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Recent Examples of self-concept
Now her work focuses on how clothing shapes emotional well-being, self-concept, and resilience.
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Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Ultimately, McKibben seems unable to imagine an alternative way for modern, secular life to have meaning that is not grounded in a self-concept of hyper-individuality and the false belief that technology does not already mediate every aspect of our existence.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
The first-of-its-kind study surveyed 15,000 adults from around the world to establish an industry-first connection between our outward appearance, inner self-concept, and overall well-being.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
In other words, your self-concept even shapes what feels worth wanting.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Over a series of four experiments testing self-esteem and self-concept clarity, researchers determined that individuals with low self-esteem had less clarity and certainty in their self-concept, which led to unstable and inconsistent confidence.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
As highlighted in a Harvard Business Review article, working through a professional identity crisis involves redefining your self-concept and aligning it with your aspirations.
—Carrie Anne Yu, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
For instance, a 2019 study published in Personal Relationships shows that self-concept clarity — having a strong and stable sense of self — directly predicts greater relationship satisfaction for both partners.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Developed by psychologists in the 1950s, the test measures an individual's self-concept, or beliefs, attitudes and perceptions.
—Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Ultimately, McKibben seems unable to imagine an alternative way for modern, secular life to have meaning that is not grounded in a self-concept of hyper-individuality and the false belief that technology does not already mediate every aspect of our existence.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
The first-of-its-kind study surveyed 15,000 adults from around the world to establish an industry-first connection between our outward appearance, inner self-concept, and overall well-being.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
In other words, your self-concept even shapes what feels worth wanting.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Over a series of four experiments testing self-esteem and self-concept clarity, researchers determined that individuals with low self-esteem had less clarity and certainty in their self-concept, which led to unstable and inconsistent confidence.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
As highlighted in a Harvard Business Review article, working through a professional identity crisis involves redefining your self-concept and aligning it with your aspirations.
—Carrie Anne Yu, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
For instance, a 2019 study published in Personal Relationships shows that self-concept clarity — having a strong and stable sense of self — directly predicts greater relationship satisfaction for both partners.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Developed by psychologists in the 1950s, the test measures an individual's self-concept, or beliefs, attitudes and perceptions.
—Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-concept
Noun
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If those photographs, an implicit quest for a self-image, form a kind of question mark, what comes next in the show has the impact of an exclamation mark: a self-portrait from 1950, in which Varda sports the bowl cut that would be a trademark for the rest of her life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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For many, the journey from diagnosis to disease management is marked by navigating sudden lifestyle adjustments, grappling with self-image shifts, and finding ways to cope with the unpredictability of flare-ups.—
Chloe Castleberry,
Flow Space,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Or consider Dove's Real Beauty Sketches campaign, which felt more like a short documentary exploring women's self-perceptions than an ad.—
Andrew Faridani,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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But work can produce ambivalence — especially when there’s a mismatch between self-perception and how others perceive one’s role.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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“Self-concept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-concept. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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