TY - JOUR
AB - Self and Identity, 1: 381±382, 2002 Copyright 2002 Psychology Press 1529-8868 /2002 $12.00 + .00 DOI: 10.1080/1529886029010685 0 The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) is a scholarly association dedicated to promoting the scienti®c study of the human self. The Society has members from ®ve continents, representing many different academic and profes- sional disciplines. ISSI organizes preconferences on self and identity at the annual meetings of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), sponsors books that deal with the self, and publishes the journal, Self and Identity. 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-re¯ect has important implications for understanding behavior, the self has emerged as a central focus of theory and research in many 
TI - The International Society for Self and Identity
JF - Self and Identity
DO - 10.1080/15298860290106850
DA - 2002-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/the-international-society-for-self-and-identity-LltHP6ngoR
SP - 381
EP - 382
VL - 1
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -