Title:
Self-esteem and positive psychology : research, theory, and practice
Author:
Mruk, Christopher J. author
ISBN:
9780826108982
9780826108999
Personal Author:
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Physical Description:
xiii, 294 pages ; cm.
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Self-esteem research, theory, and practice. 3rd ed. 2006.
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Crucial Issue Of Defining Self-Esteem: -- Importance of defining self-esteem -- Major definitions -- Original definition of self-esteem and self-esteem in everyday life -- Existentially based two-factor definition of self-esteem -- Self-Esteem Research Problems And Issues: -- Major paradoxes of self-esteem -- Problems associated with assessing self-esteem -- Special problems generated by studying self-esteem scientifically -- Problem of scientific paradigms and researching self-esteem -- Phenomenological methods -- Methodological advances in researching self-esteem -- Integrated description -- Question of validity and self-esteem research -- Major Self-Esteem Research Findings: -- Parental factors affecting self-esteem -- Self-esteem and values -- Self-esteem and social factors -- Sources of self-esteem -- Paradoxes revisited -- Practical research findings: enhancing self-esteem -- Major Self-Esteem Theories And Programs:-- General perspectives on self-esteem -- Major contemporary empirically based theories of self-esteem -- Major self-esteem enhancement programs -- Existentially Based Two-Factor Theory Of Self-Esteem: -- Function of self-esteem as meaning making -- Basic types of self-esteem -- Refining the types: integrating levels of self-esteem -- Development of self-esteem -- Reexamining the link between self-esteem and behavior -- Competence And Worthiness Training (CWT) - A Two-Factor Enhancement Program: -- Enhancing self-esteem in the group setting -- Week 1: Focusing phase -- Week 2: Awareness phase (appreciating self-esteem) -- Week 3: Enhancing phase (increasing competence) -- Week 4: Enhancing phase (increasing competence) -- Week 5: Management phase (maintaining self-esteem) -- Week 6: (Optional): follow-up session -- Enhancing self-esteem in the individual setting -- Validity revisited -- Self-Esteem And Positive Psychology: -- What is positive psychology?-- Applied positive psychology, self-esteem, and CWT -- Appendix: Competence And Worthiness Training (CWT): A 5-week self-esteem enhancement program -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Overview: This new edition of the most comprehensive text available on the theories, research findings, and practice implications of self-esteem represents a major shift in our contemporary understanding of self-esteem and positive psychology. The book has been thoroughly updated to integrate positive psychology themes throughout and explain how self-esteem enhancement interventions fit into evidence-based practice. This insightful work provides scholars, clinicians, and students with both an extensive overview of research and with Mruk's often-cited theoretical framework for self-esteem. Featuring the author's noted Competence and Worthiness Training program for enhancing self-esteem, this fourth edition reflects changes in the field by also including expanded coverage of: Self-esteem in relationships; -- Validity issues in researching self-esteem; -- The concept of authenticity in the self; -- Self-esteem as a function of motivation and well-being; -- Existentially oriented theory. Key Features: Offers the most comprehensive and thorough overview of self-esteem theory and research available; -- Considers self-esteem from personality, human development, and clinical perspectives; -- Contains updated and more integrated coverage of self-esteem as a major element of positive psychology; -- Places clinical practices that enhance self-esteem in the context of evidence-based practice; -- Features expanded coverage of personal relationships, research issues, and well-being in self.