Special Issues of Self and Identity

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1. Self- and Identity-Regulation and Health

   Edited by James Shepperd, William Klein, Alexander Rothman

   Series: Special Issues of Self and Identity

   Researchers have become increasingly aware of how theories and findings regarding self- and identity-regulation have important implications for understanding health outcomes. Self- and identity concerns can prompt increases in precautionary actions and healthy behavior, but also increases in risky...

   Published August 3rd 2011 by Psychology Press
2. Two Sides to Every Self-Process: The Pros and Cons

   A Special Issue of Self and Identity

   Edited by Virginia S. Y. Kwan, Lowell Gaertner

   Series: Special Issues of Self and Identity

   Reflecting the importance of the self in optimal functioning, a vast literature on the value of different self-processes is accumulating. Individual research reports, however, frequently present a one-sided view, focusing either on the benefits or the liabilities of the self-process under study. A...

   Published May 10th 2009 by Psychology Press
3. The Implicit Self

   A Special Issue of Self and Identity

   Edited by Laurie A. Rudman, Steven J. Spencer

   Series: Special Issues of Self and Identity

   The ten papers in this special issue of Self and Identity use a variety of cutting-edge empirical approaches to advance social psychological theory and extend the applications of the implicit self to under-investigated domains, including the clinical consequences of the implicit self, the...

   Published May 2nd 2007 by Psychology Press