Synonyms
Agentic versus communal needs; Collective self; Dialogic self; Idiocentrism-individual focused and allocentrism-other focused self-construal; Independence and interdependence dimensions of self-construal; Multifarious and dynamic self; Private, public, and collective self-construal; Relational self; Role-, relationship-, or group-oriented selves; Self-concept; Self-construal; Self-culture fit; Self-definition; Self-representation; Social self; Spiritual self; Stable and unitary self; Working self
Definition
Self: The “I” as experienced by an individual.
Self-concept: The self as known to the individual or cognitive representation of the individual. In modern psychology the notion of the self has replaced earlier conceptions of the ego or the soul.
Self-construal: Refers to the self-concept constructed by the individual; the emphasis here is at the active process of construction and that the meaning of the self is constructed rather than given.
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Chang, W. (2014). Independent/Interdependent Self. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1395
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