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self-esteem

Sense of personal worth and ability that is fundamental to an individual's identity. Family relationships during childhood are believed to play a crucial role in its development. Parents may foster self-esteem by expressing affection and support for the child as well as by helping the child set realistic goals for achievement instead of imposing unreachably high standards. Karen Horney asserted that low self-esteem leads to the development of a personality that excessively craves approval and affection and exhibits an extreme desire for personal achievement. According to Alfred Adler's theory of personality, low self-esteem leads people to strive to overcome their perceived inferiorities and to develop strengths or talents in compensation.

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No references found			I have offended the predominant sense in your nature--your sense of self-esteem. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context They have their own nature; they can of themselves minister to our self-esteem by the demand their qualities make upon our skill and their shortcomings upon our hardiness and endurance. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context And what he saw in this mirror did not gratify his self-esteem. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			self-contained portable electric lamp self-contained range finder self-coved self-defence self-defense Self-Defense Force self-defocusing self-destroying self-destroying fuse self-destruct charge self-destructing e-mail self-destruction self-destruction equipment self-determination self-diagnostic routine self-differentiation Self-Diffusion self-documenting code self-dual switching function self-dumping cage self-dumping car Self-Education self-employed self-energizing brake self-energy self-esteem Self-Evaluation Self-Excitation of Generators Self-Excitation of Oscillations self-excited self-excited oscillator self-excited vibration Self-Extensible Language self-extinguishing self-extracting archive self-extracting exe self-extracting file self-faced stone Self-Fertilization self-fields Self-Financing self-finished roofing felt self-fluxing alloy self-focusing self-focusing fiber Self-Focusing of Light self-fulfilling prophecy self-furring self-furring nail Self-Government self-hardening steel			Self-Employment Income Self-Employment Incomes Self-Employment Individual Retirement Account Self-Employment Individual Retirement Accounts Self-Employment IRA Self-Employment IRAs Self-Employment Loan Fund Self-employment tax Self-employment tax Self-employment tax Self-Empowerment Hypnosis Center Self-Emptying Blind Loop Self-Emulsifying Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery System Self-Emulsifying Oil Formulation self-enclosed Self-Encoded Stream Format Self-Encrypting Drive self-energizing brake Self-Energizing Electro-Hydraulic Brake Self-energy self-enforcing Self-Enforcing Infringement Notice Scheme Self-enjoyment self-enrichment self-established self-esteem self-esteem 1 self-esteem 2 Self-Esteem and Relationship Questionnaire self-esteem enhancement self-esteem enhancement self-esteem enhancement self-esteem enhancement self-esteem enhancement Self-Esteem Protection Theory self-esteeming Self-estimation self-evaluation self-evaluations self-evidence self-evidence self-evident self-evident Self-evident proposition Self-evident proposition self-evident truth self-evident truth self-evidently self-evidently Self-evolution Self-exaltation Self-exaltation Self-examinant self-examination self-examination self-examination

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