Paper Title

How the self became a problem: A psychological review of historical research.

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Roy F. Baumeister

Keywords

  • Selfhood
  • Historical Research
  • Modern Self
  • Conceptualizing the Self
  • Creating the Self
  • Self-Potential
  • Fulfilling Potential
  • Self and Society
  • Psychological Review
  • Self-Understanding
  • Identity Formation
  • Evolution of Self
  • Self-Concept
  • Social Interaction
  • Self-Related Problems

Journal

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology External link

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DOI

DOI Icon 10.1037/0022-3514.52.1.163

Publication Info

Volume: 52 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 163–176

Published On

March, 1987

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Abstract

Historical evidence pertaining to selfhood is reviewed. A scheme of stages is delineated, according to which the modern self and its uncertainties have evolved. These historical data are then reviewed in connection with the following four major problems regarding the self: knowing and conceptualizing the self; defining or creating the self; understanding one's potential and fulfilling it; and relating the single self to society. (127 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)

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