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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 200-203Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00364.x
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self-esteem; motivation; vulnerability; self-regulation; mental health
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We argue that the importance of self-esteem lies in what people believe they need to be or do to have worth as a person. These contingencies of self-worth are both sources of motivation and areas of psychological vulnerability. In domains of contingent self-worth, people pursue self-esteem by attempting to validate their abilities and qualities. This pursuit of self-esteem, we argue, has costs to learning, relationships, autonomy, self-regulation, and mental and physical health. We suggest alternatives to this costly pursuit of self-esteem.
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