Self and Self-Esteem: Theoretical Foundations and Their Implications for Research (2024)

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Ellen Dickstein

Ellen Dickstein

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex.

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Human Development (1977) 20 (3): 129–140.

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Ellen Dickstein; Self and Self-Esteem: Theoretical Foundations and Their Implications for Research. Human Development 1 March 1977; 20 (3): 129–140. https://doi.org/10.1159/000271552

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Abstract

The self-concept can be analyzed from a theoretical perspective which has developmental implications, both historically and ontologically. Five stages in the development of the self-concept can be recognized, with a different type of self-esteem being appropriate to each stage. These stages are: the dynamic self; self-as-object; self-as-knower; self-as-integrated-whole; and the ‘selfless’ self. Cognitive growth is seen as underlying passage from stage to stage. Requirements for the measurement of self-esteem vary across stages. These requirements are specified, and approaches to measurement at each level are considered.

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