Self-Criticism and Self-Enhancement

In this book, editor Edward C. Chang has enlisted over 25 distinguished psychologists and scholars who present the pros and cons of regarding self-criticism or self-enhancement as either good or bad. Collectively, they illustrate the benefits of evaluating these concepts more complexly to demonstrate how negative and positive psychological variables may function as a virtue in one situation and as a vice in another situation. Drawing on the works of both philosophers and researchers, the contributors search for a deeper and broader understanding of these fundamental psychological concepts, and they evaluate their effect on individuals and the larger society.

Introduction to self-criticism and self-enhancement : views from ancient Greece to the modern world	p. 3
Self-enhancement as good, self-criticism as bad	p. 17
On the psychological benefits of self-enhancement	p. 19
On the physical health benefits of self-enhancement	p. 37
On the psychological hazards of self-criticism	p. 55
On self-criticism as interpersonally maladaptive	p. 73
Self-criticism as good, self-enhancement as bad	p. 87
Defensive pessimism as a positive self-critical tool	p. 89
The role of self-criticism in self-improvement and face maintenance among Japanese	p. 105
On the psychological costs of self-enhancement	p. 123
On the physical health costs of self-enhancement	p. 141
Self-criticism and self-enhancement as both good and bad	p. 159
A functional approach to explaining fluctuations in future outlooks : from self-enhancement to self-criticism	p. 161
On when self-enhancement and self-criticism function adaptively and maladaptively	p. 181
Clinical implications of self-enhancement and self-criticism	p. 199
On promoting adaptive self-enhancement in psychotherapy	p. 201
On promoting adaptive self-criticism in psychotherapy	p. 225
Self-criticism and self-enhancement : from complexities of the present to a complex future	p. 247
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