Exploding the self-esteem myth

被引：68

作者：

Baumeister, RF

Campbell, JD

Krueger, JI

Vohs, KD

机构：

[1] Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University

[2] Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

[3] Department of Psychology, Brown University

[4] Department of Marketing Science, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

来源：

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 2005年 / 292卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1038/scientificamerican0105-84

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Boosting people's sense of self worth in fostering academic progress or preventing undesirable behavior is discussed. The attention to self-esteem has become a communal concern for people who see a favorable opinion of oneself as the psychological source from which all manner of positive outcomes spring. People recognize the importance of self-esteem to their psychological health, and most of them try to enhance it whenever possible. The fact that low self-esteem lies at the root of individual and societal problems and dysfunctions has sustained an ambitious social agenda for decades.

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页码：84 / 91

页数：8