Essay On Self Esteem

Self-esteem is an important social psychological concept that has been studied by many researchers. They use the term self-esteem or other related terms (e.g. self-concept, self-evaluation, self-confidence, self-respect) in their studies (Rosenberg., Schooler., Schoenbach, & Rosenberg, 1995). Many of the literature which study self-esteem is concerned about global self-esteem, that is, the individual’s positive or negative attitude toward the self as a totality. Owens (1993) has showed with empirical research that the Rosenberge Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) contained two components self-confidence and self-deprecation. He also indicated that both components fit well into a second-order construct of global self-esteem with self-confidence having an appreciably higher association than self-deprecation with global self-esteem. Rosenberg (1965) developed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale to assess the construct he proposed and defined. He developed the RSES mainly to assess self-esteem in children and adolescents; however the scale subsequently has been used with almost every age group in many diverse cultures. Recently, RSES is among the most widely used measures in educational, behavioural and social science. The quality of being important and worthy of note of RSES may be estimated by reviewing the studies of Baranik (2008) and Schmitt and Allik (2005). Baranik (2008) examined the psychometric properties of the RSES using samples of college students from eight countries. The