Self-Criticism
Dimension 240 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Self-Criticism measures the extent to which an expression evaluates the self harshly, especially by judging personal flaws, mistakes, thoughts, or emotions as bad, unacceptable, or deficient. It encompasses dissatisfaction with oneself, punitive self-evaluation, and disapproval of one's inner experience.
evidence final name · Rosenberg Self-esteem
Minimal Self-Criticism
Expressions activating this band show little to no self-directed judgment, or contain content unrelated to self-evaluation. When self-appraisal appears, it is neutral, formal, or not meaningfully punitive.
Low Self-Criticism
Expressions activating this band show mild concern about the self alongside balancing statements such as acknowledging good qualities, denying guilt, or trying to regulate emotions. Self-evaluation is present but softened, mixed, or only tentatively negative.
Moderate Self-Criticism
Expressions activating this band show clear dissatisfaction with oneself, including impatience with disliked personal qualities, reduced self-respect, or worry about one's own mental state. Negative self-evaluation is present, but it is not yet strongly moralized or condemning.
High Self-Criticism
Expressions activating this band show active self-judgment focused on weaknesses, mistakes, and the acceptability of one's thoughts. The self is evaluated in explicitly good-versus-bad terms, with thoughts and personal shortcomings treated as grounds for criticism.
Severe Self-Criticism
Expressions activating this band show harsh, disapproving condemnation of one's flaws, inadequacies, emotions, or mental contents. Inner experience is treated as irrational, inappropriate, or ridiculous, and the self is judged by rigid standards of acceptability and sense.
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Minimal Rosenberg Self-esteem: Expressions show no meaningful rosenberg self-esteem content. The proxy is effectively absent. Expressions activating this band are unrelated to rosenberg self-esteem.
Emerging Rosenberg Self-esteem: Rosenberg self-esteem is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. This is the first band where rosenberg self-esteem becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band likely reflect rosenberg self-esteem at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Elevated Rosenberg Self-esteem: Rosenberg self-esteem is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where rosenberg self-esteem was characterized by the clinical form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect rosenberg self-esteem at this level of intensity.
Severe Rosenberg Self-esteem: Rosenberg self-esteem is present here in a general or mixed form without a single dominant facet. Unlike the band below, where rosenberg self-esteem was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band may reflect general or diffuse rosenberg self-esteem.