The concept of self-esteem has been explained in several ways; all of which mention the self-evaluation of worth, value or importance. Self-esteem determines who the individual is, what he is capable of and what he can become. High self-esteem is not only viewed as a component of mental health, but also a factor that affects health and social behavior. Self-esteem is an assumed response to various events in one’s life and interventions such as treatment. Changes in one’s lifestyle and life, as a whole is a step closer to one’s ideal image of one’s self are thought to increase one’s self-esteem [1].
It is about our confidence in us! Self-esteem, while constantly evolving, may be considered to be a more stable concept than self-confidence. Our life experiences shape our self-esteem. The more positive experiences and successes we have encountered, the higher is our self-esteem. Another very important factor that influences development of self-esteem is the feedback we receive from the significant persons in our life-parents, siblings, elders, family, teachers etc.
I believe that just saying thank you whenever it’s earned is a big step. It’s a small thing to do but can have a huge impact on the one who receives it. There are many benefits we can gain from gratitude. Emotional benefits include feeling good and being more relaxed, being more resilient, and feeling less envious of others. The Personal benefits are that we become less materialistic, more optimistic, and less self-centered and we have increased self-esteem.
Self-Esteem Self-esteem is the appraisal of a person’s self. It is how we value ourselves; it is how we perceive our value to the world and how valuable we think we are to others. Self-esteem affects our trust in others, our relationships, and our work. A person’s self-esteem is so important that both high and low levels can be emotionally and socially harmful for the individual. Positive self-esteem gives us the quality and adaptability to assume responsibility of our lives and develop from our mistakes without the fear of rejection.
When the self-image is positive, you accept and appreciate your body. When the self-image is negative, the person tends to focus on their shortcomings and faults. This will affect your thinking, your behaviour and how you interact with others. People will respond to you either positively or negatively according to how assured or confident you
It increases self-confidence and self-esteem The smile has a direct impact on confidence and self-esteem. It’s obvious, when you’re feeling good within yourself this is shown in your attitude or in the way you speak and think. 3. It makes you more attractive The smile is considered to be attractive. Your face will look brighter, more beautiful and more relaxed.
Well-being and health is a concept that has been an area of interest of researchers since quite a long time. Well - being refers to the ideas that individuals hold about themselves, feeling healthy, happy and well off. It generally includes global judgments of life satisfaction and feelings ranging from depression to joy. According to Davidson et al (2003) “Well-being is a state of successful performance throughout the life course integrating physical, cognitive and socio-emotional functions that results in productive activities deemed significant by one’s cultural community, fulfilling social relationships, and the ability to transcend moderate psychosocial and environmental problems. Well being also has a subjective dimension in the sense
Having a valued and worth filling positive life also strongly depends on positive emotions, (Fredrickson, 2001) due to the high correlation of life satisfaction and SWB (Michalos, et al., 2009). Therefore, increased frequency of pleasure, affection and contentment are good indicators for how happy an individual is (Diener & Lucas,
Happiness increase resilience to negative emotions and increase physical, emotional and intellectual wellbeing (Huppert, Baylis & Keverne, 2005, p. 227). Seligman 's (2002) authentic happiness theory explored notions of happiness in terms of positive emotions, engagement and meaning. According to Seligman these three aspects combine into "full life". Seligman 's three routes to happiness include both hedonic and eudemonic approach that increase wellbeing (Schueller & Seligman, 2010) and provide for greater life satisfaction (Huppert, Baylis & Keverne, 2005, p. 279). Considering that, it is possible to see a connection between Seligman 's authentic happiness theory and Carl Roger 's “self” theory of personality as both explain active attempts to satisfying one 's needs that are consistent with self-concept.
The model proposed that attitude and subjective norm has a significant influence on a person’s intention which in turn shapes his (her) actual behavior. Attitude is a person’s own evaluation of the behavior and subjective norm is defined as the social pressure to perform the desired behavior. Perceived behavioral control is an individual’s ability to perform the actual behavior. Because of the applicability of this theory to explain different types of social behavior, Zakat compliance behavior can and has been studied using TPB. Zainol and Kamil (2009) and Zainol (2013) found attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control to have positive influence intention and Intention has a positive influence on Zakat compliance behavior.