Abstract:One of the essential components of symbolic interaction theory has been the concept of self. Since the late ninteenth century, social and behavioral scientists such as William James have used the notion of self to develop &dquo;unifying integrating concepts to handle problems of consistency of the person and the continuity of this consistency over time&dquo; (Sherif, 1968). Sherwood (1965) has noted that the self as a theoretical construct is multidimensional and that it must include both structural and affect… Show more
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