Self-Esteem The Puzzle of Low Self-Regard

Summarizing and integrating the major empirical research of the past twenty years, this volume presents a thorough review of the subject, with a special focus on what sets people with low self-esteem apart from others. As the subject is central to the understanding of personality, mental health, and social adjustment, this work will be appreciated by professionals and advanced students in the fields of personality, social, clinical, and organizational psychology.

I. Foundations.- 1 Who Am I? The Role of Self-Concept Confusion in Understanding the Behavior of People With Low Self-Esteem.- 2 Low Self-Esteem: The Uphill Struggle for Self-Integrity.- 3 The Social Motivations of People With Low Self-Esteem.- 4 Self-Esteem and Self-Serving Biases in Reactions to Positive and Negative Events: An Integrative Review.- 5 Causes and Consequences of Low Self-Esteem in Children and Adolescents.- II. Advances.- 6 Motivational Conflict and the Self: The Double-Bind of Low Self-Esteem.- 7 Self-Esteem, Self-Prediction, and Living Up to Commitments.- 8 Caught in the Crossfire: Positivity and Self-Verification Strivings Among People With Low Self-Esteem.- 9 The Roles of Stability and Level of Self-Esteem in Psychological Functioning.- 10 On the Highly Positive Thoughts of the Highly Depressed.- III. Integration and Commentary.- 11 Understanding the Inner Nature of Low Self-Esteem: Uncertain, Fragile, Protective, and Conflicted.- 12 Self-Esteem and Expectancy-Value Discrepancy: The Effects of Believing That You Can (or Can’t) Get What You Want.- 13 The Puzzles of Self-Esteem: A Clinical Perspective.