Kernis - Self esteem: issues and answers

Self-Esteem Issues and Answers

Self-Esteem Issues and Answers

A Sourcebook of Current Perspectives

Edited by
Michael H. Kernis

Published in 2006
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Self-esteem issues and answers : a sourcebook of current perspectives/edited by Michael H. Kernis.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-84169-420-7 (hardback : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-84169-420-7 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Self-esteem. I. Kernis, Michael Howard, 1955

BF697.5.S46S47 2006

155.2dc22

2006005409

ISBN13: 978-1-84169-420-7

ISBN10: 1-84169-420-7

To the memory of Mary Anne Lahey, for the courage she displayed and the inspiration she provided to others.

Contents

Jonathon D. Brown and Margaret A. Marshall

Christopher J. Mruk

Herbert W. Marsh, Rhonda G. Craven, and Andrew J. Martin

Edward J. OBrien, Mia Bartoletti, Jeffrey D. Leitzel, and Jean P. OBrien

Jerry Suls

John B. Nezlek

Jennifer K. Bosson

Christian H. Jordan, Christine Logel, Steven J. Spencer, and Mark P. Zanna

Seymour Epstein

Michael H. Kernis and Brian M. Goldman

Jennifer K. Bosson

Richard Koestner and Genevive A. Mageau

Andrew Karpinski and Jennifer A. Steinberg

Romin W. Tafarodi and Caroline Ho

Jennifer Crocker

Richard M. Ryan and Kirk Warren Brown

Brian M. Goldman

Susan Harter

Howard B. Kaplan

Daniel Hart, Robert Atkins, and Natasha Tursi

Christopher J. Mruk

Heather D. Tevendale and David L. DuBois

Roos Vonk

Arlen C. Moller, Ron Friedman, and Edward L. Deci

Mark R. Leary

William Swann, Jr. and D. Conor Seyle

Rick H. Hoyle

Carolin J. Showers and Virgil Zeigler-Hill

Aafje C. Brandt and Roos Vonk

Wendy S. Grolnick and Krista L. Beiswenger

Nathaniel Branden

Martin V. Covington

Sheldon Solomon

Erika J. Koch

Abraham Tesser and Leonard L. Martin

Jennifer Crocker

Frederick Rhodewalt

Joanne V. Wood, Danu B. Anthony, and Walter F. Foddis

John E. Roberts

Edward J. OBrien, Mia Bartoletti, and Jeffrey D. Leitzel

Tracy DeHart and Howard Tennen

Sarah E. Hill and David M. Buss

Lee A. Kirkpatrick and Bruce J. Ellis

W. Keith Campbell and Joshua D. Foster

Sandra L. Murray

Mark W. Baldwin

Kathy Berenson and Geraldine Downey

Shinobu Kitayama

Constantine Sedikides and Lowell Gaertner

Jean M. Twenge

Timothy J. Owens and Alyson R. McDavitt

Tom Pyszczynski

Dianne M. Tice and Matthew Gailliot

Mark R. Leary

Susan Harter

Nathaniel Branden

About the Editor

Michael H. Kernis is professor of psychology and research fellow in the Institute for Behavioral Research at the University of Georgia. His research on self-esteem and authenticity appears in the fields top journals and edited series and he has been funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Kernis is a fellow of the American Psychological Society and the Society of Personality and Social Psychology and he is a member of the International Society for Self and Identity. His previous books include Efficacy, Agency, and Self-Esteem (Editor) and Selfhood: Identity, Esteem, and Regulation (coauthor with Hoyle, Leary, and Baldwin).

Contributors

Danu B. Anthony

University of Waterloo

Robert Atkins

Rutgers University

Mark W. Baldwin

McGill University

Mia Bartoletti

Marywood University

Krista L. Beiswenger

Clark University

Kathy Berenson

Columbia University

Jennifer K. Bosson

University of South Florida

Nathaniel Branden

Independent Practice

Aafje C. Brandt

University of Nijmegen

Jonathon D. Brown

University of Washington

Kirk Warren Brown

University of Rochester

David M. Buss

University of Texas at Austin

W. Keith Campbell

University of Georgia

Martin V. Covington

University of California, Berkeley

Rhonda G. Craven

University of Western Sydney

Jennifer Crocker

University of Michigan

Edward L. Deci

University of Rochester

Tracy DeHart

Loyola University of Chicago

Geraldine Downey

Columbia University

David L. DuBois

University of Illinois at Chicago

Bruce J. Ellis

University of Arizona

Seymour Epstein

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Walter F. Foddis

University of Waterloo

Joshua D. Foster

University of South Alabama

Ron Friedman

University of Rochester

Lowell Gaertner

University of Tennessee

Matthew Gailliot

Florida State University

Brian M. Goldman

Clayton State University

Wendy S. Grolnick

Clark University

Daniel Hart

Rutgers University

Susan Harter

Denver University

Sarah E. Hill

University of Texas at Austin

Caroline Ho

University of Toronto

Rick H. Hoyle

Duke University

Christian H. Jordan

Wilfrid Laurier University

Howard B. Kaplan

Texas A&M University

Andrew Karpinski

Temple University

Michael H. Kernis

University of Georgia

Lee A. Kirkpatrick

College of William & Mary

Shinobu Kitayama

University of Michigan

Erika J. Koch

St. Francis Xavier University

Richard Koestner

McGill University

Mark R. Leary

Wake Forest University

Jeffrey D. Leitzel

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Christine Logel

University of Waterloo

Genevive A. Mageau

McGill University

Herbert W. Marsh

University of Western Sydney

Margaret A. Marshall

Seattle Pacific University

Andrew J. Martin

University of Western Sydney

Leonard L. Martin

University of Georgia

Alyson R. McDavitt

Purdue University

Arlen C. Moller

University of Rochester

Christopher J. Mruk

Bowling Green State University

Sandra L. Murray

State University of New York at Buffalo

John B. Nezlek

College of William & Mary

Edward J. OBrien

Marywood University

Jean P. OBrien

Kings College

Timothy J. Owens

Purdue University

Tom Pyszczynski

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Frederick Rhodewalt

University of Utah

John E. Roberts

State University of New York at Buffalo