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Some social-cognitive theorists like Hazel Markus would say that self-esteem is dependent upon how successfully we measure up to our self-schemas or internal representations of the ideal self. Similarly, other social-cognitive theorists like Tory Higgins theorize that self-esteem depends on self-guides, or personal standards that individuals like to meet. Discrepancies [...]

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The trait theorists would postulate that low self-esteem is probably caused by the combination of two basic traits which are part of the Big Five model of the basic traits: that of neuroticism, which is described by the qualities of tenseness, nervousness, instability, disconnectedness, and high emotionality; and that of introversion, which [...]

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According to the Rogerian perspective, self-esteem is a personal judgment of worthiness. It would follow then that low self-esteem is a result of personal judgment of unworthiness. Rogerian theory suggests that people who have a consistent self-view across situations are psychologically healthier than people whose self-view is variable [...]