Go Back Book review March, 1999

Self-concept, self-esteem, and identity

Author Roy F. Baumeister

Abstract

In this chapter we are concerned with one large region of the self, namely, self-concept, identity, and self-esteem. Self-concept and identity refer to ideas about the self, to definitions placed on the self. This part of the self is constructed out of meaning. Unlike the body, which is made out of biochemical substances, the self-concept is made of meaning, which is a symbolic, social, linguistic phenomenon. Without symbols or language, there would be no self-concepts. Another way of putting this is that the self-concept is a network of interrelated ideas. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

Self-Concept Identity Self-Esteem Social Construction Symbolic Self Meaning Linguistic Phenomenon Self-Perception Psychological Identity Personal Meaning Self-Representation Social Symbols Language and Self Network of Ideas Self-Definition
Details
Volume 2nd ed
Pages 339–375
ISSN 0534598714