Primary source:

Winning, Shannon. "How I Found Myself in the Lost Year." More.com

. N.p., 01 July 2016.

Web. 13 Dec. 2016. <http://www.more.com/lifestyle/how-i-found-myself-lost-year>. This relates to
my topic because this is about how you as a person deal with certain things like stress or self
esteem in situations that may be emotionally or mentally trying. The writer is talking about how she
used to be a waitress. This job has a lot of things that people need to keep track off and try their best
not to mess up. Not to mention waiters and waitresses have to work for tips. Which it is completely
up to the customer to leave and how much of it, so you have to perform as best you can in hopes
theyll give you an amazing tip. Shannon Winning is a writer, marketer and former reporter who left
that job to its low pay. She has written other articles, for instance she wrote an article titled
Millennials are the worst. Right?. She studied at Villanova University. She is the co-owner, of
Marketing Rival. She currently also works as a freelance writer. To her this job was very stressful,
there was so much to handle and sometimes she felt swamped. There were times where shed
make mistakes, maybe forget something someone had ordered, and shed start worrying about what
others would think of her because of performance. This feeling stuck with her, even though someone
tried to tell her Its just food. Not to mention this was happening while she was trying to raise a
daughter. In the end through all the stress, sleep deprivation and everything else that comes with
raising a child, she learned to love herself through love for her daughter. She began to feel that she
was doing the best she could do and thats all that mattered. Others perceptions of you arent as
important as long as youre doing right by you, and making a few mistakes should not leave you guilt
ridden. She eventually became the person telling herself it was just food by the time she gained this
new self confidence.

Secondary sources
Kanagawa, Chie, Susan E. Cross, and Hazel Rose Markus. Who Am I? The Cultural Psychology

of the Conceptual Self (November 5, 1999): 90-103. Web. 2 Nov. 2016.

<http://psp.sagepub.com/content/27/1/90.full.pdf+html>.

Annotate here: This relates to my topic because it is about how we perceive ourselves. As well as
how it may change based on environment and social interaction. This study also researched the
differences in how people saw themselves from multiple angles. It compared differences between
american college students and Japanese college students to get a different cultural perspective.
I did some research on the authors of this and heres what I found. Hazel Rose Markus is a
prominent social psychologist and a pioneer in the field of cultural psychology, shes even won the
Guggenheim

Fellowship for Social Sciences award. Susan E. Cross is Dr. of Psychology, who is a
professor at Iowa state university. As for Chie Kanagawa, She seems to have participated in other research
works, but I can not find any further details on her and her credibility; however, I assume that because she

has participated in others as well as the fact that the other two participants in this study are highly esteemed
I would guess that she is a credible author.
To summarize the article it should be stated this was a study. They researched different groups of
people, more specifically American and Japanese college students as i had stated earlier. They compared
different self views between the two cultures. They asked questions about things like, physical traits,
relationship status, aspirations, possessions, attitudes, abilities, and miscellaneous things like their birthday.
When asked questions about how they viewed themselves, they expected results that were the opposite of
what the two cultures provided as answers.

Savin-Williams, R. C., and D. H. Demo. "Conceiving or Misconceiving the Self: Issues in

Adolescent

Self-Esteem." The Journal of Early Adolescence 3.1-2 (1983): 121-40. Web. 10 Dec.
2016. <https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/D_Demo_Conceiving_1983.pdf>. This relates to my topic
because is about the concept of self. Personal views we have towards ourselves both positive and
negative. It talks about self esteem which is one of the biggest parts when talking about finding
yourself. It also focuses on adolescent portion of life because that's when most start to take this
journey, adolescence and early adulthood.
Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Ph.D, is a professor of developmental psychology at Cornell
University who specializes in gay, lesbian, and bisexual research. David H. Demo, Ph.D. Associate
Dean for Academic Administration and Professor Human Development and Family Studies in the
School of Health and Human Sciences. Them both being involved with colleges at a higher level of
involvement speaks for their qualifications and credibility. One of them more specifically studies
those who are known to sometimes have accounts on how it was to find themselves and be
comfortable with who they are, making him more experienced in the subject.
This article is more of a research paper than it is and actual article about the concept. It
brings up a bunch of previous studies and their findings when studying the concept of the self. They
talk about how the concept of self is different from motor behavior or other things like that because it
is unable to be measured. It evaluates multiple studies between, the dimensions of self esteem,
self-feelings, your experienced self, self esteem based on context situations, and others. This journal
would be more helpful for finding research numbers and such rather than a psychological standpoint
on the idea of "Finding yourself".
Campbell, Jennifer D., and Loraine F. Lavallee. "Who Am I? The Role of Self-Concept
Confusion in Understanding the Behavior of People with Low Self-Esteem." Self-esteem: The Puzzle
of Low Self-regard. New York: Plenum, 1993. 3-20. The Plenum Ser. in Social / Clinical Psychology.
Springer Link. Springer US. Web. 10 Dec. 2016.
<http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4684-8956-9_1>. This source relates to my article
because, as stated in an earlier citation, it deals with self esteem which is one of the most important
parts of how we see ourselves. You can't find yourself until you start to have more positive self
views, which in turn just means better self esteem. This source in particular talks about negative self
esteem it's effects as well as coping mechanisms or ways of having better self esteem. Jennifer D.
Campbell received a PhD. in Psychology from University of Georgia, 1982. Professor Campbell's
major research interests include self-esteem, self-concept clarity, social cognition, conformity,
attraction, and self-evaluation maintenance strategies. Dr. Loraine Lavallee has an interdisciplinary
background having completed a BA in history, a Ph.D. in social psychology. Her research interests
include Subjective Well-Being, Coping, and the Self: life satisfaction measurement & link to

conservation, healthy and harmful self-esteem, responses to stressful events, coping and well-being.
It first starts off talking about how those with low self esteem will have negative views while those
who have higher self esteem will tend to frame themselves in a more positive light. It states its
difference between the ides of self-concept which is the personal beliefs one may hold. As well as
the difference between self knowledge "Who am I?, and self evaluation "How do i feel about
myself?". This study ultimately aims to help with the understanding of people who suffer from low
self esteem- as well as possibly lead to some ways to help those with the problem. Getting rid of self
esteem issues is often the first step to finding yourself.

General internet source:

Fallon, Allison. "Depression, Indecisiveness, Anxiety and What Finding Yourself Actually Means."
Allison Fallon. N.p., 03 Aug. 2016. Web. 12 Dec. 2016. <http://allisonfallon.com/finding-yourself/>.
This article relates to my topic because it hits on many of the topics that have been brought up
before. It goes into "What finding yourself means". It also mentions depression, anxiety, and
indecisiveness. Finding yourself can help with some of those problems, indecisiveness and
depression the most. As well as the aspects of how important it can be. Sadly I could not find much
information on the writer. Allison Fallon is the writer of this article and she didnt put much description
into who she is. She is a general writer and most of her work seems to be psychology based.
Positive things about, finding your voice, finding yourself, and other types of things that relate to
psychological matters. To summarize the article, it delves into some of the things one can suffer
from with a weak sense of identity. In the article the list is as follows: Anxiety, Addiction, Manipulative
relationships, Co-dependence, Feelings of emptiness or meaninglessness, Feelings of helplessness,
Lack of self confidence, Stunted dreams, and Financial difficulties. She then gives her own definition
of what it means to have found yourself. Summarizing her definition its learning to love and trust
yourself no matter what life throws at you, and learning to appreciate yourself as well as realize your
importance and why you matter outside of outside achievements. Then the article ends talking about
how one may find themselves, (an example being know and own your story, meaning know your
past and present and not only accept it but be proud of it).