The New Frontiers for Self Research
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9781918116656
01 March 2005
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- Description
- Contents
Researchers with the Self-concept Enhancement and Learning Facilitation Research (SELF) Centre, U. of Western Sydney, introduce theoretical issues and research on the relationship of positive/self-handicapping self-concept to success/ failure in academic and other settings.
Preface.
- About the Monograph Series.
- Part I. Overview.
- Chapter 1. The New Frontier For Self Research; Herbert W. Marsh, Rhonda G. Craven, and Dennis M. McInerney.
- Part II. Theoretical Issues.
- Chapter 2. The Ontogeny of Ability Self Concepts and Subjective Task Values; Jacquelynne S. Eccles.
- Chapter 3. On the Relationships Between Explicit and Implicit Global Self-Esteem and Personality; Jerry Suls and Zlatan Krizan.
- Chapter 4. Self-Efficacy and Self-Concept Beliefs: Jointly Contributing to the Quality of Human Life; Frank Pajares and Dale H. Schunk.
- Chapter 5. Do Self-Beliefs Matter? Evidence from a Meta-Analysis; Jeffrey C. Valentine and David L. DuBois.
- Chapter 6. Self Theories in a Non-Western Milieu: Ten Years of Research in the Arab Culture; Maher M. Abu Hilal.
- Chapter 7. What Comes First?: A Reciprocal Effects Model of the Mutually Reinforcing Effects of Academic Self-Concept and Achievement; Herbert W. Marsh and Rhonda G. Craven.
- Part III. Measurement Issues.
- Chapter 8. Experiences with and Reflections on the Self-Concept Construct Within an Historical Framework; William B. Michael and Joan J. Michael.
- Chapter 9. Multiple Frames of Reference: The Relation Among Academic Self-Concept, Interest and Academic Choices; Olaf Köller, Jürgen Baumert and Ulrich Trautwein.
- Chapter 10. Reconsidering the Measurement of Student Self-Concept: Use and Misuse; Alexander Seeshing Yeung.
- Chapter 11. Self-Esteem Success/Pretensions: Assessing Pretensions/Importance in Self-Esteem; John Hattie and Richard Fletcher.
- Part IV. Applied Studies: Focus on Schooling.
- Chapter 12. Self-Concepts of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australian Students; Nola Purdie.
- Chapter 13. Edifying Pathways to Walk the Dream: An Empirical Analysis of Indigenous Australian Students' Aspirations, Self-Concepts, and Realities; Rhonda G. Craven and Herbert W. Marsh.
- Chapter 14. Achievement-Related Self-Perceptions and the Reading Recovery Programme: A Longitudinal Study; James W. Chapman and William E. Tunmer.
- Chapter 15. Factorial Structure and Comparison Between Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Children's Physical Self-Concept; K. T. Hau, R. Y. T. Sung, C. W. Yu, and P. W. C. Lau.
- Chapter 16. Fear of Failure in Students' Academic Lives: Exploring the Roles of Self-Handicapping and Defensive Pessimism; Andrew J. Martin.
- About the Editors.
- About the Contributors.