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Threatened egotism, narcissism, selfesteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
, 1998
"... It has been widely asserted that low self-esteem causes violence, but laboratory evidence is lacking, and some contrary observations have characterized aggressors as having favorable self-opinions. In 2 studies, both simple self-esteem and narcissism were measured, and then individual participants w ..."
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It has been widely asserted that low self-esteem causes violence, but laboratory evidence is lacking, and some contrary observations have characterized aggressors as having favorable self-opinions. In 2 studies, both simple self-esteem and narcissism were measured, and then individual participants
Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: The dark side of high self-esteem
- In
, 1999
"... Conventional wisdom has regarded low self-esteem asan important cause of violence, but the oppo-site view is theoretically viable. An interdisciplinary review of evidence about aggression, crime, and violence contradicted the view that low self-esteem is an important cause. Instead, violence appears ..."
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Conventional wisdom has regarded low self-esteem asan important cause of violence, but the oppo-site view is theoretically viable. An interdisciplinary review of evidence about aggression, crime, and violence contradicted the view that low self-esteem is an important cause. Instead, violence
and Self-Esteem
"... Background: Negative consequences for sexual health may be caused by risky sexual behavior re-lated to attitudes, norms and self-efficacy regarding sexuality. Research has not resulted in a con-sensus on the associations between self-esteem and adolescents ’ sexual behavior. Aims and Objec-tives: Th ..."
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Background: Negative consequences for sexual health may be caused by risky sexual behavior re-lated to attitudes, norms and self-efficacy regarding sexuality. Research has not resulted in a con-sensus on the associations between self-esteem and adolescents ’ sexual behavior. Aims and Objec
SELF-ESTEEM OF RAPED WOMEN
"... This qualitative study shows the results of workshops held with health workers and public health users (raped women), aimed at raising these women’s self-esteem and creating awareness among health workers who attend them. Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques were used to bring back life experienc ..."
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experiences, which contributed to a re-reading and to minimize causal factors of low self-esteem. Themes like repugnance, fear and the fruit of rape; image and place; death; revenge; support and solidarity; domestic violence and bad care delivery to victims were addressed during the meetings. The stories were
THE FOUNDATION OF SELF-ESTEEM
"... Self-esteem is a simplistic term for varied and complex mental states pertaining to how one views oneself. It takes but little research in the voluminous literature to see the vagueness and inconsistencies in its various definitions. Even more problematic is the uncertainty concerning its foundation ..."
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foundational components. The importance of having a solid definition and specific ideas about the foundational components of self-esteem is that both pave the way to recognizing its causes; to predicting effects from those causes; and to organizing the trouble-shooting process for locating those philosophical
Self-esteem in Children with Psychosomatic Symptoms: Examination of Low Self-esteem and Prognosis
"... ogers [1] defi ned self-esteem as the evaluative feelings one holds for oneself and the sense that one has essential worth, and asserted that it is evalu-ated as the diff erence between the actual self and the ideal self. The actual self is based on objective infor-mation that the self perceives ab ..."
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about itself, that is, the self-concept. The ideal self is an image of the type of person that the individual wishes to be. Self-esteem is high when the actual self and ideal self are in agree-ment and low when they are discrepant. Theories about the mechanism of psychosomatic symptoms, particularly
ORIGINAL PAPER The Connections Between Self-Esteem and Psychopathology
, 2010
"... Abstract Diagnostic criteria and empirical research sug-gests an intimate connection between low self-esteem and psychopathology. The purpose of the present work is to provide a review of the literature that focuses on the inter-connections between self-esteem and psychopathology. The most prominent ..."
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prominent explanations for this link are explored including the vulnerability model (low self-esteem increases the probability of psychopathology) and the scar model (low self-esteem is a consequence of psychopathology rather than a cause). Recent advancements in the self-esteem literature concerning
Genetic influences on level and stability of self-esteem
- Self and Identity
, 2006
"... We attempted to clarify the relation between self-esteem level (high vs. low) and perceived self-esteem stability (within-person variability) by using a behavioral genetics approach. We tested whether the same or independent genetic and environmental influences impact on level and stability. Adolesc ..."
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We attempted to clarify the relation between self-esteem level (high vs. low) and perceived self-esteem stability (within-person variability) by using a behavioral genetics approach. We tested whether the same or independent genetic and environmental influences impact on level and stability
When ego threats lead to selfregulation failure: Negative consequences of high self-esteem
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
, 1993
"... The tendency for people with high self-esteem to make inflated assessments and predictions about themselves carries the risk of making commitments that exceed capabilities, thus leading to failure. Ss chose their performance contingencies in a framework where larger rewards were linked to a greater ..."
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risk of failure. In the absence of ego threat, Ss with high self-esteem showed superior self-regulation: They set appropriate goals and performed effectively. Ego threat, however, caused Ss with high self-esteem to set inappropriate, risky goals that were beyond their performance capabilities so
LET’S STRIKE OUT: SELF-ESTEEM RHETORIC IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
"... This article discusses the dangers of mix/overusing self-esteem rhetoric in the education of children with handicapping conditions. The author criticizes current self-esteem approaches as hoaxes which exacerbate rampant learning failures in special and regular education pro-grams. The true roles and ..."
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is simple: enhanced self-concept will result in improved learning, and low self-esteem will cause learning failures (Beane, 1991; Black, 1991; Kohn, 1994). Low and high self-esteem have been recognized as either the culprit or the panacea for all types of
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