Efficacy, Agency, and Self-Esteem

Challenging current notions in self-esteem literature, this volume offers new insights into efficacy, agency, and self-esteem as well as the influence of these constructs on psychological well-being. Articles -contributed by prominent researchers- contain substantial new theoretical and empirical research that focuses on a wide range of personality and motivational phenomena. In addition, this volume promotes new directions for future research.

List of contents

I. Intrapersonal Dynamics.- 1 Is the Self Motivated To Do More Than Enhance and/or Verify Itself?.- 2 Human Autonomy: The Basis for True Self-Esteem.- 3 Not All High (or Low) Self-Esteem People Are the Same: Theory and Research on Stability of Self-Esteem.- 4 Toward a Dual-Motive Depth Psychology of Self and Social Behavior.- 5 The Evaluative Organization of Self-Knowledge: Origins, Process, and Implications for Self-Esteem.- II. Interpersonal / Contextual Concerns.- 6 Interpersonal Functions of the Self-Esteem Motive: The Self-Esteem System as a Sociometer.- 7 Self-Esteem and the Extended Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model: The Self in Social Context.- 8 Overcoming a Lack of Self-Assurance in an Achievement Domain: Creating Agency in Daily Life.- 9 Implicit Theories of Intelligence: Reconsidering the Role of Confidence in Achievement Motivation.- 10 Need for Control and Self-Esteem: Two Routes to a High Desire for Control.- III. Conclusion.- 11 Efficacy, Agency, and Self-Esteem: Emerging Themes and Future Directions.

Product details

• Assisted by: Michae H Kernis (Editor), Michael H Kernis (Editor), Michael H. Kernis (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9781489912824
• ISBN: 978-1-4899-1282-4
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 15 mm x 237 mm
• Weight: 427 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 258 p.
• Series: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology; The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology; The Springer Series in Social/Clinical Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology