Description: Introduction Thomas M. Brinthaupt and Richard P. Lipka Part I: Defining the Self 1.Self as Narrative: The Place of Life History in Studying the Life Span Mark Freeman 2.A Multidimensional, Hierarchical Self-concept Herbert W. Marsh, Barbara M. Byrne, and Richard J. Shavelson 3.An Experiential-developmental Framework and Methodology to Study the Transformations of the Self-concept from Infancy to Old Age Ren L'cuyer Part II: Measuring the Self 4.Reporting about the Self: Issues and Implications Thomas M. Brinthaupt and L. Jeanette Erwin 5.Multigroup Comparisons in Self-concept Research: Reexamining the Assumption of Equivalent Structure and Measurement Barbara M. Byrne, Richard J. Shavelson, and Herbert W. Marsh 6.Significant Others in Self-esteem Development: Methods and Problems in Measurement Anne McCreary Juhasz 7.He's Such a Nice Boy ... When He's with Grandma: Gender and Evaluation in Self-with-Other Representations Richard D. Ashmore and Daniel M. Ogilvie 8.Self-understanding Development in Cross-cultural Perspective Daniel Hart and Wolfgang Edelstein Summary and Implications Thomas M. Brinthaupt and Richard P. Lipka Contributors Subject Index Author Index

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