Thomas M. Brinthaupt is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Middle Tennessee State University. Richard P. Lipka is Professor and Director of the Center for Educational Services, Evaluation and Research at Pittsburg State University.

"This book represents an interesting effort to examine the concept of self from a variety of different disciplinary and professional perspectives and to bring together in a single work some of the obviously rich diversity in thinking that this concept has attracted."The topic is very significant, especially at a time when individuals in our society are only beginning to see some of the results of preoccupation of self, as well as insufficient attention to it. As a concept of scholarly interest, self is beginning to receive attention well beyond the traditional communities of psychiatry and clinical psychology. The volume makes that breadth of interest apparent." — Dennis S. Gouran, The Pennsylvania State University

• ContributorsIntroductionThomas M. Brinthaupt and Richard P. LipkaPart 1:  Philosophies of Changing the Self 1.  Changes in the Self from a Developmental/Psychosocial PerspectiveDon Hamachek2.  Cluttered Terrain: The Schools' Interest in the SelfJames A. Beane3.  Changing the Delinquent SelfMartin Gold4.  Changing the Religious Self and the Problem of RationalityP. J. WatsonPart 2:  Techniques of Changing the Self 5.  Shrinking the SelfRoy F. Baumeister and Joseph M. Boden6.  Conceptualizing and Changing the Self from a Rational Therapy PerspectiveCharles Zastrow7.  The Transtheoretical Model of ChangeDiane Grimley, James O. Prochaska, Wayne F. Velicer, Linelle M. Blais, and Carlo C. DiClemente8.  Pathways to Internalization: When does Overt Behavior Change the Self-Concept?Dianne M. TicePart 3:  Experiences of Changing the Self 9.  Self-change Experiences of PsychotherapistsJohn C. Norcross and Darren C. Aboyoun10.  Self and Self-loss in Mystical ExperienceRalph W. Hood, Jr.11.  Minority Identity and Self-Concept: The American Indian ExperienceJohn M. Dodd, J. Ron Nelson, and Bonnie Henderson Hofland12.  Disability and the SelfS. Kay ToombsSubject IndexAuthor Index