The Construction of the Self, First Edition

Susan Harter, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Developmental Psychology Program at the University of Denver. Her research, supported by funds from NIH for over 20 years, has resulted in the construction of a lifespan battery of self-report instruments to tap dimensions of the self-concept. These instruments are currently in use throughout the United States and internationally. In addition, she has received two major faculty awards, University Lecturer of the Year and the John Evans Professorship Award, the highest award to be bestowed upon a faculty member. Both awards are for national and international recognition in one's chosen field of research. Dr. Harter has written numerous journal articles and chapters, including chapters on self-concept, self-esteem, as well as motivational and emotional development in the 1983 and 1998 Handbook of Child Psychology. She has also served on National Institute of Mental Health study sections, chaired the Cognition, Emotion, and Personality Committee, and currently is on the Editorial Boards of a number of journals, including Developmenal Psychology, Child Development, Psychological Bulletin, Development and Psychopathology, and American Educational Research Journal.

Contemporary Issues and Historical Perspectives. The Normative Development of Self-representations during Childhood. The Normative Development of Self-representations during Adolescence. The Developmental Emergence of Self-conscious Emotions. The Content, Valence, and Organization of Self-evaluative Judgments. Discrepancies between Real and Ideal Self-concepts. Social Sources of Individual Differences in Self-evaluation. A Model of the Causes, Correlates, and Consequences of Global Self-worth. The Authenticity of the Self. The Effects of Child Abuse on I-self and Me-self Processes. Autonomy and Connectedness as Dimensions of the Self. Interventions to Promote Adaptive Self-evaluations.