Self

Thomas M. Brinthaupt is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Richard P. Lipka is Professor and Director of the Center for Educational Service, Evaluation, and Research at Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. They are coeditors of Self-Perspectives across the Life Span, also published by SUNY Press.

• IntroductionThomas M. Brinthaupt and Richard P. Lipka Part I: Defining the Self 1.Self as Narrative: The Place of Life History in Studying the Life SpanMark Freeman 2.A Multidimensional, Hierarchical Self-conceptHerbert W. Marsh, Barbara M. Byrne, and Richard J. Shavelson 3.An Experiential-developmental Framework and Methodology to Study the Transformations of the Self-concept from Infancy to Old AgeRené L'Écuyer Part II: Measuring the Self 4.Reporting about the Self: Issues and ImplicationsThomas M. Brinthaupt and L. Jeanette Erwin 5.Multigroup Comparisons in Self-concept Research: Reexamining the Assumption of Equivalent Structure and MeasurementBarbara M. Byrne, Richard J. Shavelson, and Herbert W. Marsh 6.Significant Others in Self-esteem Development: Methods and Problems in MeasurementAnne McCreary Juhasz 7.He's Such a Nice Boy... When He's with Grandma: Gender and Evaluation in Self-with-Other RepresentationsRichard D. Ashmore and Daniel M. Ogilvie 8.Self-understanding Development in Cross-cultural PerspectiveDaniel Hart and Wolfgang Edelstein Summary and ImplicationsThomas M. Brinthaupt and Richard P. Lipka Contributors Subject Index Author Index

"This book is unique in that it pulls together writings on the theoretical, methodological, and developmental issues involved in the study of the self. One of the key indicators of healthy functioning in human development is a strong self-concept. The life span orientation of the book makes it even more significant to the fields of human development and psychology." — Jacqueline V. Lerner, Penn State University