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Some years ago, when first reviewing the literature about the self (García Torres, 1989), I was complaining about the terminological and conceptual chaos in the field. Twelve years later there are many more names, new constructs have been formulated, but I don’t complain anymore. The reason is that in these years things have changed, and are changing for good.
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Torres, B.G. (1995). The Development of the Ability to Represent Oneself. In: Oosterwegel, A., Wicklund, R.A. (eds) The Self in European and North American Culture: Development and Processes. NATO ASI Series, vol 84. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0331-2_8
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