Beliefs About the Causal Structure of the Self-Concept Determine Which Changes Disrupt Personal Identity

This chapter summarizes experimental work exploring how individual beliefs about the personally disruptive character of transformative experiences are influenced by intuitive theories of what a self fundamentally is, at the current moment and over time. Judgments of disrupted personal identity are influenced by views of the causal centrality of a transformed trait to a person’s self-concept, with changes in more central features perceived as more disruptive to self-continuity. Furthermore, the type of change matters: unexpected or undesirable changes to personal features are viewed as more disruptive to self-continuity than changes that are consistent with a person’s expected developmental trajectory. The degree to which an individual considers a particular personal change to be disruptive will affect how he or she makes decisions about, reacts to, and copes with this experience.

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KONSEP DIRI PENDERITA TB PARU DI RS PKU MUHAMMADIYAH GOMBONG

Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan Keperawatan ◽

10.26753/jikk.v12i2.155 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Rina Saraswati ◽

Nur Hasanah ◽

Muhammad Basirun Al Ummah

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽

Personal Identity ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Self Esteem ◽

The Body ◽

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Tuberculosis Patients ◽

Physical Changes

Introduction: The self-concept is all thoughts, beliefs and faiths that make the person know about him and affect his contact with others. Usually self-concept of pulmonary tuberculosis patients is impaired resulting from physical changes such as becoming physically thinner, paler, frequent coughing, body weaknesses and decrease of physical ability. Based on preliminary studies on eight respondents 75% experiencing body image disorder, 75% self-ideal disorder, 100% self-role disorder, 50% self-esteem disorder.The aim of this researrch is to determine self-concept of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital of Gombong.The present study used descriptive quantitative method with survey approach. The total samples were 31 people taken by purposive sampling technique. The data were taken by questionnaires and analyzed using univariate analysis.The frequency distribution based on the self-concept were less (83.9%), mediocre (9.7%), and good category (6.5%). The body image were less (83.9%), mediocre (9.7%), good (6.5%). The self-ideal were less (90.3%), and mediocre category (9.7%). Personal identity were less (58.1%), enough (22.6%), and good category (19.4%). The self-role were less (54.8%), good (25.8%), and mediocre category (19.4%). Self-esteem were less (51.6%), mediocre (32.3%), and good category (16.1%).The largest percentage of the self-concept, body image, self-ideal, personal identity, self-role, and self-esteem of pulmonary tuberculosis patients was less category. Keywords: self-concept, body image, self-ideal, personal identity, self-role, self-esteem, pulmonary tuberculosis patients

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Narrative and Self-Concept

Journal of Narrative and Life History ◽

10.1075/jnlh.1.2-3.04nar ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 1 (2-3) ◽

pp. 135-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 230

Author(s):

Donald E. Polkinghorne

Keyword(s):

Personal Identity ◽

Unintended Consequences ◽

Human Existence ◽

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Self Identity

Abstract When the self is thought of as a narrative or story, rather than a substance or thing, the temporal and dramatic dimension of human existence is emphasized. The operation of narrative "emplotment" (Ricoeur, 1983/1984) can configure the diverse events and actions of one's life into a meaningful whole. One's self-concept or self-identity is fashioned by adaptation of plots from one's cul-tural stock of stories and myths. Stories of personal identity differ from literary productions in that they are constructed within an unfolding autobiography and incorporate the accidental events and unintended consequences of actions. Under stressful conditions, a self-narrative may decompose, producing the anxiety and depression of meaninglessness. One function of psychotherapy is to assist in the reconstruction of a meaning-giving narrative of self-identity. (Psychology)

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