Self_Esteem_Assessment

Self-Esteem Assessment It is often very difficult for me to accurately describe myself in terms of self-esteem and social comparisons. I can describe, thanks in part to the assessments in our weekly reading, my self-esteem and my self-worth. I feel that it will still be difficult to make a social comparison of myself, but I will try! My self-esteem has always been relatively high. I was raised in a Christian home where family always came first. My family has always been supportive of me and my siblings in all our endeavors. We didn’t have much – compared to others – growing up, but we had better family ties than most. It may be because of my deep family ties that I have never really been down on myself: I have been taught to pick myself up, dust myself off, and keep working towards my goal. I know it may be tough, but if I want it bad enough, I can get it. My score of thirty seven on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale reinforces what I had already thought. I also scored slightly above three on the social comparison scale, indicating that I think slightly better of myself than the average. I feel that this also reinforces my self-esteem and helps me to push myself to constantly strive to better myself and my family. My strengths are right around the average, according to the self-assessment in our reading. I do not think I am physically attractive, well, I scored myself in the middle, and I do not concern myself with how physically attractive I am. I also care very little about the amount of musical talent I have. The bottom line is this: I have a very high self-esteem. No one is going to knock me down from that. I know very well what I am capable of, and what I am not. That is not to say that I am arrogant, because I am far from that. I am driven to do better, be smarter, and go farther. This probably comes from two things: my family roots, and the military. My family taught me that nothing is too good for me, and nothing is out of reach, if we really want it. The military taught me that we may not always see the goal we are after: when you get there, you can see farther. References: Bolt, M. (2004). Pursuing human strengths: A positive psychology guide. New York : Worth Publishers.