This Handbook explores the cognitive, motivational, interpersonal, clinical, and applied aspects of psychological uncertainty. It showcases both the diversity and the unity that defines contemporary perspectives on uncertainty in self within social and personality psychology.

P.J. Carroll, R.M. Arkin, K.C. Oleson, Introduction: The Uncertain Self. Part 1. Meta-Cognition and Uncertainty in Self. P. Briñol, K.G. DeMarree, R.E. Petty, Processes by which Confidence (vs. Doubt) Influence the Self. D. Eisenstadt, M.R. Leippe, Social Influences on Eyewitness Confidence: The Social Psychology of Memory Self-Certainty. B. Schwartz, Be Careful What You Wish For: The Dark Side of Freedom. G. Weary, S. J. Tobin, J.A. Edwards, The Causal Uncertainty Model Revisited. A.C.H. Szeto, R.M. Sorrentino, Uncertainty Orientation: Myths, Truths, and the Interface of Motivation and Cognition. K. Van den Bos, E.A. Lind, The Social Psychology of Fairness and the Regulation of Personal Uncertainty. C. Sedikides, D. De Cremer, C.M. Hart, L. Brebels, Procedural Fairness Responses in the Context of Self-Uncertainty. D. Wirtz, J. Kruger, D.T. Miller, P. Mathur, On First versus False Instincts. M. Johns, T. Schmader, Meta-Cognitive Regulation as a Reaction to the Uncertainty of Stereotype Threat. Part 2. Motivation and Uncertainty in Self. M.J. Landau, J. Greenberg, S. Kosloff, Coping with Life's One Certainty: A Terror Management Perspective on the Existentially Uncertain Self. C. Chang-Schneider, W.B. Swann, Jr., The Role of Uncertainty in Self-Evaluative Processes: Another Look at the Cognitive-Affective Crossfire. D.C. Marigold, I. McGregor, M.P. Zanna, Defensive Conviction as Emotion Regulation: Goal Mechanisms and Interpersonal Implications. G.J. Leornardelli, J.L. Lakin, The New Adventures of Regulatory Focus: Self-Uncertainty and the Quest for a Diagnostic Self-Evaluation. P.J. Carroll, Preparedness. Z. Chen, A.T. Law, K.D. Williams, The Uncertainty Surrounding Ostracism: Threat Amplifier or Protector? D.A. Reich, R.M. Arkin, Perceived Evaluative Styles and Self-Doubt. Part 3. Clinical and Applied Implications of the Uncertain Self. A.L. Wichman, A.D. Hermann, Deconstructing the Link between Self-Doubt and Self-Worth: Ideas to Reduce Maladaptive Coping. P. Cramer, Defense Mechanisms and Self-Doubt. M.H. Kernis, C.E. Lakey, Fragile versus Secure High Self-Esteem: Implications for Defensiveness and Insecurity. K.C. Oleson, M.T. Steckler, The Phenotypic Expressions of Self-Doubt about Ability in Academic Contexts: Strategies of Self-Handicapping and Subjective Overachievement. Part 4. General Commentaries. M.A. Hogg, Human Groups, Social Categories, and Collective Self: Social Identity and the Management of Self-Uncertainty. R. Wright, Self-Uncertainty and its Cousins. R.M. Arkin, P.J. Carroll, K.C. Oleson, Commentary: The End of the Beginning.