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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1835]
==Definition==
1: [[Attention|preoccupation]] with oneself to the exclusion of others or the outside world
2. (Physics) the [[process]] in which some of the [[radiation]] emitted by a [[material]] is [[absorbed]] by the material itself
==Description==
The '''self-absorption''' [[paradox]] describes the [[contradictory]] [[association]] whereby higher levels of [[self]]-[[awareness]] are simultaneously associated with higher levels of [[psychological]] distress and with psychological well-being.
The '''self-absorption''' [[paradox]] describes the [[contradictory]] [[association]] whereby higher levels of [[self]]-[[awareness]] are simultaneously associated with higher levels of [[psychological]] distress and with psychological well-being.