"The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) is a scholarly association dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the human self. The Society has over 600 members from five continents, representing many different academic and professional disciplines. ISSI sponsors preconferences on the Self and Identity at the annual meetings of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

The members of ISSI share an interest in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes related to the self-system. These include the ability for humans (and other animals, to varying degrees) to think consciously about themselves, to form images and concepts of what they are like, to evaluate their characteristics and capabilities, to plan deliberately for the future, to worry about how they are being perceived by others, and to direct their own behavior in line with personal standards. Because this ability to self-reflect has important implications for understanding behavior, the self has emerged as a central focus of theory and research in many domains of social and behavioral science."