ABSTRACT
It is becoming increasingly clear that the study of the self and self-relevant processes is considered central to the study of social psychology. This is equally true of social psychology approached from the psychological and the sociological perspective. However, as Berkowitz (1988b) points out, the notion of the centrality of the self is a more recent addition for the psychological version of social psychology. The general increase in interest in the self is reflected in the large number of published papers, books, and edited volumes that have appeared on the topic in the last few years in the psychological literature (e.g., Berkowitz, 1988a ; Schlenker, 1985; Suls, 1982; Suls & Greenwald, 1983, 1986; Wegner & Vallacher, 1980; Yardley & Honess, 1987).
