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Most people face self esteem problems at different levels. At some point in life people face this problem without realizing it. In the essay The Trouble with Self-Esteem written by Lauren Slater starts of by demonstrating a test. Self esteem test that determines whether you have a high self-esteem or low self-esteem. The question to be answered however is; what is the value and meaning of self-esteem? The trouble with self-esteem is that not everyone approaches it properly, taking a test or doing research based of a certain group of people is not the way to do so.

Self esteem is how an individual evaluates their worth as a person. It is not a person’s talents or abilities or how they are seen by others It is seen as the feeling of not being good enough. However, that does not mean people with high self esteem view themselves as

The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSS) was used to measure the clients level of self-esteem. The RSS is a 10 item scale that measures self-worth by evaluating both positive and negative feelings about the self. The scale

Self- esteem is used to describe a person's overall sense of self- worth or personal value.

Low self-esteem has been an issues with many people since before the 1970’s. This issue has gradually picked up since the 70’s and has progressed 37% in the last 200

According to psychologist, Melissa Marks, self-esteem is the term used to describe a person’s overall sense of self-worth and personal value. A plethora of influencing factors contribute towards the development of ones self-esteem. To determine the author’s current level of self-esteem, two test were taken to analyse body image status. From the Rosenberg Self Esteem Test, it is interpreted that the author has a low self-esteem, as a score of 15 was attained. According to the test, scoring a 15 or lower was a sign of low

People with low self-esteem were often given messages—from parents, teachers, peers, or others—that failed experiences (losing a game, getting a poor grade, etc.) were failures of their whole self. Self esteem is also based on the contingency of self-worth; this refers to specific domain in people’s lives that they consider important for their self –esteem.

The questionnaire contains five positive Items about having self-value For instance “ I feel that I have a number of good qualities.” The remaining Five items express valueless stamens for example “I certainly feel useless at times. “The items on the self-esteem scale are scored on a 4 point Likert scale, the score of 1 being strongly disagree to the score of 4 being strongly agree. Scores are then calculated; higher scores reflect a higher self-esteem and lower scores reflect a lower self-esteem. In Sinclair et al. (2010) study he reported high internal consistency for the RSES in an American community sample (α = .91), and good convergent and divergent validity. Also in his study, he reported high consistency with Cronbach’s alpha of .89 which demonstrated reliability.

Test of Self-Conscious Affect (Tangney, Wagner, & Gramzow, 1989): This scale measured proneness to guilt and proneness to shame on a five-point scale.

There is a large percentage of people in this country that are struggling with issues related to self-esteem today. Self-esteem issues can be internal from one’s own beliefs or external from the ones that simply know the individuals that thinks so highly of

The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSS) was used to measure the clients level of self-esteem. The RSS is a 10 item scale that measures self-worth by evaluating both positive and negative feelings about the self. The scale is believed to be one

It was decided that the goal would best be reached through a questionnaire given to people to fill out that would evaluate their self esteem. After going through many the Baarksdale self esteem evaluation no.69 , it was decided on as being the most thorough and the one most pertaining to he research. Some questions at the end were added asking for age, sex, and whether or not they play competitive sports. These questions were added so we could separate them onto the respective categories: athlete/non athlete. Our control group would be the group that does not play on a sports team. The athletes would be compared to them. The questionaries were handed out randomly.

The method is a 9-point Likert scale used for a participant to rate a scenario based on how they feel about the situation at the current moment (Cash, Fleming, Alindogan, Steadman, & Whitehead, 2002). For example, the participant may be asked to respond to scenarios such as, “It is a day on the beach. You are there with some people you know and some people you don’t know, both men and women. Like everyone else, you are wearing a bathing suit. People are talking and laughing and just doing whatever they want.” (Cash, Fleming, Alindogan, Steadman, & Whitehead, 2002). After reading the scenario, the participant is asked to rate how this situation affected their perception and emotions according to each of the six categories the method measures. For the purposes of this study, 1 will be extremely positive in terms of body image perception, and 9 will be extremely negative.

In this chapter the main findings of the study are discussed in the light of the current literature in the field of self-esteem and coping research. Recommendations for future research are presented in the view of strengths and limitations of this study.

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the level of self-esteem and academic performance of PSY105 student at the HELP University Campus in 2014. Convenience sampling was used to collect the 30 samples from the population, without specific gender and ethnicity. Based on the literature it is stated that having a high self-esteem produces higher academic performance. The researcher used an existing Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale to obtain a raw data of each participant. The statistical test used is the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study was based on a non-experimental correlational design. The results shows a significant negative correlation between the level of self-esteem and academic performance, this concludes the level of self-esteem do influence academic performance.