People have a pervasive and ongoing concern with how they are perceived and evaluated by others. No matter what they are doing, people typically desire to make certain impressions on other people, and this focus on social images underlies a great deal of human behavior. Mark Leary offers a thorough, integrative review of the antecedents and consequences of self-presentation in everyday life.
This book provides a background for understanding self-presentation, with an emphasis on the tactics people use to manage their impressions. It looks at what happens, both behaviorally and emotionally, when people think they are making undesired impressions on other people.
