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The Impact of Self-Esteem on Adolescent Development
During adolescence a person experiences numerous life events and encounters with his or her surrounding world which have both positive and negative impacts on the way he or she perceives and values himself or herself. This particular way a person perceives him or her self and the amount of value that they place on themselves is their self-esteem. Adolescents who have high levels of self-esteem have been known to experience numerous beneficial effects in their development and social adjustment. Inversely, adolescents with low levels of self-esteem have been known to experience detrimental effects as well because a low self-esteem negatively impacts their view of themselves which ultimately impacts their rational thinking and behaviors. Self esteem is most impacted during a persons adolescence because this is a time of great transitions, from childhood to adulthood and is also the developmental stage where most change occurs. There are several factors that combine to have major influences on ones self-esteem that are both positive and negative. Several factors that aid in increasing ones self esteem include but are not limited to include having a strong presence of religion in ones life, having a happy family life and a positive relationship with ones parental figures, good peer social acceptance, and having a close social network of friends. However, other factors such as having a high incidence of significant non-normative life events, belonging to a low social-economic group, and having an unstable home life and a poor parental relationship have been known to contribute negatively to the self esteem of adolescents (Talbott et al. ...
Adolescents who have high self-esteem reap several benefits which include being better socially-adjusted, having increased motivation, experiencing less problem behaviors, having good coping skills, and engaging less in risky, harmful behaviors compared to that of their lower self esteem counterparts. ... (1998), agree that having a low self-esteem has numerous detrimental effects in ones personal development. According to Quatman and Watson(2001), "low self esteem individuals are at an increase risk for emotional or behavioral disorders such as anxiety, suicide, eating disorders, conduct disorders, depression, and other mood disturbances"(p. ... Not only does having a low self-esteem increase the risk for engaging in harmful behaviors, having a poor self concept causes one to think poorly of him or her self.
Approximate Word count = 1884
Approximate Pages = 7.5
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