Our self-concept is the image we have of our bodies, capabilities, impressions, etc. (Bailey, 2003). It includes: The material self. Our body, possessions, and other things in our lives. The ...

American culture values the freedom to change and reinvent one's self. A new study, however, reveals that Americans who do change tend to report a lower sense of well-being. American culture values ...

A new longitudinal study looked at how youths' self-concepts are linked to their actual academic achievement in math and reading from middle childhood to adolescence. The study found that students' ...