This book is primarily about self-determination and competence (with particular emphasis on the former), and about the processes and structures that relate to these needs.

The book's chapters explore three major areas, including the interrelationship of self-disclosure and personality as well as the role of self-disclosure in the development, maintenance, and deterioration of personal relationships, and the ...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Examines the circumstances that encourage individuals to avoid conformity and express their uniqueness, whether through names, attitudes, or commodities, and how advertisers make use of this fact.

This book presents a theoretical perspective. It reviews an enormous amount of research which establishes unequivocally that intrinsic motivation exists.

This book outlines some of the common errors that people make when they evaluate themselves.

In this edited collection a distinguished set of contributors present a broad overview of psychological research on self-esteem.