By the time an individual enters adulthood, there is a journey involving the decline and rise in self-esteem. Self-esteem is often referred to as an individuals’ sense of worth and level of satisfaction with themselves. It is shown through a person’s actions and how they present themselves. It is often associated with notions such as self-image, how one perceives themselves based on other’s, self-concept, one’s views of themselves including elements such as height, weight, age, roles, and personality characteristics, and self-perception, one’s views of their individual characteristics and capabilities. Many challenges are met throughout different aspects of self-esteem, especially in American culture. Compared to other countries, The United
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According to Morris Rosenberg, scholar who developed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, there are two branches of adolescent self-esteem to take into consideration: baseline self-esteem and barometric self-esteem. Baseline self-esteem refers to an adolescent’s frequent sense of worth, where as barometric self-esteem refers to the adolescent’s sense of self worth throughout the course of the day. Barometric self-esteem is more prominent than baseline self-esteem among adolescents due to the everyday changes and interactions among peers, family, school, etc. (Rosenberg, 1986). For example, if an adolescent could be wearing an outfit one day that their peer’s love and could feel on top of the world, where as the next they could be wearing an outfit their peer’s ridicule and make fun of, leaving them with a feeling of awkwardness and …show more content…
Adolescents with low self-esteem are at greater risk to impregnate a partner or get pregnant and perform poorly in school. Low self-esteem can often trigger more problems for adolescents such as depression, self-harm, drug and alcohol use, delinquency, eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, and suicide. Even though adolescents who are at risk with such behavior obtain low-self esteem, it is not confirmed that having low self-esteem can cause an adolescent to engage in problematic causes. For example, gang members allegedly have a higher self-esteem than the average adolescent (Research Facts and Findings: Adolescent Self-Esteem,
According to Morris Rosenberg, scholar who developed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, there are two branches of adolescent self-esteem to take into consideration: baseline self-esteem and barometric self-esteem. Baseline self-esteem refers to an adolescent’s frequent sense of worth, where as barometric self-esteem refers to the adolescent’s sense of self worth throughout the course of the day. Barometric self-esteem is more prominent than baseline self-esteem among adolescents due to the everyday changes and interactions among peers, family, school, etc. (Rosenberg, 1986). For example, if an adolescent could be wearing an outfit one day that their peer’s love and could feel on top of the world, where as the next they could be wearing an outfit their peer’s ridicule and make fun of, leaving them with a feeling of awkwardness and …show more content…
Adolescents with low self-esteem are at greater risk to impregnate a partner or get pregnant and perform poorly in school. Low self-esteem can often trigger more problems for adolescents such as depression, self-harm, drug and alcohol use, delinquency, eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, and suicide. Even though adolescents who are at risk with such behavior obtain low-self esteem, it is not confirmed that having low self-esteem can cause an adolescent to engage in problematic causes. For example, gang members allegedly have a higher self-esteem than the average adolescent (Research Facts and Findings: Adolescent Self-Esteem,