Self-Esteem and Beyond [Hardcover]

Self-esteem is a concept which everybody experiences but there is conceptual confusion between self-feelings and self-conceptions. This book addresses the issue by replicating past studies with analysis of original data and proposing a three-factor theory of self-sentiments consisting of self-esteem, self-efficacy and self activation.Preface.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Self-Concept, Self-Sentiment, and Motivation.- Chapter 3. The Dimensionality and Levels of Self Sentiment.- Chapter 4. Measuring Self-Sentiment.- Chapter 5. Psychological Centrality and Rosenberg's Interactive Hypothesis.- Chapter 6. The Failure to Confirm Rosenberg's Interactive Hypothesis.- Chapter 7. Rosenberg's Seletivity Hypothesis.- Chapter 8. Summary and Conclusion.Neil J. MacKinnon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, Canada. His book Symbolic Interactionism as Affect Control is an authoritative presentation of affect control theory; and a more recent book Self, Identity, and Social Institutions with David Heise presents a dynamic model of the self in the context of social institutions.