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Neuropsychology and the Self-Concept
The Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 1999The biological basis of the self is discussed in relation to neuropsychological findings in cases with focal brain injury. This material demonstrates that the self is deposited at an early phase in the process of object realization and distributes into the private space of imagery and the external space of object perception.
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Aspects of Alcoholics' Self-Concepts as Measured by the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale
Psychological Reports, 1970The Tennessee Self-concept Scale was administered to 140 male alcoholics when they voluntarily entered the 60-day Alcoholic Treatment Program at the Lexington, Kentucky, Veterans Administration Hospital. The alcoholics differed significantly in a negative direction from the standardization group on 10 scales.
William F. Gross, Linda O. Alder
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Congruence of Adolescents' Self-Concepts and Parents' Perceptions of Adolescents' Self-Concepts
The Journal of Psychology, 1973Summary The purpose of the study was to compare parents' perceptions of their adolescent (ninth-grade) children with perceptions of the adolescents about themselves. Other purposes included comparisons of “misunderstood” and “understood” children, mothers and fathers, boys and girls, and parents' perceptions of how their adolescents perceive themselves.
Joseph C. Bledsoe, R G Wiggins
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Peer Victimization, Self-Concept, and Grades: The Mediating Role of Self-Concept
Deviant Behavior, 2016ABSTRACTThis study examined the relations between specific forms of peer victimization, math self-concept, and math grades of 740 students. Results showed that, in boys, all forms of victimization did not affect grades, while in girls, a highly perceived social exclusion impacted grades.
Lohbeck, Annette, Petermann, Franz
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1980
The self-concept is a difficult term to define, yet in contemporary psychology it is becoming a most important construct in the explanation of human behaviour. It is difficult to define because a wide range of hyphenated terms using’ self’ as an adjective have been employed to designate sometimes the same aspect and at other times different aspects of ...
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The self-concept is a difficult term to define, yet in contemporary psychology it is becoming a most important construct in the explanation of human behaviour. It is difficult to define because a wide range of hyphenated terms using’ self’ as an adjective have been employed to designate sometimes the same aspect and at other times different aspects of ...
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Structural dimensions in aged self‐concept: A Tennessee Self Concept study
British Journal of Psychology, 1984Structural aspects of self‐concept in old age measured by the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (Fitts, 1965) were examined in an aged (X̄ = 79·57, SD = 5·17 years) community sample (n = 82) using multivariate techniques. Three robust factorial dimensions emerged from a principal components analysis: self‐acceptance; doubt resolution/defensiveness; and ...
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Self-Conceptions and Evolution
2009This paper provides a critical comment on Philip Kitcher’s as yet unpublished book “The Ethical Project”. In the first part it explains why Kitcher’s position is naturalist as well as pragmatist. In the second part it is argued that the role ethics plays in human history is richer than Kitcher conceives it: Building on his view, this paper suggests ...
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Measuring Nurses’ Self-Concept
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2001Little is known of nurses’ self-concept in light of their professional identity or as working adults. This article explores the development and rigorous testing of a new self-concept instrument designed specifically for nurses. The new measure is based on the self-concept measurement theory of Shavelson, Hubner, and Stanton.
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Socialization and Self-Concept
2018This chapter explores the connection between the socialization of women and their later performance of the housewife role. Many of the women made it clear in the interviews that their concern is not simply to get housework done in the most efficient way and the shortest possible time.
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1982
One of the most significant interpretations of human personality is to be found in the theory of the self-concept. This construct is regarded by a number of psychologists as a major factor in achieving mental health. Self-concept theory attempts, amongst other things, to study the age-long question of the philosophers, ‘Who am I?’ We feel we know who ...
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One of the most significant interpretations of human personality is to be found in the theory of the self-concept. This construct is regarded by a number of psychologists as a major factor in achieving mental health. Self-concept theory attempts, amongst other things, to study the age-long question of the philosophers, ‘Who am I?’ We feel we know who ...
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