The multiply motivated self

Research on self-evaluation revolves around four major themes: How many motives guide self-evaluation, in what circumstances does each motive become activated, are motives differentially prevalent in different people, and how can research on the self-evaluation motives become integrated? The discussion is structured on the basis of these four themes. Either out of intellectual curiosity (e.g., `What kind of person am I?"), as a consequence of interpersonal feed-back in their daily lives (e.g., evaluations from teachers, employers, or leisure activity partners), or because of the unavoidable force of life events (e.g., new occupation, involvement in a romantic relationship, chronic illness), people may wonder how socially fit are their personality traits, how appropriate are their behaviors, how ade-quate are their skills and talents, or how fulfilling ar