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
René L'Écuyer
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