Harter, Susan, 1939-

The construction of the self : a developmental perspective / Susan Harter ; foreword by Kurt W. Fischer. - New York : Guilford Press, c1999. - xv, 413 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Distinguished contributions in psychology .

Contemporary issues and historical perspectives -- Normative development of self-representations during childhood -- Normative development of self-representations during adolescence -- Developmental emergence of self-conscious emotions -- Content, valence, and organization of self-evaluative judgments -- Discrepancies between real and ideal self-concepts -- Social sources of individual differences in self-evaluation -- Model of the causes, correlates, and consequences of global self-worth -- Authenticity of the self -- Effects of child abuse on I-self and me-self processes -- Autonomy and connectedness as dimensions of the self -- Interventions to promote adaptive self-evaluations.

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Self in children.
Self in adolescence.
Ego--Adolescence.
Ego--Child.
Child Development.

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