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==Definition==
 
==Definition==
1: [[Attention|preoccupation]] with oneself to the exclusion of others or the outside world
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*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
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*2. (Physics) the [[process]] in which some of the [[radiation]] emitted by a [[material]] is [[absorbed]] by the material itself
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==Description==
 
==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.