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Feb 20, 2024 · Self-esteem. Hove, UK, and New York: Psychology Press. DOI: 10.4324/9780203587874. This edited volume consists of nine chapters covering the central aspects of self-esteem. This is a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in current empirical research concerning self-esteem. back to top.
Self-esteem and self-compassion are both constructs that involve a positive attitude towards the self, which are thought to serve psychological resilience and as such play a role in the preservation of people’s mental health and well-being. 78 While self-esteem is already an older concept that has been a topic of psychological investigation for more than half a century, self-compassion was ...
Oct 1, 2016 · Self-esteem is a central construct in clinical, developmental, personality, and social psychology, and its role in psy chological functioning has been. studied for nearly a century (Greenier ...
Self-esteem refers to a person’s evaluation of his/her worth. The best-known form is global self-esteem: general, dispositional, and consciously accessible self-evaluation. Psychologists have ...
- Introduction
- Identity Development and The Sources of Negative Self-Esteem
- Outcomes of Poor Self-Esteem
- Mechanisms Linking Self-Esteem and Health Behavior
- Examples of School Health Promotion Programs That Foster Self-Esteem
- Conclusion
- Author Notes
Self-concept is defined as the sum of an individual's beliefs and knowledge about his/her personal attributes and qualities. It is classed as a cognitive schema that organizes abstract and concrete views about the self, and controls the processing of self-relevant information (Markus, 1977; Kihlstrom and Cantor, 1983). Other concepts, such as self-...
The evolving nature of self-esteem was conceptualized by Erikson (Erikson, 1968) in his theory on the stages of psychosocial development in children, adolescents and adults. According to Erikson, individuals are occupied with their self-esteem and self-concept as long as the process of crystallization of identity continues. If this process is not n...
The outcomes of negative self-esteem can be manifold. Poor self-esteem can result in a cascade of diminishing self-appreciation, creating self-defeating attitudes, psychiatric vulnerability, social problems or risk behaviors. The empirical literature highlights the negative outcomes of low self-esteem. However, in several studies there is a lack of...
What are the mechanisms that link self-esteem to health and social outcomes? Several theories used in health promotion or prevention offer insight into such mechanisms. In this section we discuss the role of positive self-esteem as a protective factor in the context of stressors, the developmental role of negative self-esteem in mental and social p...
Haney and Durlak (Haney and Durlak, 1998) wrote a meta-analytical review of 116 intervention studies for children and adolescents. Most studies indicated significant improvement in children's and adolescents' self-esteem and self-concept, and as a result of this change, significant changes in behavioral, personality, and academic functioning. Haney...
To conclude, research results show beneficial outcomes of positive self-esteem, which is seen to be associated with mental well-being, happiness, adjustment, success, academic achievements and satisfaction. It is also associated with better recovery after severe diseases. However, the evolving nature of self-esteem could also result in negative out...
1Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht and 2Prevention Research Center on Program Development and Effect Management, The Netherlands
- Michal Mann, Clemens M H Hosman, Herman P Schaalma, Nanne K de Vries
- 2004
Mar 29, 2022 · If Bain, Spencer, and Sully are examples of writers who continued to treat self-esteem as an intrinsic part of human nature, when self-esteem became a more widely research topic in the 1970s and 1980s, it was William James (1842–1910) who was more commonly cited as the person who brought self-esteem firmly into the psychological literature.
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Abstract. Self-esteem is clearly one of the most popular topics in modern psychology, with more than 35,000 publications on the subject of this construct. This exceptionally wide and diverse literature has examined the potential causes, consequences, and correlates of self-esteem. The purpose of the present chapter—as well as this entire ...
