The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) is a scholarly association dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the human self. The Society has over 600 members from five continents, representing many different academic and professional disciplines. ISSI sponsors preconferences on the Self and Identity at the annual meetings of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).
The members of ISSI share an interest in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral
processes related to the self-system. These include the ability for humans (and other
animals, to varying degrees) to think consciously about themselves, to form images and
concepts of what they are like, to evaluate their characteristics and capabilities, to
plan deliberately for the future, to worry about how they are being perceived by others,
and to direct their own behavior in line with personal standards. Because this ability
to self-reflect has important implications for understanding behavior, the self has emerged
as a central focus of theory and research in many domains of social and behavioral science.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2008 SPSP Self Preconference Information!
The Self. New book edited by ISSI members Constantine Sedikides and Steve Spencer.
ISSI Awards for Scientific Contributions
Self and relationships: Connecting Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Processes. New book edited by Kathleen Vohs and
Eli Finkel .
An Invitation to Social Psychology: Expressing and Censoring the Self. New book by Dale Miller.
And a message from the author..."I wrote this brief book with two goals in mind. First, I wanted to provide readers with an accessible introduction to the way social psychologists think about and study everyday behavior. Second, I wanted to offer a more thematic organization of our field than is customary. In particular, I wanted to show how much of the most interesting research and theory in social psychology pertain to the causes and consequences of people acting in ways that contradict their private experience. Feedback suggests that the book is appropriate for use either as a supplemental or as a core text in introductory social psychology."
Handbook of Competence and Motivation. Recent book edited by Andrew Elliot and
Carol Dweck .
The Psychology of Legitimacy. Recent book edited by John Jost and
Brenda Major .
Perspectivism in social psychology: The yin and yang of scientific progress.. Recent book edited by
John Jost,
Mahzarin Banaji, and
Deborah Prentice.
The Curse of the Self: Self-Awareness, Egotism,and the Quality of Human Life. New book by Mark Leary. Enter Promotion Code "24458" during checkout to receive the 20% discount for ISSI members (US or
UK link to Oxford University Press)
The Cultural Animal: Human Nature, Meaning,and Social Life. New book forthcoming by Roy Baumeister. Enter Promotion Code "24458" during checkout to receive the 20% discount for ISSI members (US or
UK link to Oxford University Press)
The New Unconscious. New Book edited by Ran R. Hassin, James S. Uleman, and John A. Bargh.
Enter Promotion Code "24458" during checkout to receive the 20% discount for ISSI members (US
or UK link to Oxford University Press)
Optimal Human Being. New Book authored by
Ken Sheldon.
Also available in Paperback.
20% discount for ISSI or SPSP members. To receive the discount, go to either website and enter Coupon
Code "SPCL" during checkout. Click the Update Totals button to register the discount.
Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology. New Book edited by
Jeff Greenberg,
Sander Koole, and
Tom Pyszczynski
Special Issue of Social Cognition:
The Science and Art of Self-Defense.
Edited by former ISSI President
Constantine Sedikides
Handbook of Self-Regulation. New Book by ISSI-members
Baumeister and Vohs
In the Wake of 9/11. New Book by ISSI-members Pyszczynski, Solomon, and Greenberg
Strangers to Ourselves. New Book by ISSI-member Tim Wilson
Handbook of Self and Identity. The resource we've all been waiting for...Edited by ISSI-members Mark Leary and June Tangney
New Book: Illusion of Conscious Will
Rutgers Symposium on Self and Identity
For symposium-inspired publications, see Oxford University Press
Second volume of ISSI/APA series on the self...
