TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring self-respect
AU - Kristjánsson, K.
N1 - Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/9/1
Y1 - 2007/9/1
N2 - Can "self-respect" supplant the now much-maligned "global self-esteem" in psychological research and therapy? The aim of the present paper is to examine this suggestion and develop it further. It is argued that there are two distinct philosophical concepts of self-respect abroad in the literature, Kantian and Aristotelian, between which psychologists need to choose. The main components of Aristotelian self-respect are then worked out. The paper concludes by exploring how, in order to make those components objectively measurable, certain methodological pitfalls must be avoided.
AB - Can "self-respect" supplant the now much-maligned "global self-esteem" in psychological research and therapy? The aim of the present paper is to examine this suggestion and develop it further. It is argued that there are two distinct philosophical concepts of self-respect abroad in the literature, Kantian and Aristotelian, between which psychologists need to choose. The main components of Aristotelian self-respect are then worked out. The paper concludes by exploring how, in order to make those components objectively measurable, certain methodological pitfalls must be avoided.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2007.00339.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2007.00339.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548529041
SN - 0021-8308
VL - 37
SP - 225
EP - 242
JO - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
JF - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
IS - 3
ER -