Abstract

This volume is devoted to volitional personal-change endeavors through which individuals attempt to promote internal changes in themselves. It brings together clinical and social psychological perspectives on this issue. This introductory chapter has three main functions: (1) to highlight some of the perennial difficulties in approaching the concept of volitional change, (2) describe certain aspects of the histories of clinical and social psychology in relation to the concept of volitional personal-change, and (3) provide an outline of the contents and issues dealt with in the current volume.

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