

Andrew Stevenson is a superb communicator.” - Chi-yue Chiu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Does our cultural background influence the way we think and feel about ourselves and others? Does our culture affect how we choose our partners, how we define intelligence and abnormality and how we bring up our children? Psychologists have long pondered the relationship between culture and a range of psychological attributes. Cultural Issues In Psychology is an all round student guide to the key studies, theories and controversies which seek to explore human behaviour in a global context.

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Culture: what does it mean and how has it been researched?

Relativism and universalism: are they compatible approaches in global research?

Ethnocentrism: is psychological research dominated by a few regions of the world?

Indigenous psychologies: what are the diverse research traditions from around the world?

Research methods and perspectives: how can we compare and contrast cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology?

With insightful classroom activities and helpful pedagogical features, this detailed, yet accessibly written book gives introductory-level psychology students access to a concise review of key research, issues, controversies and diverse approaches in the area of culture and psychology.

Contents Part 1. Concepts and Controversies. Searching for Human Universals: Introducing Cross-Cultural Psychology. How We Got Here: A Short History of Psychology Across Cultures. Culture and Its Influence: Exploring a Key Concept in Global Psychology. Is Psychology Ethnocentric: Imposed Ethics, Culture Bias and Indigenous Psychologies. Challenging Cross-Culturalism: Alternative Paradigms in Global Psychology. Part 2. Cultural Issues.

Culture, Cognition and Intellect: Thinking Through Cultures. Culture, Social Cognition and Social Influence: Social Psychology Across Cultures.

Culture and Child Development: Childhood Across Cultures. Culture and Abnormality: Definitions, Diagnoses and Treatment Across Cultures.

Conclusions and Future Directions.

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Narratives of Identity and Place

by Stephanie Taylor, Open University UK

Contents 1. The Meanings of Place for Identity. 2. Narrative in a Contemporary Identity Project. 3. Place, Gender and Identity. 4. Places I Remember: Memory and Continuity in a Life Narrative. 5. A Place for the Future? Trouble in Identity Work. 6. New Identities of Place? Opportunity, Choice and Personalisation.

7. Places of my Own: Residence and Nationality in One Woman’s Identity. 8. Conclusion.

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“The author has produced an excellent book, which draws from her already substantial body of work, and will no doubt become requisite reading to those of us engaged in qualitative research in fields ranging from psychology, gender studies and narrative analysis to all facets of human geography; including most pertinently for this readership, critical and urban geographies.” - Breffní Lennon, University College Cork, Ireland, in Urban Geography Research Group “This book is very carefully written and is definitely reader-friendly.

Although it deals with complex and contested theories around identity it does so with rigour and clarity, and could become part of an essential bibliography for courses in psychology, gender studies, narrative studies or critical and human geography.” - Maria Tamboukou, Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London “This is a well-written and engaging book. Lively and succinct, it is a reference point in the study of place and identity for students in psychology and academic researchers.” – Ian Burkitt, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Bradford Changes of residence are common in contemporary Western societies.

Traditional connections to birthplaces, home towns and countries are broken as people relocate and migrate, yet where they live remains significant to people’s identity and stories of who they are. This book investigates the continuing importance of place for women’s identities, employing a theoretical and empirical approach based on previous work in narrative and discursive psychology.

Through an analysis of women’s talk, the book examines how commonsense meanings shape and limit people’s identity-work to establish a connection to place. It argues that talk about place, and especially place of residence, enables a complex positioning of self and others in which identities of gender, class and national identity intersect. It shows how a speaker’s multiple interpretations of where she lives remain central to her life narrative, and to her fragile and idealized definition of ‘home’ as the place in which she may position herself positively.

Narratives of Identity and Place presents a unique and valuable integration of the popular methods of narrative and discourse analysis, compellingly demonstrating the value of these approaches for research on identity.

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Handbook of the Uncertain Self Edited by Robert M. Arkin, The Ohio State University, USA; Kathryn C. Oleson, Reed College, USA; Patrick J. Carroll, The Ohio State University, USA. “The chapters in this volume demonstrate convincingly that certainty is a two-edged sword, sometimes good and sometimes not. They also illustrate how uncertainty plays a role in many parts of our lives, from selecting among a dozen varieties of toothpaste to fighting depression.” Jerry Burger, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University “’Know thyself’ was one of the central dictates of the ancient world. Since that time, psychologists have discovered just how difficult the task can be. The Handbook of the Uncertain Self brings together a set of first-rate thinkers to discuss the latest research and theory on this topic: the constructs, the causes, and the consequences. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the (un)certain self.” - W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Georgia

This Handbook explores the cognitive, motivational, interpersonal, clinical, and applied aspects of personal uncertainty. It showcases both the diversity and the unity that defines contemporary perspectives on uncertainty in self within social and personality psychology. The contributions to the volume are all written by distinguished scholars in personality, social psychology, and clinical psychology united by their common focus on the causes and consequences of self-uncertainty.

In addition, the contributions to the Handbook touch on the psychological, social, and cultural context of the new millennium, including concepts such as Friedman’s “flat world,” confidence, the absence of doubt in world leaders, the threat of terrorism since 9/11, the arts, doubt and religious belief, and views of doubt as the universal condition of humankind.

The Handbook is an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners, and senior undergraduate and graduate students in social and personality psychology, clinical and counseling psychology, educational psychology, and developmental psychology.

Contents P.J. Carroll, R.M. Arkin, K.C. Oleson, Introduction: The Uncertain Self. Part 1. Meta-Cognition and Uncertainty in Self. P. Briñol, K.G. DeMarree, R.E. Petty, Processes by which Confidence (vs. Doubt) Influence the Self. D. Eisenstadt, M.R. Leippe, Social Influences on Eyewitness Confidence: The Social Psychology of Memory SelfCertainty. B. Schwartz, Be Careful What You Wish For: The Dark Side of Freedom. G. Weary, S. J. Tobin, J.A. Edwards, The Causal Uncertainty Model Revisited.

A.C.H. Szeto, R.M. Sorrentino, Uncertainty Orientation: Myths, Truths, and the Interface of Motivation and Cognition. K. Van den Bos, E.A. Lind, The Social Psychology of Fairness and the Regulation of Personal Uncertainty. C. Sedikides, D. De Cremer, C.M. Hart, L. Brebels, Procedural Fairness Responses in the Context of Self-Uncertainty.

D. Wirtz, J. Kruger, D.T. Miller, P. Mathur, On First versus False Instincts. M. Johns, T. Schmader, Meta-Cognitive Regulation as a Reaction to the Uncertainty of Stereotype Threat. Part 2. Motivation and Uncertainty in Self. M.J. Landau, J. Greenberg, S. Kosloff, Coping with Life’s One Certainty: A Terror Management Perspective on the Existentially Uncertain Self. C. Chang-Schneider, W.B. Swann, Jr., The Role of Uncertainty in Self-Evaluative Processes: Another Look at the Cognitive-Affective Crossfire.

D.C. Marigold, I. McGregor, M.P. Zanna, Defensive Conviction as Emotion Regulation: Goal Mechanisms and Interpersonal Implications. G.J. Leornardelli, J.L. Lakin, The New Adventures of Regulatory Focus: Self-Uncertainty and the Quest for a Diagnostic Self-Evaluation. P.J. Carroll, Preparedness. Z. Chen, A.T. Law, K.D. Williams, The Uncertainty Surrounding Ostracism: Threat Amplifier or Protector? D.A. Reich, R.M. Arkin, Perceived Evaluative Styles and Self-Doubt. Part 3. Clinical and Applied Implications of the Uncertain Self. A.L. Wichman, A.D. Hermann, Deconstructing the Link between Self-Doubt and Self-Worth: Ideas to Reduce Maladaptive Coping. P. Cramer, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Doubt. M.H. Kernis, C.E. Lakey, Fragile versus Secure High Self-Esteem: Implications for Defensiveness and Insecurity. K.C. Oleson, M.T. Steckler, The Phenotypic Expressions of Self-Doubt about Ability in Academic Contexts: Strategies of Self-Handicapping and Subjective Overachievement. Part 4.

General Commentaries. M.A. Hogg, Human Groups, Social Categories, and Collective Self: Social Identity and the Management of Self-Uncertainty. R. Wright, SelfUncertainty and its Cousins. R.M. Arkin, P.J. Carroll, K.C. Oleson, Commentary: The End of the Beginning.

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Intergroup Relations The Role of Motivation and Emotion Edited by Sabine Otten, University of Groningen, The Ntetherlands; Kai Sassenberg, and Thomas Kessler, University of Jena, Germany “I liked this book a lot! I think it has a huge amount to offer in terms of extending SIT/SCT, and offering readers a timely reminder of the influence of Mummendey’s work. It is wonderful to see this work brought together into a coherent book.” Jackie Abell, Lancaster University “This festschrift is testament to the massive contribution of Amélie Mummendey to the field of social psychology which has defined work in this area for the last thirty years and will continue to define the research agenda for many years to come. Many of these summaries are the best available in the field.” - Alex Haslam, School of Psychology, University of Exeter “An outstanding tribute to an outstanding social psychologist. The editors have gathered an impressive group of experts and have succeeded twice.

The book offers a clear and lucid overview of state-of-the-art on the role of motivation and emotions in intergroup relations, at the same time as it discusses ‘hot’ research issues that will intrigue scholars in the near future.

All in all, a step forward in our understanding of social life that both scholars and students will definitely appreciate.” – Patrizia Catellani, Catholic University of Milan This volume gives a survey of the most recent developments and trends in intergroup research. Diverging from classical approaches that looked at diverse needs and motives (positive distinctiveness, belongingness, etc), the present book focuses not only on the question what motivates intergroup behaviour, but especially on how the motivation of intergroup behaviour functions.

The book focuses on the role of emotion and motivation in the development of intergroup conflict, social exclusion, tolerance and other group related phenomena. The sections demonstrate how classical theories in the field have been further developed, enriched, and more sophisticatedly tested over the years, and summarise research on affect and memory.

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a broad range of original work, providing a useful resource for advanced students of Social Psychology and researchers in the field of intergroup relations.

Contents Section 1: Classical Approaches to Motivation in Intergroup Relations M.B Brewer, Motivations Underlying Ingroup Identification: Optimal Distinctiveness and Beyond. R. Spears, J. Jetten, D. Scheepers, S. Cihangir, Creative Distinctiveness: Explaining In-group Bias in Minimal Groups. S. Waldzus, The Ingroup Projection Model. M. Wenzel, Social Identity and Justice: Implications for Intergroup Relations. Section 2: Recent Approaches to Motivation and Intergroup Relations M. Machunsky, T. Meiser, Mood and Cognition in Intergroup Judgment.

K. Sassenberg, K. Woltin, A Self-Regulation Approach to Group Processes. I. Fritsche, T.W Schubert, Go to Hell!

Determinants of Motivated Social Exclusion. Section 3: Emotions and Intergroup Relations V. Yzerbyt, T. Kuppens, Group-based Emotions: The Social Heart in the Individual Head. S. Otten, Social Categorization, Intergroup Emotions and Aggressive Interactions. R. Brown, From Both Sides Now: Perpetrator and Victim Responses to Intergroup Transgressions. J.Leyens, S. Demoulin, Hierarchy-based Groups: Real Inequalities and Essential Differences. Section 4: Motivated Change in Intergroup Relations B. Simon, To Be is To Do is To Be: Collective Identity and Action. T. Kessler, N. Harth, Change in Intergroup Relations: Psychological Processes Accompanying, Determining and Determined by Social Change. S.C.Wright, Cross-group Contact Effects. K. Jonas, Interventions Enhancing Intergroup Tolerance.

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Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation Edited by Laura Morgan Roberts, Harvard University, USA Jane E. Dutton, University of Michigan, USA “The leading identity scholars who have contributed to this impressive volume provide cutting edge insights that extend across disciplines and levels of analysis.

This anthology of original articles is required reading and an invaluable resource for those interested in the rich and multi-faceted construct of identity. It is a major step forward for the blossoming field of positive organizational scholarship.” - Jeffrey T. Polzer, Harvard Business School “Roberts and Dutton bring together the most exciting thinking in this burgeoning area, providing a theory-driven roadmap of identity research’s ‘hot spots.’ This volume will undoubtedly guide the next generation of identity research.” - Herminia Ibarra, The Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership & Learning Director, INSEAD Leadership Initiative In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. This edited volume uncovers new topics and new theoretical approaches to identity through the specific focus on positive identities of individuals, groups, organizations and communities.

This volume invites readers to consider, “When and how does applying a positive lens to the construct of identity generate new insights for organizational researchers?” A unique feature of this volume is that it brings together explorations of identity from multiple levels of analysis: individual, dyadic, group, organization and community. Commentary chapters integrate the chapters within each level of analysis, illuminate core themes and unearth new questions.

The volume is designed to accomplish three objectives: • To establish Positive Identities and Organizations as an interdisciplinary, multi-level domain of inquiry • To integrate a focus on Positive Identity with existing theory and research on identity and organizations • To map out a vibrant new research territory in organizational studies .

Contents A.P. Brief, J.P. Walsh, Series Foreword. Part 1. Introduction.

J.E. Dutton, L.M. Roberts, J. Bednar, Positive Identities and Organizations: An Introduction and Invitation. Part 2. Positive Identities and Individuals in Organizations. G.E. Kreiner, M.L. Sheep, Growing Pains and Gains: Framing Identity Dynamics as Opportunities for Identity Growth. S. Maitlis, Who am I Now? Sensemaking and Identity in Posttraumatic Growth. A. Carlsen, T. Pitsis, Experiencing Hope in Organizational Lives. B.B. Caza, M.G. Wilson, Me, Myself, and I: The Benefits of Work-Identity Complexity. N.P. Rothbard, L. Ramarajan, Checking Your Identities at the Door? Positive Relationships Between Non-Work and Work Identities. L.M. Roberts, S.E. Cha, P.F. Hewlin, I.H. Settles, Bringing the Inside Out: Enhancing Authenticity and Positive Identity in Organizations. B.E. Ashforth, Commentary: Positive Identities and the Individual. Part 3. Positive Identities and Relationships in Groups and Organizations. C.D. LeBaron, P. Glenn, M.P. Thompson, Identity Work During Boundary Moments: Managing Positive Identities Through Talk and Embodied Interaction. D.S. DeRue, S.J. Ashford, N.C. Cotton, Assuming the Mantle: Unpacking the Process by Which Individuals Internalize a Leader Identity. B.R. Ragins, Positive Identities in Action: A Model of Mentoring Self-Structures and the Motivation to Mentor. S. Kopelman, L.L. Chen, J. Shoshana, Re-Narrating Positive Relational Identities in Organizations: SelfNarration as a Mechanism for Strategic Emotion Management in Interpersonal Interactions. L.P. Milton, Creating and Sustaining Cooperation in Interdependent Groups: Positive Relational Identities, Identity Confirmation and Cooperative Capacity. L.H. MacPhail, K.S. Roloff, A.C. Edmondson, Collaboration Across Knowledge Boundaries within Diverse Teams: Reciprocal Expertise Affirmation as an Enabling Condition. J. SanchezBurks, F. Lee, Commentary: The Elusive Search for a Positive Identity: Grappling with Multiplicity and Conflict. Part 4.

Positive Identities and Organizations and Communities.

K.G. Corley, S.H. Harrison, Generative Organizational Identity Change: Approaching Organizational Authenticity as a Process.

M.G. Pratt, M.S. Kraatz, E. Pluribus Unum: Multiple Identities and the Organizational Self. S.L. Brickson, G. Lemmon, Organizational Identity as a Stakeholder Resource. A. Hamilton, D.A. Gioia, Fostering Sustainability-Focused Organizational Identities. C. Marquis, G.F. Davis, Organization Mechanisms Underlying Positive Community Identity and Reputation. M.A. Glynn, I.J. Walsh, Commentary: Finding the Positive in Positive Organizational Identities. Part 5: Conclusion. L.M. Roberts, J.E. Dutton, J. Bednar, Forging Ahead: Positive Identities and Organizations as a Research Frontier.

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Psychology of Self-Regulation Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, University of New South Wales, Australia; Roy F. Baumeister and Dianne M. Tice, Florida State University, USA “The present volume is an excellent summary of social psychological research, very readable and comprehensive.” – Rebecca Coleman Curtis and Nina Katzander in PsycCRITIQUES “In just the last 10 years, there has been an explosion of scientific interest in self-regulation. New theories and exciting discoveries have appeared at an ever-increasing rate. ... This is why this book is a ‘must read’ for all those interested in how and why people’s goals, feelings, and motivational concerns translate into the decisions they make and the actions they take. This book brings together a stellar group of scientists and scholars who offer the reader the best new ideas and findings in self-regulation. It is an exciting and inspiring read that is not to be missed.” - E. Tory Higgins, Ph.D., Stanley Schachter Professor of Psychology & Professor of Management, Director, Motivation Science Center, Columbia University The ability to regulate and control our behaviors is a key accomplishment of the human species, yet the psychological mechanisms involved in self-regulation remain incompletely understood. This book presents contributions from leading international researchers who survey the most recent developments in this fascinating area. The chapters shed new light on the subtle and often subconscious ways that the people seek to regulate their thoughts, feelings and behaviors in everyday social life. The contributions seek answers to such intriguing questions as: How can we improve our ability to control our actions? How do people make decisions about which goals to pursue? How do we maintain and manage goal-oriented behavior? What happens when we run out of self-regulation resources? Can we match people and the regulatory demands of to specific tasks so as to optimize performance? What role does self-regulation play in sports performance, in maintaining successful relationships, and in managing work situations?

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The book offers a highly integrated and representative coverage of this important field, and is suitable as a core textbook in advanced courses dealing with social behavior and the applications of psychology to real-life problems.

Contents 1. J. P. Forgas, R. F. Baumeister, D. M. Tice, The Psychology of Self-Regulation: An Introductory Review.

Part 1. Motivational Processes in Self-Regulation. 2.

R. F. Baumeister, J. L. Alquist, Self-Regulation as Limited Resource: Strength Model of Control and Depletion. 3.

C. Sansone, What’s Interest Got to do with It?: Potential Trade-Offs in the Self-Regulation of Motivation. 4. M. Friese, M. Wänke, W. Hofmann, Unscrambling SelfRegulatory Behavior Determination: The Interplay of Impulse Strength, Reflective Processes, and Control Resources. 5. C. Sedikides, On Self-Protection and SelfEnhancement Regulation: The Role of Self-Improvement and Social Norms. 6. C. Unkelbach, H. Plessner, D. Memmert, “Fit” in Sports: Self-Regulation and Athletic Performances. Part 2. Self-Regulation and Goal-Oriented Behavior. 7. C. S. Carver, M. F. Scheier, Action, Affect, Multi-Tasking, and Layers of Control. 8. G. Oettingen, P. M. Gollwitzer, Making Goal Pursuit Effective: ExpectancyDependent Goal Setting and Planned Goal Striving. 9.

J. Förster, N. Liberman, Goal Gradients: Challenges to a Basic Principle of Motivation. 10. A. Fishbach, The Dynamics of Self-Regulation. 11. G. M. Fitzsimons, J. Friesen, E. Orehek, A. W. Kruglanski, Progress-Induced Goal Shifting As A Self-Regulatory Strategy. Part 3.

Affective and Cognitive Processes in Self-Regulation.

12. D. M. Tice, How Emotions Affect Self-Regulation. 13.

S. L. Koole, Does Emotion Regulation Help or Hurt SelfRegulation? 14. T. F. Denson, Angry Rumination and the Self-Regulation of Aggression. 15. K. Fiedler, M. Bluemke, C. Unkelbach, Exerting Control over Allegedly Automatic Associative Processes. Part 4. Self-Regulation and Social and Interpersonal Processes. 16. H. Blanton, D. L. Hall, Punishing Difference and Rewarding Diversity: A Deviance Regulation Analysis of Social Structure. 17. K. D. Vohs, J. D. Lasaleta, B. Fennis, Self-Regulation in the Interpersonal Sphere. 18. W. V. Hippel, R. Ronay, Executive Functions and Self-Control. 19. E. J. Finkel, D. C. Molden, S. E. Johnson, P. W. Eastwick, Regulatory Focus and Romantic Alternatives.

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Handbook of Approach and Avoidance Motivation Edited by Andrew J. Elliot, University of Rochester, USA ‘Elliot’s Handbook is the A to Z of approach and avoidance. The list of authors reads like a ‘who’s who’ of the very best leaders in psychology and neuroscience today. ... Everything one could want in an up-to-date analysis of motivation and emotion is here.

In short, the Handbook is sure to be required reading for anyone who wants to understand feelings or motives.’ – Kent Berridge, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan, USA ‘A clear understanding of the approach-avoidance distinction is as important in setting the scientific course for psychology as determination of the periodic table was for chemistry. This enormously ambitious book, containing work by the leading scholars in the field, is a landmark effort in reaching that goal.’ – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, USA ‘It is a comprehensive, essential resource for all students of motivation in the social sciences, psychology, and neuroscience.’ – Richard J. Davidson, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of WisconsinMadison, USA Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction between approach and avoidance motivation has a venerable history, not only within but beyond scientific psychology, and the deep utility of this distinction is clearly evident across theoretical traditions, disciplines, and content areas. This volume is designed to illustrate and highlight the central importance of this distinction, to serve as a one-stop resource for scholars working in this area, and to facilitate integration among researchers and theorists with an explicit or implicit interest in approach and avoidance motivation.

Contents Part 1. Introduction. A.J. Elliot, Introduction and Overview: Approach and Avoidance Motivation. Part 2. Neurophysiology and Neurobiology. C.K. Cain, J.E. LeDoux, Emotional Processing and Motivation: In Search of Brain Mechanisms. N.A. Fox, B.C. Reeb, Effects of Early Experience on the Development of Cerebral Asymmetry and Approach-Withdrawal.

P.J. Lang, M.M. Bradley, Appetitive and Defensive Motivation as the Substrate of Emotion. J. Panksepp, J. Moskal, Dopamine and SEEKING: Subcortical “Reward” Systems and Appetitive Urges. B.G. Hoebel, N.M. Avena, P. Rada, An Accumbens Dopamine-Acetylcholine System for Approach and Avoidance. C.A. Frye, M.E. Rhodes, The Role and Mechanisms of Steroid Hormones in Approach/Avoidance Behavior. R.M. Sullivan, D.J. Toufexis, D.A. Wilson, Development of Olfactory Modulated Approach and Avoidance Motivated Behaviors. Part 3. Basic Dispositions, Goals, and States. R.J. Larsen, A.A. Augustine, Basic Personality Dispositions Related to Approach and Avoidance: Extraversion/Neuroticism, BAS/BIS, and Positive/Negative Affectivity. A.C. Jones, S.D. Gosling, Individual Differences in Approach and Avoidance Motivation in Animals. H.H. Goldsmith, K. Lemery-Chalfant, Genetic Influences on Individual Differences in Approach and Avoidance. S.L. Gable, E.T. Berkman,

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Making Connections and Avoiding Loneliness: Approach and Avoidance Social Motives and Goals. T.M. Thrash, A.L. Hurst, Approach and Avoidance Motivation in the Achievement Domain: Integrating the Achievement Motive and Achievement Goal Traditions. R.S. Friedman, J. Forster, Activation and Measurement of Motivational States. Part 4. Evaluative Processes. J. Tooby, L. Cosmides, A. Sell, D. Lieberman, D. Sznycer, Internal Regulatory Variables and the Design of Human Motivation: A Computional and Evolutionary Approach. D.T. Kenrick, M.N. Shiota, Approach and Avoidance Motivation(s): An Evolutionary Perspective. M.J. Ferguson, J.A. Bargh, Evaluative Readiness: The Motivational Nature of Automatic Evaluation. G.G. Bernston, J.T. Cacioppo, The Functional Neuroarchitecture of Evaluative Processes. J.R. Eiser, R.H. Fazio, How Approach and Avoidance Decisions Influence Attitude Formation and Change. Part 5. Emotion and Well-being. I.J. Roseman, Motivations and Emotivations: Approach, Avoidance, and Other Tendencies in Motivated and Emotional Behavior.

E.A. Younstrom, C.E. Izard, Functions of Emotions and Emotion-related Dysfunction. C.S. Carver, Y.E. Avivi, J.P. Laurenceau, Approach, Avoidance, and Emotional Experiences. E. Harmon-Jones, C. Harmon-Jones, Anger and Approach-Avoidance Motivation. M. Tamir, E. Diener, Approach-Avoidance Goals and Well-being: One Size Does Not Fit All. Part 6. Cognition. J.J. Blascovich, Challenge and Threat. S. Najmi, D.M. Wegner, Thought Suppression and Psychopathology. D. Derryberry, M. Reed, Motivational and Attentional Components of Personality. A.J. Rothman, J.T. Wlaschin, R.D. Bartels, A. Latimer, P. Salovey, How Persons and Situations Regulate Message Framing Effects: The Study of Health Behavior. Part 7. The Self. A.A. Scholer, E.T. Higgins, Distinguishing Levels of Approach and Avoidance: An Analysis Using Regulatory Focus Theory. D.M. Tice, E.J. Masicampo, Approach and Avoidance Motivations in the Selfconcept and Self-esteem. C.J. Showers, K.L. Boyce, Secrets of Resilience: Approaching Negative Self-aspects without Aversion. J. Kuhl, S.L. Koole, The Functional Architecture of Approach and Avoidance Motivation. Part 8. Social Context.

T. Hamamura, S. Heine, Approach and Avoidance Motivation Across Cultures. E.A. Plant, P.G. Devine, Interracial Interactions: Approach and Avoidance. J. Suls, L. Wheeler, A Reunion for Approach/Avoidance Motivation and Social Comparison. R.F. Baumeister, S. Gitter, I Am Approaching the Decision to Avoid You: An Approach and Avoidance Perspective on Research on Social Exclusion and Rejection.

M.L. Cooper, A.E. Talley, M.S. Sheldon, A. Levitt, L.L. Barber, A Dyadic Perspective on Approach and Avoidance Motives for Sexual Behavior.

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Social Identity 3rd Edition

by Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield, UK This third edition builds on the international success of previous editions, offering an easy access critical introduction to social science theories of identity, for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. All of the previous chapters have been updated and extra material has been added where relevant, for example, on globalization. Two new chapters have been added; one addresses the debate about whether identity matters, discussing, for example, Brubaker; the second reviews the postmodern approach to identity.

The text is informed by relevant topical examples throughout and, as with earlier editions, the emphasis is on sociology, anthropology and social psychology; on the interplay between relationships of similarity and difference; on interaction; on the categorization of others as well as self-identification; and on power, institutions and organizations.

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Contents 1. Identity Matters 2. Similarity and Difference 3. A Sign of the Times? 4.

Understanding Identification 5. Selfhood and Mind 6. Embodied Selves 7. Entering the Human World 8. Self-Image and Public Image 9. Groups and Categories 10. Beyond Boundaries 11. Symbolising Belonging 12. Predictability 13. Institutionalising Identification 14. Organising Identification 15. Categorisation and Consequences 16. Identity and Modernity Revisited .

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The Science of Stories An Introduction to Narrative Psychology

by János László, Institute for Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences “Lazlo has put together one of the most intellectually compelling books on narrative psychology that has been written. This book should be studied by scholars across all the social sciences and humanities.” - James W. Pennebaker, University of Texas at Austin, USA “This book combines an excellent overview and expansion of the field of narrative psychology. Its scholarship is outstanding: it is comprehensive, integrative, and advances the state of the art. It is a text that I would use for my own research and that I would definitely recommend to my students.”

- Sandra Jovchelovitch, London School of Economics, UK The Science of Stories explores the role narrative plays in human life. Supported by in-depth research, the book demonstrates how the ways in which people tell their stories can be indicative of how they construct their worlds and their own identities.

Based on linguistic analysis and computer technology, Laszlo offers an innovative methodology which aims to uncover underlying psychological processes in narrative texts. The reader is presented with a theoretical framework along with a series of studies which explore the way a systematic linguistic analysis of narrative discourse can lead to a scientific study of identity construction, both individual and group.

The book gives a critical overview of earlier narrative theories and summarizes previous scientific attempts to uncover relationships between language and personality. It also deals with social memory and group identity: various narrative forms of historical representations (history books, folk narratives, historical novels) are analyzed as to how they construct the past of a nation.

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The Science of Stories is the first book to build a bridge between scientific and hermeneutic studies of narratives. As such, it will be of great interest to a diverse spectrum of readers in social science and the liberal arts, including those in the fields of cognitive science, social psychology, linguistics, philosophy, literary studies and history.

Contents 1. The Place of Narrative in Psychology. 2.

Foundations of Narrative Psychology. 3. Narrative Psychology and Postmodernism. 4. Narrative Psychology’s Contribution to the Second Cognitive Revolution. 5. On Representation. 6. Theory of Social Representations. 7. Identity and Narrative.

8. Language and Soul. 9. Narrative Psychological Content Analysis. 10. The Computerization of Content Analysis in Narrative Psychology. 11. Reliability and Validity Studies of the Narrative Content-Analytic Programs. 12. Social Memory and Social Identity: The Social Psychology of History. 13. National Identity in the Mirror of Folk History. 14. Roots and Perspectives of Scientific Narrative Psychology. Appendix.

References.

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Self Continuity Individual and Collective Perspectives Edited by Fabio Sani, University of Dundee, UK This volume is the first to bring together the fast-growing research on self-continuity from multiple perspectives within and beyond social psychology.

The book covers individual and collective aspects of selfcontinuity, while a final section explores the relationship between these two forms.

Topics include environmental and cultural influences on self-continuity; the interplay of autobiographical memory and personal self-continuity; the psychological function of self-continuity; personal and collective self-continuity; and resistance to change. The volume is rounded off with commentaries on the central issues and themes that have been discussed.

The book provides a unique sourcebook for this important topic and will appeal not only to upper-level students and researchers in social psychology, but, in view of the multiple perspectives represented in the volume, it will also appeal to cognitive, developmental, and personality psychologists.

Contents F. Sani, Introduction. Part 1: Cultural and Societal Dimensions of Self-Continuity. K. Nelson, Self in Time: Emergence Within a Community of Minds.

R.W. Tafarodi, Toward a Cultural Phenomenology of Personal Identity. Part 2: Self-Continuity, Autobiographical Memory, and Identity. A. Bird, E. Reese, Autobiographical Memory in Childhood and the Development of a Continuous Self. S. Bluck, N. Alea, Remembering Being Me: The Selfcontinuity Function of Autobiographical Memory in Younger and Older Adults. D. Addis, L.J. Tippett, The Contributions of Autobiographical Memory to the Content and Continuity of Identity: A Socialcognitive Neuroscience Approach. Part 3: Self-Continuity Motives and Maintenance Strategies. M.J. Landau, J. Greenberg, S. Solomon, The Never-ending Story: A Terror Management Perspective on the Psychological Function of Self-continuity. C.T. Burris, J.K. Rempel, Spanning Time: An Amoebic-Self Perspective. Part 4: The Continuity of Groups and Collective Selves.

D.L. Hamilton, J.M. Levin, J.A. Thurston, Perceiving Continuity and Change in Groups. R. Fivush, J.G. Bohanek, M. Duke, The Intergenerational Self: Subjective Perspectives and Family History. S. Reicher, Making a Past Fit for the Future: The Political and Ontological Dimensions of Historical Continuity.

F. Sani, M. Bowe, M. Herrera, Perceived Collective Continuity: Seeing Groups as Temporally Enduring Entities. Part 5: Collective Self-Continuity in A Time of Change. D. van Knippenberg, B. van Knippenberg, A. Bobbio, Leaders as Agents of Continuity: Selfcontinuity and Resistance to Collective Change. A. Iyer, J. Jetten, D. Tsivrikos, Torn Between Identities: Predictors of Adjustment to Identity Change. Part 6: The Interplay between Individual and Collective Self-Continuity. M. Nolan, N. Branscombe, Conceptions of the Human Self and Human Rights: Implications for the Psychological Continuity of Less Inclusive Selves. M.J. Chandler, T. Proulx, Personal Persistence and Persistent Peoples: Continuities in the Lives of Individual and Whole Cultural Communities.

C. Sedikides, T. Wildschut, L. Gaertner, C. Routledge, J. Arndt, Nostalgia as Enabler of Selfcontinuity. Part 7: Commentaries. P. Rochat, “Know Thyself!�, but What, How, and Why? R. Spears, Commenting on Continuity: A View from Social Psychology.

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The Self and Identity in Rehabilitation A Special Issue of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Edited by Fergus Gracey and Tamara Ownsworth This special issue brings together developments in neurological, psychological and social understanding of sense of self and identity in neuropsychological rehabilitation. Following brain injury and in the context of neurological illness, both the individual and their loved ones report changes in personality, sense of self or identity. This issue is intended to be a key resource for clinicians trying to tackle these challenges, as well as researchers interested in the self and identity in clinical populations. New theoretical perspectives on the self, as well as quantitative and qualitative research studies, and clinical and service issues are covered.

2008: 234x156: 272pp.

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Contents B.A. Wilson, M. Kopelman, N. Kapur, Prominent and Persistent Loss of Past Awareness in Amnesia: Delusion, Impaired Consciousness or Coping Strategy? A. Fotopoulou, False Selves in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: The Challenge of Confabulation. G.N. Yeates, F. Gracey, J. Collicutt McGrath, A Biopsychosocial Deconstruction of ‘Personality Change’ Following Acquired Brain Injury. E. Naylor, L. Clare, Awareness of Memory Functioning, Autobiographical Memory and Identity in Early-stage Dementia. S. Cooper-Evans, N. Alderman, C. Knight, M. Oddy, Self-esteem as a Predictor of Psychological Distress After Severe Acquired Brain Injury: An Exploratory Study. F. Gracey, S. Palmer, B. Rous, K. Psaila, K. Shaw, J. O’Dell, J. Cope, S. Mohamed, “Feeling Part of Things”: Personal Construction of Self After Brain Injury. K. Cloute, A. Mitchell, P. Yates, Traumatic Brain Injury and the Construction of Identity: A Discursive Approach. C. Haslam, A. Holme, S.A. Haslam, A. Iyer, J. Jetten, W.H Williams, Maintaining Group Memberships: Social Identity Continuity Predicts Well-being After Stroke.

T.L. Ownsworth, M. Turpin, B. Andrew, J. Fleming, Participant Perspectives on an Individualised Self-awareness Intervention Following Stroke: A Qualitative Case Study. M. Ylvisaker, K. McPherson, N. Kayes, E. Pellett, Metaphoric Identity Mapping: Facilitating Goal Setting and Engagement in Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury. M. Massimi, E. Berry, G. Browne, G. Smythe, P. Watson, R.M. Baecker, An Exploratory Case Study of the Impact of Ambient Biographical Displays on Identity in a Patient with Alzheimer’s Disease. R. Coetzer, Holistic Neurorehabilitation in the Community: Is Identity a Key Issue?

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Truth, Lies and Trust on the Internet

by Monica T. Whitty, Queen’s University Belfast and Adam Joinson, The Open University, UK “This is an excellent book that thoroughly covers timely issues in emerging society in a comprehensive and profound way. Concepts, issues and controversial topics are very well deliberated, presented in a friendly style and accompanied by numerous examples.”

- Professor Azy Barak, University of Haifa, Israel “This book may serve as an important reference text in undergraduate courses on the Internet because it is an indispensible and well-structured guide to approaches taken by recent researchers. I will recommend it to my graduate students who intend to conduct research online as a way of considering the pitfalls of such research.” – Daniel Keyes, PsycCRITIQUES, April 29th, 2009, vol. 54, Release 17, Article 1.

The Internet is often presented as an unsafe or untrustworthy space: where children are preyed upon by paedophiles, cannibals seek out victims, offline relationships are torn apart by online affairs and where individuals are addicted to gambling, love, and cybersex.

While many of these stories are grounded in truth, they do paint a rather sensationalized view of the Internet, the types of people who use it, and the interactions that take place online. Simultaneously, researchers claim that the Internet allows individuals to express their true selves, to develop ‘hyperpersonal’ relationships characterised by high levels of intimacy and closeness. At the heart of these competing visions of the Internet as a social space are the issues of truth, lies and trust.

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This book offers a balanced view of the Internet by presenting empirical data conducted by social scientists, with a concentrated focus on psychological studies. It argues that the Internet’s anonymity which can enable, for instance, high levels of self-disclosure in a relationship, is also responsible for many of its more negative outcomes such as deception and flaming. This is the first book to develop a coherent model of the truth-lies paradox, with specific reference to the critical role of trust.

Truth, Lies and Trust on the Internet is a useful text for psychology students and academics interested in Internet behaviour, technology, and online deviant behaviour, and related courses in sociology, media studies and information studies.

Contents Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2.

Let’s Talk About Me, Me, Me: Self-Disclosure on the Internet 3. The Role of Truth in Relationship Formation Online 4. Misery Loves Company: Emotional and Practical Support Online 5. Online Research, Ethics and the Candid Participant 6. Online Deception, Fraud, Spam, and Cons 7. Short, Light and Ugly: Misrepresentation of the Self in Online Dating Sites 8. Cheating With a Mouse: Internet Infidelity 9.

Building Trust through Communication 10.

Cyberstalking and Harassment: Violating Trust 11.

Surveillance, Privacy and Trust 12. Developing Trust in Online Counselling 13. Concluding Thoughts.

References. Author Index. Subject Index

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Personality and Social Behavior Edited by Frederick Rhodewalt, University of Utah University of Utah, USA The study of the relationship between the person and the situation has had a long history in psychology. Many theories of personality are set on an interpersonal stage and many social phenomena are played out differently as the cast of characters change. At times the study of persons and situations has been contentious, however, recent interest in process models of personality and social interaction have focused on the ways people navigate, influence, and are influenced by their social worlds.

Personality and Social Behavior contains a series of essays on topics where a transactional analysis of the person and situation has proved most fruitful. Contributions span the personality and social psychology spectrum and include such topics as new units in personality; neuroscience perspectives on interpersonal personality; social and interpersonal frameworks for understanding the self and self-esteem; and personality process analyses of romantic relationships, prejudice, health, and leadership.

2008: 6x9: 320pp.

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This volume provides essential reading for researchers with an interest in this core topic in social psychology and may also be used as a text on related upper-level courses.

Contents F. Rhodewalt, Personality and Social Behavior: An Overview. D. Cervone, T.L. Caldwell, H. Orom, Beyond Person and Situation Effects: Intraindividual Personality Architecture and its Implications for the Study of Personality and Social Behavior.

F. Rhodewalt, B. Peterson, The Self and Social Behavior: The Fragile Self and Interpersonal Self-regulation. S.M. Andersen, S.A. Saribay, C.S. Kooij, Contextual Variability in Personality: The Case of the Relational Self and the Process of Transference. W.S. Rholes, R.L. Paetzold, M. Friedman, Ties That Bind: Linking Personality to Interpersonal Behavior Through the Study of Adult Attachment Style and Relationship Satisfaction. G. Downey, J. Zaki, J. Mitchell, Different Toolkits for Different Mind-readers: A Social-Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Personality and Social Relationships. M. Hogg, Personality, Individuality, and Social Identity. M.M. Chemers, Leadership as Dynamic Social Process. P.G. Devine, F. Rhodewalt, M. Siemionko, Personality and Prejudice in Interracial Interactions. B.N. Uchino, A.A. Vaughn, S. Matwin, Social Psychological Processes Linking Personality to Physical Health: A Multilevel Analysis With Emphasis on Hostility and Optimism.

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The Self

by Jonathon Brown, University of Washington, USA Although social psychology has been traditionally focused on interpersonal relationships, the cognitive revolution in psychology has had the effect of refocusing some social psychology on intrapsychic processes. This area of psychology has become very popular in recent years, yet there is currently no other textbook available for the study of the self. Republished in its original form by Psychology Press in 2007, this book carefully documents the changing conceptions and the value accorded the self in psychology over time. It further outlines the many alternative conceptions of this increasingly central domain in social psychology. New research and conceptions are juxtaposed with the classic and traditional, providing the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the study of the self.

Content 1. Introduction. 2. The Nature of the Self. 3. The Search for Self-Knowledge.

4. Self-Development. 5. The Self from a Cognitive Perspective. 6. SelfRegulation of Behavior. 7. Self-Presentation. 8. Self-Esteem. 9. Depression.

10. Illusion and Well-Being. Author Index. Subject Index.

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The Self and Social Relationships Edited by Joanne V. Wood, University of Waterloo, Canada; Abraham Tesser, University of Georgia, USA; John G. Holmes, University of Waterloo, Canada.

‘Wood, Tesser, and Holmes have done a great job. The writing is clear throughout.

The style and level of discourse is consistent. A great deal of theory and empirical work is reviewed and new insights also appear, often in welcome sections devoted to integration where theorists place their own views within the larger context of others’ theories and research. The book will be easy to use as a teaching tool. It is theory driven and, as such, provides readers with the structure that they will need to recall the many empirical findings that are reviewed.’ - Margaret S. Clark, Yale Universit, USA Although the two major research areas of the “Self” and “Social Relationships” have flourished, they have done so largely independently of each other. More and more research, however, has indicated that relationships shape the nature of the self and identity, and that self-views influence interpersonal processes and the manner in which people navigate their close relationships. The integration of research on self and social relationships has proved a particularly rich one, generating some of the most creative and insightful theories in psychology.

The Self and Social Relationships is the first volume that marks, expedites, and defines this exciting new research synthesis.

It serves both as a platform for authors to present their latest ideas on the topic and to encourage continued integration in this emerging field. The contributions represent a diverse set of perspectives from social/personality and clinical psychology.

Each chapter covers a topic that is central to the study of self and relationships, and presents some of the most exciting research programs in the field.

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This volume is essential reading for researchers and students in the areas of both self and relationships.

Contents 1: Self-related Motives Influence Close Relationships. S.L. Murray, Risk Regulation in Relationships: Self-Esteem and the Ifthen Contingencies of Interdependent Life.

J. La Guardia, On the Role of Psychological Needs in Healthy Functioning: Integrating a Self-Determination Theory Perspective with Traditional Relationship Theories. W.B. Swann, Jr., C. Chang-Schneider, S. Angulo, SelfVerification in Relationships as an Adaptive Process. W.K. Campbell, J.D. Green, Narcissism and Interpersonal Self-Regulation. M.R. Leary, Functions of the Self in Interpersonal Relationships: What Does the Self Actually Do? 2: Reciprocal Influences of Self and Other, I: Self-Perception and Self-Regulation. D.A. Kenny, T.V. West, Self-Perception as Interpersonal Perception. R.F. Baumeister, T.F. Stillman, Self-Regulation and Close Relationships. 3: Evolutionary Perspectives. L L. Martin, S. Shirk, Immediate-Return Societies: What Can They Tell Us About The Self and Social Relationships in Our Society? J.A. Simpson, L. Beckes, Y.J. Weisberg, Evolutionary Accounts of Individual Differences in Adult Attachment Orientations. 4: Reciprocal Influences, II: Close Relationships and Changing the Self. A. Aron, S. Ketay, S. Riela, E.N. Aron, How Close Others Construct and Reconstruct Who We Are and How We Feel About Ourselves. S. Chen, S.M. Andersen,The Relational Self in Transference: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Consequences in Everyday Social Life. J. Davila, M. Ramsay Miller, Changes in Working Models of the Self in Relationships: A Clinical Perspective. M.W. Baldwin, J.R. Baccus, S.D.M. Dandeneau, M. Sakellaropoulo, Time for some New Tools: Toward the Application of Learning Approaches to the Study of Interpersonal Cognition.

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Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being The Search for the ‘Good Life’ and the ‘Body Perfect’

by Helga Dittmar, University of Sussex, UK ‘Dr. Dittmar has done us a great service by writing a book on the importance of ‘consuming’ to society and to individual identity and well-being that is both scholarly and accessible.

The book tackles some tough questions regarding who and what people want to be, how they go about constructing their ‘selves’, and just what is it that people want from life and why. I wish more research psychologists were writing books like this’ - James E. Maddux, George Mason University, Washington, USA ‘Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being: The Search for the ‘Good Life’ and the ‘Body Perfect’ discusses an important and timely issue--the psychological impact of mass consumption that visibly pervades our consumer culture... The author makes a contribution by focusing on identity.’ - Candice R. Hollenbeck & George M. Zinkhan, PsycCRITIQUES Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound influence these consumer culture ideals have on individuals’ sense of identity and worth.

Consumer Culture, Identity, and Well-Being documents the negative psychological impact consumer culture can have on how individuals view themselves and on their emotional welfare.

It looks at the social psychological dimensions of having, buying and wanting material goods, as well as the pursuit of mediahyped appearance ideals. In particular, it focuses on: •

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the unrealistic socio-cultural beauty ideals embodied by idealized models, which for women is typically expressed as ultra-thinness and for men as muscularity, and how this creates body dissatisfaction.

Consumer Culture, Identity, and WellBeing will be of interest to anybody who wants to find out more about the psychological effects of living in modern consumer societies on children, adolescents, and adults. More specifically, it will be of interest to students and researchers in social psychology, sociology, media studies, communication and other social sciences, as well as to psychologists, health workers, and practitioners interested in the topics of identity, consumption pathologies, body image, and body-related behaviours.

Contents 1. Understanding the Impact of Consumer Culture 2.

To Have is to Be? Psychological Functions of Material Possessions 3. Consuming Passions? Psychological Motives for Buying Consumer Goods 4. Is this as Good as it Gets? Materialistic Values and Well-Being 5. I Shop Therefore I Am? Compulsive Buying and Identity-Seeking 6. Does Size Matter? The Impact of Ultra-Thin Media Models on Women’s Body Image and on Advertising Effectiveness 7. Think ‘Ideal’ and Feel Bad? Using Self-Discrepancies to Understand Negative Media Effects 8. What is Beautiful and Who is ‘Cool’? Consumer Culture and Socialisation 9.

What is the Price of Consumer Culture? Consequences, Implications, and the Cage Within.

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Identity and the Modern Organization Edited by Caroline A. Bartel, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Steven Blader, New York University USA; Amy Wrzesniewski, Yale University, USA Identity and the Modern Organization presents a lively exchange of ideas among psychology and management scholars on the realities of modern organizational life and their effect on the identities that organizations and their members cultivate. This book bridges the domains of psychology and management to facilitate a multidisciplinary, multi-level integration of theory and research on identity processes.

The volume highlights answers to important questions raised by shifting organizational forms and arrangements, such as: • How are identity processes affected by, and how do they affect, the motivations of individuals and organizations?

• How do identity and identification shape the social processes that unfold between individuals and groups?

• How do strong versus weak contexts affect identity processes as the boundaries of organizations and social categories within them become more permeable?

An effective tool for understanding a wide variety of organizational phenomena, this book is intended for scholars and students in the fields of management, organizational theory, organizational behavior, social psychology, and industrial/ organizational psychology.

Contents Contents: Part I: Introduction. S.L. Blader, A. Wrzesniewski,C.A. Bartel, Identity and the Modern Organization. Part II: Social Motivations in Modern Organizations. M.A. Glynn, C. Marquis, Legitimating Identities: How Institutional Logics Motivate Organizational Name Choices.

M.A. Hogg, Organizational Orthodoxy and Corporate Autocrats: Some Nasty Consequences of Organizational Identification in Uncertain Times. S.L. Blader, Let’s Not Forget the “Me” in “Team”: Investigating the Interface of Individual and Collective Identity. B. Ashforth, Identity: The Elastic Concept. Part III: Social Processes in Modern Organizations. M.G. Pratt, K.G. Corley, Managing Multiple Organizational Identities: On Identity Ambiguity, Identity Conflict, and Members’ Reactions. C.A. Bartel, A. Wrzesniewski, B. Wiesenfeld, The Struggle to Establish Organizational Membership and Identification in Remote Work Contexts. S.A. Haslam, S. Reicher, Social Identity and the Dynamics of Organizational Life: Insights From the BBC Prison Study. A. Brief, E. Umphress, Lost in Identities: A Brief Tale of Two Explorers.

Part IV: The Contextual Landscape of Modern Organizations. S. Spataro, J. Chatman, The Effects of Inter-Organizational Competition on IdentityBased Organizational Commitment. D.C. Seyle, W.B. Swann, Jr., Being Oneself in the Workplace: SelfVerification and Identity in Organizational Contexts. S. Ashford, M.A. Barton, Identity-Based Issue Selling.

J. Dukerich, Identity and Beyond: Future Directions for Identity and Identification Research. Part V: Conclusion. D. Whetten, The Study of Organizational Member Identification: Organization-Appropriate Applications of Social Identification Theory.

2007: 6x9: 304pp.

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Religious Fundamentalism and Social Identity

by Peter Herriot, University of Surrey and Open University Business School, UK (retired) ‘Peter Herriot demonstrates how far one can come with linking theories about intergroup relations with religious fundamentalism.

It is evident that these theories are highly relevant for and applicable to the phenomenon at hand. He has created a remarkable and original work.’

– Bertjan Doosje, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ‘Religious Fundamentalism and Social Identity makes a permanent contribution to efforts to understand a phenomenon that is unlikely to disappear and one we must all learn to live with.’ - Ralph W Hood, Professor of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chatanooga, USA The attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the United States of September 11th, 2001 brought the phenomenon of religious fundamentalism to the world’s attention.Sociological research has clearly demonstrated that fundamentalists are primarily reacting against modernity, and believe that they are fighting for the very survival of their faith against the secular enemy. But we understand very little about how and why people join fundamentalist movements and embrace a set of beliefs, values and norms of behaviour which are counter-cultural. This is essentially a question for social psychology, since it involves both social relations and individual selves.

Drawing on a broad theoretical perspective, social identity theory, Peter Herriot addresses two key questions: why do fundamentalists identify themselves as an in-group fighting against various out-groups? And how do the psychological needs for self-esteem and meaning motivate them? Case studies of Mohammed Atta, the leader of the 9/11 hijackers, and of

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the current controversy in the Anglican Church about gay priests and bishops, demonstrate how fruitfully this theory can be applied to fundamentalist conflicts. It also offers psychologically sensible ways of managing such conflicts, rather than treating fundamentalists as an enemy to be defeated.

Religious Fundamentalism and Social Identity is unique in applying social identity theory to fundamentalism, and rare in that it provides psychological (in addition to sociological) analyses of the phenomenon. It is a valuable resource for courses in social psychology which seek to demonstrate the applicability of social psychological theory to the real world.

Contents Introduction. 1. Fundamentalism Versus Secularism. 2.

Social Identity Theory. 3. Psychological Evidence. 4.

Mohammed Atta. 5. Angry Anglicans. Social Identity, Atta, and the Anglicans. 6. The Management of Fundamentalist Conflicts.

2007: 216x138: 144pp.

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Social Comparison Theories Edited by Diederik A. Stapel, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Hart Blanton, Texas A&M University, USA Self-perception and behavior do not occur in a social vacuum: who we are, and what we do, is often a function of what other people are and do. Others can inform us of who we are (“I am the only sane person here”), or where we stand (“I am quite intelligent compared to him”); others can inspire us (“I want to be like her”), or discourage us (“I can never be like her”). In effect, social comparison is a fundamental process of self-conception through the perception of others-self, as it is identified with others.

Social Comparison Theories: Key Readings offers a core and comprehensive collection of readings that focus on the motivations and mechanisms underlying social comparison effects, the role of social comparison processes in everyday life, the similarities and differences between interpersonal and intergroup social comparisons, and the strategies people employ to disregard detrimental social comparison outcomes. This volume of works shows the wide range of topics that concern social comparisons researchers and also the shared beliefs that bind them together.

Contents Blanton, Stapel, Introduction to the History of Social Comparison. Part 1.

Festinger. Festinger, Informal Social Communication. Festinger, A Theory of Social Comparison Processes. Part 2. Comparison Motives: Classic Statements.

Goethals, Darley, Social Comparison Theory: An Attributional Approach. Brickman, Janoff Bulman Pleasure and Pain in Social Comparison Theory. Taylor, Lobel, Social Comparison Activity Under Threat: Downward Evaluation and Upward Contacts.

Tesser, Toward a Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model of Social Behavior. Part 3.

Threats and Inspiration. Buunk, Collins, Taylor, Dakof, Van Yperen, The Affective Consequences of Social Comparisons: Either Direction Has Its Ups and Downs.

Lockwood, Kunda, Superstars and Me: Predicting the Impact of Role Models on the Self. Alicke, LoSchiavo, Zerbst, Zhang, The Person Who Outperforms Me Is A Genius: Maintaining Perceived Competence in Upward Social Comparison.

Gibbons, Benbow, Gerrard, From Top Dog to Bottom Half: Social Comparison

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Strategies in Response to Poor Performance. Part 4.

Breakdowns in Comparison. Weinstein, Unrealistic Optimism About Future Life Events. Klein, Objective Standards Are Not Enough: Affective, Self-Evaluative, and Behavioral Responses to Social Comparison Information. Moore, Kim, Myopic Social Prediction and the Solo Comparison Effect. Schroeder, Prentice, Exposing Pluralistic Ignorance to Reduce Alcohol Use Among College Students. Part 5. Implications in Everyday Life. Nosanchuck, Erickson, How High Is Up? Calibrating Social Comparison in the Real World.

Marsh, Hau, Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect on Academic Self-Concept: A Cross-Cultural (26-Country) Test of the Negative Effects of Academically Selective Schools. Hagerty, Social Comparisons of Income in One’s Community: Evidence from National Surveys of Income and Happiness. Tiedens, Fragale, Power Moves: Complementarity in Dominant and Submissive Nonverbal Behavior. Part 6. Social Identity and Reference Group Comparisons. Tajfel, Turner, The Social Identity Theory of Intergroup Behavior. Miller, Turnbull, McFarland, Particularistic and Universalistic Evaluation in the Social Comparison Process. Crandall, Social Contagion of Binge Eating. Major, Forcey, Social Comparisons and Pay Evaluations: Preferences for Same-Sex and Same-Job Wage Comparisons. Blanton, Christie,Dye, Social Identity versus Reference Frame Comparisons: The Moderating Role of Stereotype Endorsement. Part 7. Social Cognition. Gilbert, Giesler, Morris, When Comparisons Arise. Stapel, Koomen, I, We, and the Effects of Others on Me: How Self-Construal Level Moderates Social Comparison Effects. Mussweiler, Strack, The “Relative Self”: Informational and Judgmental Consequences of Comparative SelfEvaluation. Jordan, Zanna, Appendix. How to Read a Journal Article in Social Psychology.’

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Social Identities Motivational, Emotional, Cultural Influences Edited by Rupert Brown, University of Sussex, UK and Dora Capozza, University of Padova, Italy ‘This book provides an impressive collection of contributions addressing some of the most exciting work that is being done in this area. By extending our insight into the role of motivation, culture, and emotions in social identity, it provides a unique resource for those interested in gaining in-depth knowledge of social identities.’

- Naomi Ellemers, Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology, Leiden University The concept of social identity occupies a central position in contemporary social psychology. Social Identities: Motivational, Emotional, Cultural Influences reports recent developments in the analysis of motivational and affective aspects of social identity processes. The book also examines the cross-cultural generality of Social Identity Theory explanations of intergroup competitiveness, which have strongly influenced international research in this area.

People’s social identities and self-evaluation are thought to be largely derived from group memberships; it is presumed that people are motivated to attain positivity in these identities by favouring the ingroup in intergroup comparisons. An increasing stream of research is being devoted to extending the applicability of social identity concepts to intergroup relations and related fields.

The editors present here a collection of contributions from leading figures in social psychology which explore the state of the art in social identity theory. The most prominent motivational theories of identification are reported. Central themes concern: • motivations which lead individuals to join a group and identify with it • the role emotions have in favouring (or hindering) intergroup relations • the effect of emotions on intergroup behaviour • how people react to social identity threats

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Shedding new light on important social problems like prejudice, bigotry, and intense conflicts around the world, this unique volume will be indispensable to students and researchers of social psychology, sociology and cultural studies.

Contents Introduction. R. Brown, D. Capozza, Motivational, emotional and cultural influences in social identity processes. Part 1: Motivation, identification and intergroup relations. M.A. Hogg, Self-conceptual uncertainty and the lure of belonging. D. Capozza, R. Brown, S. Aharpour, R. Falvo, A comparison of motivational theories of identification. E. Castano, V. Yzerbyt, M. Paladino, A. Carnaghi, Extending the self in space and time: Social identification and existential concerns. J. Jetten, N.R. Branscombe, R. Spears, Living on the edge: Dynamics of intragroup and intergroup rejection experiences.

A. Maass, M. Cadinu, Protecting a threatened identity through sexual harassment: A social identity interpretation. Part 2: Cultural and evolutionary aspects of ingroup identification.

M.B. Brewer, L.R. Caporael, Social identity motives in evolutionary perspective. P.B. Smith, K.M. Long, Social identity theory in cross-cultural perspective. Part 3: Emotions in intergroup relations. E.R. Smith, D.M. Mackie, It’s about time: Intergroup emotions as time-dependent phenomena. P. Garcia-Prieto, K.R. Scherer, Connecting social identity theory and cognitive appraisal theory of emotions. S. Paolini, M. Hewstone, A. Voci, J. Harwood, E. Cairns, Intergroup contact and the promotion of intergroup harmony: The influence of intergroup emotions. K.M. Johnson, S.L. Gaertner, J.F. Dovidio, M. A. Houlette, B.M. Riek, E.W. Mania, Emotional antecedents and consequences of common ingroup identity. R. González & R. Brown, Intergroup contact and levels of categorization: Effects on intergroup emotions.

2006: 234x156: 304pp.

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Self-Esteem Issues and Answers A Sourcebook of Current Perspectives Edited by Michael H. Kernis, University of Georgia, USA ‘This book is a carefully planned survey of the field of self-esteem, organized in terms of key questions posed to the field’s most active and influential researchers. The essays they offer in response to the questions are focused, informative, and exact, providing a reference work that captures both the tradition of self-esteem psychology and its cutting-edge issues such as unconscious self-evaluation and the role of self-esteem in psychopathology.’- Daniel M. Wegner, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University. ‘ This stimulating, provocative, and compelling volume delivers just what the field of self -esteem needs most. It summarizes the status of current knowledge on the topic in an engaging and readable format - shedding light on what is known about the functioning of self-esteem, while simulataneously giving the reader a sense of the complexities involved in the concept.

It does so without favouritism, not forcing pat answers, but allowing the readers to make up their own minds. This volume is a must-read for scholars and students interested in understanding the role of self-esteem in psychological and interpersonal functioning.’ - Carolyn C.Morf, Professor of Psychology, University of Bern and ex-Editor of Self & Identity Research and theory on self-esteem have flourished in recent years. This resurgence has produced multiple perpectives on fundamental issues surrounding the nature of self-esteem and its role in psychological functioning and interpersonal processes.

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esteem is optimal. Section II concentrates on the determinants, development, and modifiability of self-esteem. Section III examines the evolutionary significance of self-esteem and its role in psychological processes and therapeutic settings.

Section IV explores the social, relational, and cultural significance of self-esteem.

Finally, Section V considers future directions for self-esteem researchers, practitioners, parents and teachers.

This volume offers a wealth of perspectives from prominent researchers from different areas of psychology. Each expert contributor was asked to focus his or her chapter on a central self-esteem issue. Three or four experts addressed each question. The result is that SelfEsteem Issues and Answers provides a comprehensive sourcebook of current perspectives on a wide range of central self-esteem issues.

Contents Section 1. Conceptualizing and Assessing Self-Esteem.

Section II. Development and Determinants of Selfesteem. Section III. Self-esteem and Psychological.

Section IV. Self-esteem in Social Context. Section V. Future Directions.

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Standards and Expectancies Contrast and Assimilation in Judgments of Self and Others

by Monica Biernat, University of Kansas, USA This book examines how standards and expectancies affect judgments of others and the self. Standards are points of comparison, expectancies are beliefs about the future, and both serve as frames of reference against which current events and people (including the self) are experienced. The central theme of the book is that judgments can be characterized as either assimilative or contrastive in nature. Assimilation occurs when the target of evaluation (another person, the self) is pulled toward or judged consistently with the standard or expectation, and contrast occurs when the target is differentiated from (judged in a direction opposite) the comparative frame. The book considers factors that determine whether assimilation versus contrast occurs, and focuses on the roles of contextual cues, the self, and stereotypes as standards for judging others, and the roles of internalized guides, stereotypes, and other people for judging the self.

2005: 6x9: 256pp.

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Contents 1. Standards and Expectancies: An Introduction and Overview. 2. Judging Others and the Self: Contextual factors affecting assimilation and contrast. 3. Models of Assimilation and Contrast. 4. Self and Other Exemplars as Standards for Judging Others. 5. Stereotypes and Stereotyping of Others. 6. Beyond Assimilation: Toward a Broader View of Stereotyping Effects. 7. Internalized guides as standards for judging the self. 8. Stereotypes as Standards for Judging the Self: Self-stereotyping. 9. Other People as Standards: Social Comparison. 10. Conclusion: Assimilation and Contrast Revisited.

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Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research Sponsored by the Society for Research on Identity Formation (SRIF) EDITOR Alan S. Waterman, The College of New Jersey, USA Identity is international and multidisciplinary in scope, and this cutting-edge journal provides a forum for identity theorists and researchers around the globe to share their ideas and findings regarding the problems and prospects of human self-definition.

The unifying thread of these articles is “identity” in its various manifestations throughout the life course. The operating assumption is that people in many parts of the world are struggling with aspects of their identities and that many of these problems transcend national, political, and cultural boundaries, taking on global proportions.

In addition to a focus on substantive theoretical and empirical analyses, Identity also welcomes policy discussions, program recommendations, and evaluation studies. Identity provides a forum in which theoretical analyses find practical applications in dealing with these global problems. Submissions are invited from all fields and from a full range of methodologies so as to provide multiple bridges, across nations and disciplines, between theory and research, and subjectivist and objectivist epistemologies.

The intention is to provide a nonpartisan forum within which identity researchers from a variety of areas can communicate their findings and stay apprised of the findings of others, especially among those who use different technical languages.

Manuscript Submission Submit manuscripts to editor-in-chief, Alan Waterman, by email at identity@tcnj.edu. Authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscript files in MS Word format, as e-mail attachments or by disk. Prior to Submission, read the full Instructions for Authors at the journal’s website.

Special Issue Identity Agents: A Focus on Those Purposefully Involved in the Identity of Others Guest Editors: Elli P. Schachter and Sheila K. Marshall The research and articles presented in this special issue deepen our understanding of those individuals and social or cultural institutions that knowingly and intentionally take part in the identity formation of others.

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Full details, current subscription rates, notes for authors, submission procedures and complete online contents are available at the journal’s website: http://www.psypress.com/identity Society for Research on Identity Formation: http://www.identitysrif.org/

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Self and Identity The journal of the International Society for Self and Identity EDITOR Mark Alicke, Ohio University, USA Work on self and identity has a special place in the study of human nature, as self-concerns are arguably at the center of individuals’ striving for well-being and for making sense of one’s life. Life goals develop and are influenced by one’s view of what one is like, the way one would ideally like to be (or would like to avoid being), as well as one’s perceptions of what is feasible.

Furthermore, conceptions of self and the world affect how one’s progress towards these goals is monitored, evaluated, redirected, re-evaluated, and pursued again. Thus, the “self” as a construct has far-reaching implications for behavior, self-esteem, motivation, experience of emotions and the world more broadly, and hence for interpersonal relationships, society, and culture.

Self and Identity is devoted to the study of these social and psychological processes of the self, including both its agentic aspects, as well as the perceived and construed aspects as reflected in its mental representations.

The Journal aims to bring together work on self and identity undertaken by researchers across different subdisciplines within psychology (e.g., social, personality, clinical, development, cognitive), as well as across other social and behavioral disciplines (e.g., sociology, family studies, anthropology, neuroscience). Special emphasis is placed on theories and research that are generative in opening new terrain for future investigation. A second continual motivating goal of the journal, will be work that offers integration at the level of basic processes. The Journal publishes empirical articles of all lengths, and occasional theoretical pieces.

Readership Personality and social psychologists; developmental/lifespan psychologists; clinical and counseling psychologists and mental health professionals in psychiatry and social work; cultural anthropologists and political scientists; historians; policy analysts concerned with social services and programs; sociologists; and those interested in cultural, educational, and gender studies.

Manuscript Submission Please email your paper, saved in a standard document format type such as Word, Rich Text Format, or PDF, to Duncan.Nicholas@psypress.co.uk. You may also contact the editorial assistant by phone on (0)20 7017 7730. Please list the following information in the body of your email: Full contact details, the title of your article, the abstract, and the name of the journal you wish to submit your manuscript for publication to. Prior to Submission, read the full Instructions for Authors at the journal’s website.

Special Issues Two Sides to Every Self-Process: The Pros and Cons Guest Editors: Virginia S. Y. Kwan and Lowell Gaertner This special issue brings together leading researchers to present their unique perspectives on the benefits and liabilities of the self-process they study.

Volume 8, Issues 2,3 (2009) ISBN 978-1-84872-703-8 $79.95 The Implicit Self Guest editors: Laurie A. Rudman and Steven J. Spencer The papers in this special issue use a variety of cutting-edge empirical approaches to advance social psychological theory and extend the

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applications of the implicit self to underinvestigated domains, including the clinical consequences of the implicit self.

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