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ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionixxixiiiChapter 1 The Crucial Issue of Defining <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> 1The Central Issue of Defining <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> 8Types of Definitions 10<strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> as Competence 12<strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> as Worthiness 16<strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> as Competence <strong>and</strong> Worthiness 19A Two-Factor Definition of <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong><strong>and</strong> the World of Everyday Life 23A Phenomenological, Meaning-Based Approachto a Two-Factor Definition 27Chapter 2 <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> <strong>Research</strong> Problems <strong>and</strong> Issues 31Major <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> Paradoxes 31Is the “<strong>Self</strong>” in <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> Primarily Psychologicalor Sociological? 32<strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> as a Trait versus a State 33Is the Function of <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> a Motivational Needor a Calling? 34Is <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> a Developmental Product or Process? 35Is <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> an Independent or a DependentVariable? 35Summation of the Paradoxes 36Problems with Assessing <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Esteem</strong> 37Measuring the Right Things 37Dealing with Dynamic Factors 38v

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