The Self, Ego, Identity, Personality

This book addresses the important area of dyslexic children' s perception of themselves and how this is shaped by people and processes within their...

Breaking through Schizophrenia builds on the ideas of Jacques Lacan who argued that schizophrenia is a deficient relationship to language, in parti...

Breaking through Schizophrenia builds on the ideas of Jacques Lacan who argued that schizophrenia is a deficient relationship to language, in parti...

While advice abounds from a variety of sources before parents embark on their parenting journeys, the only parent preparation we actually receive c...

Behavior Analysis with Machine Learning Using R introduces machine learning and deep learning concepts and algorithms applied to a diverse set of b...

Identity as a concept is as elusive as everyone's sense of his own personal identity. It is connected with appraisals made by oneself and by others...

What do the Promise Keeper's Movement and the Million Man March reveal about our notions of masculinity and paternal responsibility? What can such ...

This work, honoring Saul B. Sells, adds to the understanding of the science of psychology and the application of that knowledge to meaningful human...

Erich Fromm fought long and hard for the rights and freedoms of the individual. He also recognized that fundamental to this pursuit is the promotio...

Fantasies of omnipotence grow out of feelings of helplessness. We are all born helpless, completely dependent on others for nurturance and survival...

This book presents a close reading of four Indian narratives from different time periods (epic, Upaniṣadic, pre-modern and contemporary): Ekalavya'...

Originally published in 1983, Reflections on Self Psychology records the development of a powerful initiative to alter psychoanalytic theory and pr...

In this, the first sociology book to consider the important issue of how children identify with place and nation, the authors use original research...

Volume 3: Assessment of Children and Adolescents provides practical, authoritative guidance in the Rorschach assessment of personality functioning ...

Being partnered with a narcissist or borderline personality can be hard enough, but learning how to shield children from the fallout is paramount. ...

Originally published in 1979, Perceiving Others is an excellent, short introduction to the area of social psychology known as ‘person perception’, ...

It has been widely acknowledged that in the past few decades, there has been a 'narrative turn' - an interest in the storied nature of human life. ...

This volume argues that language, ethnicity, and identity are defined by the circumstances under which they are created. The foundational chapter b...

How do people make decisions when time is limited, information unreliable, and the future uncertain? Based on the work of Nobel laureate Herbert Si...

Life becomes difficult for the judges of others when they are presented with a number of facts about someone which all point in different direction...

This book explores the scope and limits of the concept of person–a vexed question in contemporary philosophy. The author begins by questioning the ...

This book seeks to understand how language teachers regulate and use their emotions to best serve themselves and their students. It furthers resear...

This book seeks to understand how language teachers regulate and use their emotions to best serve themselves and their students. It furthers resear...

The University as a Site of Resistance analyses massive protests that emerged in the aftermath of Rohith Vemula's death in Hyderabad Central Univer...

Originally published in 1986, this book is a result of the first International Conference on Personal Relationships held in 1982. The conference it...

'Annalie Howling delivers a masterpiece in self-liberation. Unapologetic is a fierce call to reclaim your power, dismantle shame, and live authenti...

Journalist Nathan Dunne was living the life of his dreams in London until, one evening, he jumped into a lake for a swim. When he emerged, his iden...

The Messy Self challenges the idea -- and the ideal -- of a coherent, harmonious self. Taken together, the essays illustrate how a flourishing self...

Stefan Heym’s very beginnings as a writer were a direct response to the threat of Fascism and the mass veneration of Hitler, and in his American ex...

People who have high levels of H are sincere and modest; people who have low levels are deceitful and pretentious. The "H" in the H factor stands f...

This book explores how learners’ personalities influence foreign language learning in Japan. In particular, this volume investigates three main res...

Altruistically Inclined? examines the implications of recent research in the natural sciences for two important social scientific approaches to ind...

This edited volume addresses key issues relating to the concept of self, an increasingly researched area of social psychology. The self-concept con...

The Messy Self challenges the idea -- and the ideal -- of a coherent, harmonious self. Taken together, the essays illustrate how a flourishing self...

The book is a scientific monograph, based on a natural experiment on cognitive, emotional and social functioning during the year-long isolation of ...

Personality Theories: Critical Perspectives is the groundbreaking, final text written by Albert Ellis, long considered the founder of cognitive beh...

Inner speech, also known as self-talk, is distinct from ordinary language. It has several functions and structures, from everyday thinking and self...

This edited volume addresses key issues relating to the concept of self, an increasingly researched area of social psychology. The self-concept con...

This book has a practical purpose. It seeks to help the reader to understand himself and his problems, that he may increase his successes, his frui...