خودانتقادی و خودبهبودی: نظریه، تحقیق و پیامدهای بالینی

In recent years we have witnessed a proliferation of writing on "positive psychology" that focuses on variables such as optimism, personal control, self-esteem, and personal striving. At the same time, much of recent pop psychology has emphasized the importance of overcoming different forms of self-criticism, including poor self-esteem and perfectionism. These positive or negative variables clearly influence the quality of our lives. But is self-criticism always a bad thing, and is self-enhancement really so unequivocally good? What are the costs and benefits associated with each? In Self-Criticism and Self-Enhancement: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications, editor Edward C. Chang has enlisted over 25 distinguished psychologists and scholars who present the pros and cons of regarding self-criticism or self-enhancement as either "good" or "bad." Collectively, they illustrate the benefits of evaluating these concepts more complexly to demonstrate how negative and positive psychological variables may function as a virtue in one situation and as a vice in another situation. Drawing on the works of both philosophers and researchers, the contributors search for a deeper and broader understanding of these fundamental psychological concepts, and they evaluate their effect on individuals and the larger society. (from The Book) Life Is Complex. Accordingly, This Volume Represents An Attempt To Share With Interested Readers A Way Not Only To Recognize Complexity In Our Lives But Also To Embrace It. Thus, The Editor's Overarching Goal For This Volume Is To Challenge Readers To Think More Richly And Complexly About Self-criticism And Self-enhancement As Powerful Frameworks For Understanding And Changing Human Behavior, Including One's Own. The Present Volume Consists Of Three Main Parts. Part I Focuses On Popular Notions Of Self-enhancement As Good And Self-criticism As Bad. Complementing The First Part, Part Ii Focuses On The Less Popular But Equally Compelling Notions Of Self-criticism As Good And Self-enhancement As Bad. To Integrate The Rich And Diverse Views Represented In The Previous Two Parts, Part Iii Focuses On An Appreciation Of Self-criticism And Self-enhancement As Both Good And Bad. Part Iv Addresses Some Of The Clinical Implications Of Self-criticism And Self-enhancement. The Volume Concludes With A Look To The Future. Indeed, The Works Presented In This Volume Are A Testimony To The Fact That Greater Appreciation For These Constructs Can Be Garnered To Yield A Better Understanding Of Them In Both Future Research And Practice.--(psycinfo Database Record (c) 2008 Apa, All Rights Reserved). Self-enhancement As Good, Self-criticism As Bad -- Self-criticism As Good, Self-enhancement As Bad -- Self-criticism And Self-enhancement As Both Good And Bad -- Clinical Implications Of Self-enhancement And Self-criticism. Edited By Edward C. Chang. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. "Life is complex. Accordingly, this volume represents an attempt to share with interested readers a way not only to recognize complexity in our lives but also to embrace it. Thus, the editor's overarching goal for this volume is to challenge readers to think more richly and complexly about self-criticism and self-enhancement as powerful frameworks for understanding and changing human behavior, including one's own. The present volume consists of three main parts. Part I focuses on popular notions of self-enhancement as good and self-criticism as bad. Complementing the first part, Part II focuses on the less popular but equally compelling notions of self-criticism as good and self-enhancement as bad. To integrate the rich and diverse views represented in the previous two parts, Part III focuses on an appreciation of self-criticism and self-enhancement as both good and bad. Part IV addresses some of the clinical implications of self-criticism and self-enhancement. The volume concludes with a look to the future. Indeed, the works presented in this volume are a testimony to the fact that greater appreciation for these constructs can be garnered to yield a better understanding of them in both future research and practice"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) cover.jpg 1 200711977-FRM.pdf 2 200711977-001.pdf 14 200711977-002.pdf 27 200711977-003.pdf 44 200711977-004.pdf 62 200711977-005.pdf 79 200711977-006.pdf 93 200711977-007.pdf 109 200711977-008.pdf 127 200711977-009.pdf 145 200711977-010.pdf 163 200711977-011.pdf 183 200711977-012.pdf 201 200711977-013.pdf 225 200711977-014.pdf 246 200711977-BKM.pdf 265 Includes over 25 psychologists and scholars who present the pros and cons of regarding self-criticism as either good or bad. This book illustrates the benefits of evaluating these concepts to demonstrate how negative and positive psychological variables may function as a virtue in one situation and as a vice in another situation.