Title: Foundations for self-awareness : an exploration through autism /
Authors: Hobson, R. Peter; Collins, W. Andrew, 1944-; Müller, Ulrich, 1964-
Publisher: Blackwell,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Personality Development; Infant; Child; Autistic Disorder psychology; Behavior disorders in children; Child development; Autism in children; Self-realization; Self-consciousness (Awareness); Autism in adolescence; Behavior Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood.; Child Development; Autistic Disorder; Self Concept
Abstract: How do young children become aware of themselves and others as selves? This monograph addresses the question from an unexpected direction: self-other relations and social-emotional experience among individuals with early childhood autism.--[book cover].
Contents: Abstract -- Self-awareness in developmental perspective -- Background and methodological approach -- Parent interviews -- Describing pride and guilt -- Manifesting pride, guilt, and embarassment/coyness -- Self-consciousness revisited -- The place of self in development -- Commentary: Subjectivity, identification and differentiation : Key issues in early social development -- Developing self/other- awareness: a reply.