Open AccessNames, Identity, and Self
Author(s) -
Kenneth L. Dion
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.1983.31.4.245
Subject(s) - identity (music) , proposition , personal identity , psychology , subject (documents) , self , social psychology , psychology of self , self concept , cognitive psychology , epistemology , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , computer science , philosophy , world wide web
AbstractAlong with other scholars, some psychologists have proposed a relationship between a person's name and her or his sense of identity and self. The evidence concerning this proposition, drawn from several areas of psychology, is the subject of this paper. Studies of (a) personal identity, (b) names and self-acceptance, and (c) attention and memory for one's name, respectively, are presented and discussed. This diverse research leads to the conclusion that names, identity, and self are indeed closely related.