1. Building It Up and New Findings
Self-Esteem
Building It Up and New Findings

2. What is Self-Esteem? Definitions and Types of Self-Esteem.
Self-Esteem – What you think and feel about yourself.
Earned Self-Esteem – obtained by individuals through their accomplishments. Ex: Score well on a test.
Global Self-Esteem – Sense of Pride in oneself

3. Difference between Self-Concept and Self- Esteem
Self–concept is the description of a person. Description of his or her attributes or roles.
Example: I am short. I have dark hair. I am a student.
Self–Esteem is how the person feels or thinks about those descriptions.
Example: I think being taller would be better. I think my hair should be light because all the female stars have light hair. I am a good student.

4. Levels of Self-Esteem
High - usually more comfortable with appearance and abilities. Have more confidence. Less likely to get into trouble.
Low – less likely to be comfortable with appearance and life. Have less confidence. More likely to get into trouble.
Pseudo – give the appearance of having high self-esteem while inside doubts rage.
Pseudo example: Of the student or person who is an over achiever and does good in school to prove to father that they are not worthless, but still has an overall low self-esteem on feelings about their family and life.

5. With parents at home during childhood
When to Begin
With parents at home during childhood
Continues through adolescence and adulthood.
Can change through these period.
Research is still being done to explain how and why the changes take place. Every child is different and even from age group to age group it is different and possibly even gender.

6. What can parents do?
Parents can begin building self-esteem in their children by instilling a sense of:
Security
Belonging
Identity
Purpose
Personal Competence

7. Security and Belonging
Child knows they are safe.
Knows the rules and rules are enforced consistently.
Spend quality time with the child.
These help to build trust and responsibility.
Belonging
Child feels that he or she is part of the family.
Is encouraged to help others inside and out side the home. Example:volunteering in the community.

8. Identity and Purpose Identity Make them feel like an important person.
Provide love and acceptance.
Make aware of strengths and weaknesses.
Purpose
Have expectations for your child
Set realistic goals
Help them develop and expand their interest and talents.
Have faith and confidence in them

9. Personal Competence
When setting goals come up with a plan of action on how to reach the goal.
Always encourage and support
Always give feedback about progress

10. Other characteristics that help build good self-esteem
Imagination
Sense of Humor
Helping those nearest you
Rewarding yourself
Aim for goals
Hanging in there
Accept your limits
Expect to be healthy
Faith in the Future
Know that you can’t change all things
Be a good friend to yourself.
Overcome the negative thoughts and opinions.
All of these deal with characteristics that parents can help build during childhood that enables that child to have confidence in themselves and their skills. With this, teaching would be easier because we would have students that are capable of solving problems on their own.

11. Caution: Harmful to Self-Esteem
Having no love, encouragement, support
Having no connection to the family or a group
Inconsistence
Fear
Always putting down, embarrassing, criticizing
Having no purpose
These affect Self-Esteem, but may not affect academic or life success. Refer back to the pseudo level.
Fear: This is a big one. With fear it’s hard to get past the negative and easier to hide behind the mask or fake self-esteem.

12. Education New Findings
Self-Esteem
Education
New Findings

13. Self-Esteem and Schools
Began with the 1954 case of Brown vs. Board of Education.
Is changing how it is being used in the schools
Literature read before 1996: Most stated that a higher self esteem would bring higher academic success.
Literature read after 1998: Most stated that self esteem had no correlation to academic success.
Did anyone go to a school were they did positive announcements over the PA. were you repeated that you were special and worthy?
Talked about how teachers and schools were building up fake levels of self-esteem. Refer to baseball story. Also it’s reported daily how America is behind the Asians in academic, yet surveys show that our teens have high levels of confidence.
There is now a movement back to basic teaching, reinstalling high standards, and expectations.

14. “After all it’s by success, that you build self-esteem.”
Sister Helen Struder, Principal of Holy Angels School in Chicago

15. New Findings True or False Boys have higher self-esteem than girls
Most violent teens have low self-esteems.
Blacks have low self-esteem.
Jury is still out on this one. There is some truth and some untruth. More research is needed. Girls develop before some guys leaving them feeling less about their bodies than what guys do since image is such a big thing for girls. But then it also goes back to the self-esteem questionnaires and surveys. Girls are more likely to reveal more of their feelings(which is what self-esteem is based on) and guys are more likely to restrict their feelings. That thing of suck it up and move on son… Machoism. They may mask insecurities.
Not true in all cases….Most of the teens in have done the school shootings lately have reported to have high self-esteem that is unrealistic (belief that they have good qualities and can succeed, but no one had better tell them otherwise). Gangs members, bullies, rapists, racists, psychopaths…They don’t like people challenging their image or who they know they are.
Not, really Refer back to the case of Brown vs. Board of Education.

16. Ending Thoughts
There are many aspects that make up and can harm self-esteem along a person’s life path.
More research is being done and more is needed to be done to learn how self-esteem changes from age to age, gender to gender, and culture to culture.
The pendulum is swing with regards to self-esteem curriculum in the schools.

17. References
Branden, N. (1995). Six Pillars of Self-Esteem. New York: Bantam
Klare, J. (1989). Looking Good Self-Esteem. Florida: Rourke Publications, Inc.
Palladino, C. (1989). Developing Self-Esteem A Positive Guide for Personal Success. California: Crisp Publications, Inc.
Reasoner, R. (1982). Building Self-Esteem: Parent’s Guide. California: Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.
Shokrail, N. (1998, January). The Self-Esteem Fraud: Feel-good education does not lead to academic success. USA Today,
Stevenson, H. (1996, January). Self-Esteem: The Myth of Feeling Good About Oneself. USA Today,