The self is a complex and multidimensional construct with both reflective and experiential aspects. The experience of selfhood has been well documented in both developmental psychology and dementia research. However, these research fields have rarely come together. This is unfortunate since a lack of sensitive measurement of self in adults with dementia has historically led to erroneous assumptions that people diagnosed with dementia experience total loss of self. Dementia causes profound self-alterations, particularly associated with gaps in autobiographical and semantic self-knowledge. However, important experiential manifestations of self may remain intact. Focusing on the emergence of different levels of self-processes in early childhood, and reflecting on conceptual similarities as well as methodological perspectives, the aim of this article is to explore how developmental approaches may be applied to provide a promising new direction into the experience of selfhood in dementia.

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对自我的发展性理解可以为痴呆症患者的自我体验提供有价值的见解

自我是一个复杂的多维结构，具有反思和经验方面。自我体验在发展心理学和痴呆症研究中都有详细记载。然而，这些研究领域很少走到一起。这是不幸的，因为在历史上，患有痴呆症的成年人缺乏对自我的敏感测量导致错误的假设，即被诊断患有痴呆症的人会完全失去自我。痴呆症会导致深刻的自我改变，特别是与自传和语义自我知识的差距有关。然而，重要的自我体验表现可能保持不变。关注幼儿期不同层次的自我过程的出现，并反思概念上的相似性和方法论观点，