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  • 13 - Selfhood and Self-Construal

  • from Section 3 - Cognitive and Social Factors
  • Edited by Fanny M. Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Diane F. Halpern, Claremont McKenna College, California
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Women
    Published online:
    20 July 2020
    Print publication:
    06 August 2020, pp 179-189

  • Summary

    An individual’s view of self is a constant interplay between one’s self-referent cognitions, emotions, motivations, and the social world (Hoyle, Kernis, Leary, & Baldwin, 1999). Both gender and culture are important forces that shape what an individual experiences and how such experiences are interpreted, which in turn influence one’s conception of the self. This chapter aims to discuss two important questions on the selfhood and self-construal of women: How does women’s self-definition differ from that of men? To what extent does culture affect women’s self-definition?