Self Esteem: The Positive And Negative Effects Of Self-Esteem

Jessica Beard
PSY 203-B01
23 February 2018
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Self-Esteem What is self-esteem? Many would define it as how one sees themselves. Although they are correct it’s a little more than that. During early childhood, self-esteem beings to form. It is important for parents to give encouragement and praise but not mock or shame the child. These factors can lead to inflated, healthy, or low self-esteem. When parents encourage their child to solve problems by themselves instead of jumping in immediately, they help their child cope with challenges in the future such as peer pressure and emotions (livestrong). Effects of self-esteem can have a positive and negative effect on the individual, improving self-esteem from my experience can be challenging when peers are not the kindest people in the world. There are three different types of self-esteem: inflated, high, and low. Inflated self-esteem is when one person thinks that they are better than other people. People with this type of self-esteem might have problems establishing an affectionate and healthy relationships (yourmind). Those with high or healthy self-esteem accept and value themselves, they don’t allow negative comments to bring them down. For example, if one were to achieve something that they worked hard for, they would have a high self-esteem. From personal experience, I had low self-esteem when I was a child up until my sophomore year of high school. Low self-esteem is defined as people not valuing themselves, feel