@article{ref1,
title="Self-awareness and constructive functioning: Revisiting "the human dilemma"",
journal="Journal of social and clinical psychology",
year="2004",
author="Silvia, P.J. and O'Brien, M.E.",
volume="23",
number="4",
pages="475-489",
abstract="Self-awareness - the capacity to focus attention on oneself, and thus to self-evaluate - has a bad reputation in social-clinical psychology because of its ties to negative affect, depression, suicide, and dysfunction. Using Rollo May's (1967) analysis of &quot;the human dilemma,&quot; we outline self-awareness's beneficial contributions to psychological functioning. Without self-awareness, people could not take the perspectives of others, exercise self-control, produce creative accomplishments, or experience pride and high self-esteem. Research suggests that the positive and negative facets of self-awareness are reconciled when people have reasonable self-standards and when they are optimistic about meeting their standards.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0736-7236",
doi="10.1521/jscp.23.4.475.40307",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jscp.23.4.475.40307"
}