A key to mental health is feeling connected to your true sense of self. When things start to go astray, a new paper suggests three ways to find your way back to who you truly are.

Imagine you're at a dinner party having a good time chatting to people and then suddenly … splash! You knock your glass of red wine all over the plush cream carpet. You feel awfully embarrassed, and ...

In last week's column I wrote about the importance of having an accurate self-concept about who you really are. I promised that this week I would offer you some very practical steps for discovering ...

A new longitudinal study looked at how youths' self-concepts are linked to their actual academic achievement in math and reading from middle childhood to adolescence. The study found that students' ...

Explore how your self-concept forms, why it matters, and how it influences your decisions, emotions, and relationships. This video breaks down the psychology behind identity and offers practical ...