Oxford Handbooks OnlineOctober 5, 2016Mark R. Leary, Kate J. Diebels, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno et al.
Topics related to self and identity have been of considerable interest to social and personality psychologists because people’s self-relevant thoughts play an important role in their cognitions, motives, emotions, and behavior. Most work in the area of self and identity has focused on phenomena that involve a high degree of self-awareness, egocentrism, and egoism. Phenomena characterized by a...