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The present model has been expanded to include development of the self (Young, 1997). The self consists of at least two components: the implicit, functioning I-self and the explicit, self-evaluative Me-self (Case, 1991). For the most part the I-self is treated in the present model. In particular, I have based the present model on the works of Sroufe (1990, 1996), Selman (1980), and Loevinger (1976, 1987, 1993, 1994) on infants, children-adolescents, and adolescents-adults, respectively, which suggests validity to its content. Their works are stage-oriented ones, and each maps on quite well to the steps described in the present model. The approach that I have taken differs from the ones of Case and Fischer and colleagues, whom I have shown, generally, did not follow the same procedure of basing themselves on known stage or step theorists related to self-development in constructing their models of self-development in relation to steps in cognitive development.
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Young, G. (2011). Self-Development. In: Development and Causality. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9422-6_13
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