Self esteem
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Self Esteem is how we feel about ourselves. It is a feeling which comes from awareness of what is good and having done it
An internal sense of individuality and wholeness. Who are you?
Name, gender, race, religion, occupation, role, so much more
Begins during childhood as parents provide role models
Continues during adolescence as teens establish own identity
The emotional appraisal of self-concept.
How do you regard yourself?
Feel about self?
Sense of worth or value??
This appraisal is an on-going process so…levels of self-esteem can change.
What do you think you look like physically?
What do you think about your appearance?
Body image is dynamic: the body changes thru normal growth and development.
Cultural and societal attitudes affect body image
What is your role?
What are the expected behaviors you perform?
Who do you want to be?
What do you want your role to be?
Influences our performance at work, society, home, academic institutes in our life.
Leads to a happy, gratifying and purposeful life.
Gives us internal drive.
Have life with optimis, better relationship and fulfilling lives.
Makes the people highly motivated, ambitious, sensitive and open to challenges as well as opportunities.
Gives and receives criticism and compliments, tactfully as with ease.
So, Self-esteem is a feeling that comes from the awarness of what is good and having done it.
Self-concept – your overall attitude about yourself
Also called:◦ Self-esteem◦ Self-image
Self-concept includes perceptions about several aspects of oneself
Self-concept : self image
Each individual is unique with own self-concept
View of self affects one’s ability to function
Health status: illness, injury, body change, loss of control, dependency on others
Role stressors; overload, strained, feelings of inadequacy
Developmental transitions – aging in our culture
Personal “success” or failure history
Crisis and/or life events: personal and/or global
Internal and external resources
Individual perception of crisis
Builds strong conviction
Creates willingness to accept responsibility
Builds optimistic attitudes
Leads to better relationship and fulfilling lives
Develops a caring attitude and makes a person more sensitive to other’s needs
Makes a person self-motivated and ambitious
Makes a person open to new opportunities and challenges
Improves performance and increases risk-taking ability
Helps a person positive to criticism and compliments easily and tactfully
Prefers loss of business to loss of credibility (priority to credibility)
High Self-Esteem Talk about idea Caring attitude Humility Respects authority Confidence Concerned about character Assertive Accepts responsibility Self-interest Optimistic Sensitive Soltitude Discuss Guided Discipline
Low Self-Esteem Talk about people Critical attitude Arrogance Rebels against authority Confusion Concerned about reputation Aggressive Blames the whole world Selfish Fatalistic Touchy Lonely Argue Misguided Distorted sense of freedom