let $l$ be a completely regular frame and $mathcal{r}l$ be the ‎ring of continuous real-valued functions on $l$‎. ‎we show that the‎ ‎lattice $zid(mathcal{r}l)$ of $z$-ideals of $mathcal{r}l$ is a‎ ‎normal coherent yosida frame‎, ‎which extends the corresponding $c(x)$‎ ‎result of mart'{i}nez and zenk‎. ‎this we do by exhibiting‎ ‎$zid(mathcal{r}l)$ as a quotient of $rad(mathcal{r}l)$‎, ‎the‎ ‎...

Adolescents are in the developmental stage of transition from childhood to adulthood, a stage during which they claim certain identities in favor of others and the resultant configuration of possible selves (Erikson, 1968, 1980; Marcia, 1966, 1980). The longterm studies of the Monitoring the Future (MTF) and the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey have reported that adolescent alcohol use is th...

The literature on social class disparities in health and education contains 2 underlying, yet often opposed, models of behavior: the individual model and the structural model. These models refer to largely unacknowledged assumptions about the sources of human behavior that are foundational to research and interventions. Our review and theoretical integration proposes that, in contrast to how th...

Possible selves are the part of self that describe a person’s future self. The developed cognitive abilities and hypothetical thinking in adolescence allow them to conceptualize speculate about who they what hope be future. consist two selves, expected (hoped-for possible ) feared (feared selves). can provide an overview adolescent identity motivates their behavior at present. relationship betw...

This paper seeks to make a theoretical and empirical case for the importance of differentiated identities for group function. Research on groups has found that groups sometimes perform better and other times perform worse than the sum of their individual members. Differentiation of selves is a crucial moderator. We propose a heuristic framework that divides formation of work or task groups into...

The study of culture and self casts psychology's understanding of the self, identity, or agency as central to the analysis and interpretation of behavior and demonstrates that cultures and selves define and build upon each other in an ongoing cycle of mutual constitution. In a selective review of theoretical and empirical work, we define self and what the self does, define culture and how it co...

This review investigates theoretical explanations, predictors, and psychological outcomes of identification with game characters. Theoretical explanations depended on Cohen’s conceptualization media characters, wishful identification, similarity embodied presence concepts, self-perception, self-discrepancy, social identity theories. Predictors included customizability, how the character is perc...

This article asks how people come to interpret themselves and others as autonomous given their multiple dependencies. We draw on a cross-case comparison of ethnographic studies with two populations for whom autonomy is both central problematic: elderly patients in post-acute care, young adults disabilities an independent living program. Analyzing the institutional efforts make clients “as possi...