Self-concept

Self-Concept is a multidimensional cognitive structure representing an individual’s perceptions, beliefs, and evaluations of oneself, distinguishing it from related constructs by encompassing the totality of personal attributes, social roles, and identity facets that define the self in various developmental and socioemotional contexts.

Publications

899.5K

Citations

14K

Authors

3.1K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.2K

Variants

Self-conception

Parents

Adolescent DevelopmentConsumer BehaviorHuman BehaviorIdentity DevelopmentIndividual DifferencesPersonality DevelopmentPersonality PsychologySelfSocial CognitionSocial Development

Children

Emotional Self-conceptPhysical Self-conceptRelational Self-conceptSelf-concept FormationSocial Self-concept

Publications

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.

Kaspar D. Naegele, Erving Goffman · American Sociological Review · 1956 · 26.2K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +14

Possessions and the Extended Self

Russell W. Belk · Journal of Consumer Research · 1988 · 8.7K citations

Social Sciences, Marketing, Psychology +14

Rediscovering the Social Group: A Self‐Categorization Theory

Fraser Reid · British Journal of Social Psychology · 1987 · 8.2K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +14

A Social Psychologist Discovers Chicago Sociology

Edgar H. Schein, Everett C. Hughes, Melville Dalton et al. · Academy of Management Review · 1989 · 7.2K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

Sources of the self: the making of the modern identity

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 7.2K citations

Social Sciences, History, Sociology +12

1–5 of 9K

Authors

14K

HW
Herbert W. Marsh
Western Sydney University, Australia
201 publications · 41.1K citations
99
h-index
CS
Constantine Sedikides
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
45 publications · 4.8K citations
34
h-index
RC
Rhonda Craven
Western Sydney University, Australia
37 publications · 5.4K citations
31
h-index
WB
William B. Swann
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
30 publications · 9.2K citations
28
h-index
HR
Hazel Rose Markus
Stanford University, United States
29 publications · 14.5K citations
27
h-index

1–5 of 14K

Institutions

3.1K

1–8 of 3.1K

Venues

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
428 publications · 107.5K citations
158
h-index
Journal of Educational Psychology
139 publications · 22.8K citations
72
h-index
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
PSPB · 145 publications · 32.7K citations
69
h-index
Journal of Personality
114 publications · 17.2K citations
54
h-index
Personality and Individual Differences
166 publications · 11.1K citations
53
h-index

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