"Ego" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The conscious portion of the personality structure which serves to mediate between the demands of the primitive instinctual drives, (the id), of internalized parental and social prohibitions or the conscience, (the superego), and of reality.
| Descriptor ID |
D004532
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.747.189 F02.739.794.206
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ego" by people in Profiles.
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Sasaki JY, Kim HS. The ego dampening influence of religion: evidence from behavioral genetics and psychology. Curr Opin Psychol. 2021 08; 40:24-28.
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Wayment HA, Cavolo K. Quiet ego, self-regulatory skills, and perceived stress in college students. J Am Coll Health. 2019 Feb-Mar; 67(2):92-96.
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Wayment HA, Al-Kire R, Brookshire K. Challenged and changed: Quiet ego and posttraumatic growth in mothers raising children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism. 2019 04; 23(3):607-618.
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Wayment HA, Walters AS. Goal orientation and well-being in college athletes: The importance of athletic social connectedness. J Sports Sci. 2017 Nov; 35(21):2114-2120.
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Bortoli L, Bertollo M, Vitali F, Filho E, Robazza C. The effects of motivational climate interventions on psychobiosocial States in high school physical education. Res Q Exerc Sport. 2015 Jun; 86(2):196-204.
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Bortoli L, Bertollo M, Filho E, Robazza C. Do psychobiosocial states mediate the relationship between perceived motivational climate and individual motivation in youngsters? J Sports Sci. 2014; 32(6):572-82.
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Bortoli L, Bertollo M, Comani S, Robazza C. Competence, achievement goals, motivational climate, and pleasant psychobiosocial states in youth sport. J Sports Sci. 2011 Jan; 29(2):171-80.
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King LA, Smith NG. Gay and straight possible selves: goals, identity, subjective well-being, and personality development. J Pers. 2004 Oct; 72(5):967-94.
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Dennis TA, Cole PM, Zahn-Waxler C, Mizuta I. Self in context: autonomy and relatedness in Japanese and U.S. mother-preschooler dyads. Child Dev. 2002 Nov-Dec; 73(6):1803-17.
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Fuhrman RW, Funder DC. Convergence between self and peer in the response-time processing of trait-relevant information. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1995 Nov; 69(5):961-74.