Browsing by Subject "self"
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Dispassion and the Good Life: A Study of Stoicism and Zhuangism
(2021)Although the notion of dispassion has played an important role in many different traditions, such as Stoicism, Buddhism, Daoism, and eastern Christianity, it does not seem to hold much appeal to people today. To the modern ... -
Look on the Bright Side: Self-Expressive Consumption and Consumer Self-Worth
(2008-04-24)This research investigates the interplay between self-worth and consumption, and explores the substantive phenomenon of trading up. Laboratory experiments were conducted in which participants were led to fail (or not) on ... -
Self-assembled DNA Nanostructures: from Structural Material to Biomedical Nanodevices
(2008-08-08)In addition to being the natural genetic information carrier, DNA can also serve as a versatile material for construction of nanoscale objects. By using the base-pairing properties of DNA, we have been able to mass-produce ... -
Self-Regulation before and after a Developmental Transition: a Study of Adaptive Goal Change in Retirement
(2008-08-08)Retirement is the quintessential transition from mid-life to late-life for many working Americans. However, questions about the positive and negative effects of retirement have sparked widely divergent empirical findings. ... -
The Confessions of Montaigne
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The Development of Structure and Centrality in the Self System: Implications for Appearance Concerns
(2008-04-22)Appearance-related self worth occupies a central role in the self-structure of many individuals. While many social psychological theories may be employed to understand the role of appearance in individuals' self-structures, ... -
The Differential Effects of Relational and Group Collectivism on Social Motivation: Evidence from Two Cultures
(2008-10-01)Motivated by recent academic inquiry into the distinction between relational collectivism and group collectivism that characterize different cultures, I empirically investigate the differential effects of relational and ... -
The Situational Adaptiveness of Implicit Theories of Intelligence and Achievement Goal Orientations
(2009)Previous research has largely highlighted the maladaptive consequences of holding an entity theory of intelligence and the adaptive consequences of holding an incremental theory (for reviews, see Dweck, 1999; Dweck & Leggett, ... -
Who am I in English? Language as the Face of Identity in Bilingual Individuals
(2018-08-31)How does switching to a life in a foreign language and culture affect one’s identity? Specifically, I ask: Do I have a true self unaffected by language and culture, or am I merely a construct of my environment? Studies ...
