SELF International

SELF International

About SELF International

Under the direction of Professor Herb Marsh, SELF International is the lead member of the international SELF Research network, encompassing 450 members from 45 countries across 6 continents and a network of satellite centres.

The SELF research network produces a monograph series, hosts international conferences, and publishes research in leading international journals.

Its multidisciplinary rationale is that individuals who feel more positively about themselves in a particular domain are likely to be more successful; systems must simultaneously reinforce objective outcomes and self-belief (for example, academic self-concept and achievement in education).

The SELF International has a particular focus on methodological/substantive synergies that draw on advanced quantitative methodology (for example, multilevel modelling, structural equation modelling, and meta-analysis) in pursuit of substantive/policy-oriented issues. It collaborates with other Oxford University Department of Education research groups and centres in areas of mutual interest; provides support for research bidding and writing; hosts visiting scholars; runs a seminar programme and specialist symposia; offers in-house training events on statistical techniques; and hosts a special interest group for advanced quantitative analysis.

International Biennial SELF Conferences

Seventh SELF Biennial International Conference
Self-concept, Motivation and Identity: Underpinning success with research and practice
National Institute of Education, Singapore, 9-11 September, 2013
Please refer to the conference website (opens in a new window) for all details pertaining to the conference 

Sixth SELF International Conference
The Centrality of SELF Theory and Research for Enabling Human Potential
University of Laval, Quebec City, Canada, 19-22 June, 2011

Fifth SELF International Conference
Enabling Human Potential: The Centrality of Self and Identity
United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, January, 2009

Fourth SELF International Conference
Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st Century
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 23 – 27 July, 2006

Third SELF International Conference
Self-concept, Motivation and Identity: Where to from here?
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany, 4-7 July, 2004

Second SELF International Conference
Self- concept Research: Driving International Research Agendas
University of Western Sydney, Manly, Sydney, Australia, 6-8 August, 2002

Inaugural SELF International Conference
Self-Concept Theory, Research and Practice: Advances for the New Millennium
University of Western Sydney Blue Mountains, Sydney, Australia, 5-6 October , 2000

SELF Instruments

CPPE has developed and freely distributes a range of psychological instruments to measure self-concept and related constructs.  They have been favourably evaluated in critical reviews of self-concept instruments (e.g., Byrne, 1996) and are widely used. The development of these instruments was the starting point of the SELF Research Centre and an important component in establishing international linkages with colleagues who subsequently used them.

SELF Monograph Series

Marsh, H. W., Craven, R. G., & McInerney, D. M. (Eds.). (2008). Self-processes, learning, and enabling human potential: Dynamic new approaches (Vol. 3). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. (ISBN: 978-1-59311-904-1)

Marsh, H. W., Craven, R. G., & McInerney, D. M. (Eds.). (2005). New frontiers for self research (Vol. 2). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. (ISBN: 1-59311-156-8)

Marsh, H. W., Craven, R. G., & McInerney, D. M. (Eds.). (2003). International advances in self research (Vol. 1). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. (ISBN: 1-59311-005-7)

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