Self-Esteem
Dimension 317 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Self-Esteem measures a person's overall evaluation of their own worth, adequacy, and value. It encompasses feelings of self-acceptance, pride, competence, and self-respect as well as self-criticism, worthlessness, and failure.
evidence final name · Rosenberg Self-esteem
Minimal Self-Esteem
Expressions activating this band provide little direct evidence about self-evaluation or only a very faint, indirect trace of personal worth and adequacy. The expression is largely neutral or unrelated to feelings of self-worth.
Low Self-Esteem
Expressions activating this band describe a fragile or negative sense of self marked by disappointment in oneself, feeling useless, wishing to be someone else, or questioning one's value. Positive self-regard may appear, but it is unstable and mixed with self-doubt or self-rejection.
Moderate Self-Esteem
Expressions activating this band describe a mixed but clearly engaged evaluation of self, with recognizable confidence, competence, and positive self-regard alongside salient self-blame, perceived faults, or feelings of failure. The expression centers on active appraisal of personal strengths and weaknesses.
Severe Self-Esteem
Expressions activating this band describe strongly negative self-evaluation characterized by worthlessness, failure, shame, lack of pride, and harsh comparison with others. The expression presents self-regard as deeply damaged, with self-criticism dominating how the person sees themselves.
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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.
Moderate Rosenberg Self-esteem: Rosenberg self-esteem is clearly present at this level. This is the first band where rosenberg self-esteem becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band reflect rosenberg self-esteem at this level of intensity.
Intense 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.
Peak Rosenberg Self-esteem: Rosenberg self-esteem is experienced here as direct functional disruption, reflecting interference with daily life and measurable impairment. Unlike the band below, where rosenberg self-esteem was characterized by a general or mixed form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect direct functional disruption from rosenberg self-esteem.