Posts Tagged: Self-continuity

Self-Narratives and Mental Illness

Posted by & filed under Abnormal Psychology, Assessment: Clinical Decision Making, Assessment: Self-report Projective Measures, Clinical Psychology, Cultural Variation, Development of the Self, Emerging Adulthood, Intergroup Relations, mental illness, Psychological Disorders, Research Methods, Treatment of Psychological Disorders.

Description: Are you the same person today that you were 5 years ago? How about 10 years ago? A quick answer is, “of course, yes!” but as time, personal and developmental mount up the question becomes more challenging. Typically starting in the adolescent and emerging adult years it can become harder, and perhaps even impossible… Read more »

Suffering => Wisdom?

Posted by & filed under Consciousness, Development of the Self, Emerging Adulthood, Social Cognition, Social Psychology, Social Psychology, Stress Coping - Health, Stress: Coping Reducing, Student Success.

Description: How you think of yourself can make a big difference in how you manage yourself when things in your life change. Now THAT is a vague general statement that I suspect you can see some truth in even if what you think may not match up with what I, or others, might have in…

Procrastinating? How to Think About it to Get to Work

Posted by & filed under Consciousness, Emerging Adulthood, Health Psychology, Industrial Organizational Psychlology, Industrial Organizational Psychology, Stress Coping - Health, Stress: Coping Reducing, Student Success, The Self.

Description: As we are entering the time of the academic year where brick walls loom and the s*%# hits the fan it seemed timely to have a look at procrastination. I mean it is not like we have other more pressing things to do, right? Virtually everyone procrastinates in some ways at some times. If… Read more »