Machine derived contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous developmental theory and research; 3. A developmental model of self-understanding; 4. The self-understanding interview and scoring procedures; 5. Understanding the self-as-object; 6. Understanding the self-as-subject; 7. Self-understanding and adolescent mental health with Mira Zamansky Levitt; 8. Self-understanding in a Puerto Rican fishing village with Nadia Lucca; 9. Self-understanding and social cognition; References; Indexes