Self esteem: the costs and causes of low self worth

By N. Emler. 2001

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• Affect, Meaning and Quality of Life (2006, background): “Self-worth is not important to the meaning of life simply because it makes people feel good, and research does not show that it is important because it is a powerful predictor of better performance outcomes at work, at school or in normative behavior (Emler 2001; Baumeister et al. 2003).”
• Young People, Hope, and Childhood-Hope (2008, background): “Many researchers argue that a person’s self-esteem corresponds to their ability to achieve what they or society set as goals, now and in the future (Emler, 2001, p. 4).”
• Self-regulated learning: a literature review. [Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 33] (2009, background): “It is also an important question how far ‘self-esteem is primarily an affective concept, and as such a matter of feeling and emotion, and how far a cognitive concept, and as such a matter of thought and judgement’ (Emler, 2001).”
• LEARNING OR THERAPY? THE DEMORALISATION OF EDUCATION (2004, background): “Yet, Emler also concluded that there was no conceptual clarity, no reliable instrument to measure self-esteem and no conclusive 116 © Blackwell Publishing Ltd. and SES 2004 evidence about links between low self-esteem, deprivation and other problems (Emler, 2001).”
• A Challenge of Living? Understanding the Psycho-social Processes of the Child During Primary-secondary Transition Through Resilience and Self-esteem Theories (2008, background): “Indeed, the proliferation of self-related constructs and the associated lack of clarity are problems that have been commented on by various writers (see, amongst others, Lawrence 2006; Tafarodi and Milne 2002; Emler 2001; Blaskovich and Tomaka 1991).”
• Resisting images of the ‘diminished self’: the implications of emotional well‐being and emotional engagement in education policy (2007, background): “This is epitomised, as Nick Emler points out, by the influential views of confessional television host Oprah Winfrey who says that ‘lack of self-esteem is the root of all the problems in all the world’ (Emler, 2001).”
• The Relation Between Self-Beliefs and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analytic Review (2004, background): “Juxtaposed against this viewpoint, others have argued that self-beliefs are either irrelevant to academic achievement (Emler, 2001; Seligman, 1993) or, worse, part of the problem of academic underachievement (Stevenson, 1992; Stout, 2000).”
• Changing self-esteem in children and adolescents: a roadmap for future interventions (2006, background): “Since programs also vary considerably in length, intensity and form and generally consist of multiple components, it is hard to identify the determinants of program effectiveness (Emler, 2001).”