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  2. Self-esteem - Wikipedia

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    Self-esteem has been associated with several mental health conditions, including depression, [114] anxiety, [114] and eating disorders. [115] For example, low self-esteem may increase the likelihood that people who experience dysfunctional thoughts will develop symptoms of depression. [116]

  3. Self-worth theory of motivation - Wikipedia

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    [1] [6] Such performance-avoidance goals have a negative impact on an individual's attainment of performance. [7] Thus, the strategy of self-handicapping has several negative consequences, including “low performance attainment, academic dissatisfaction, and subjective well-being,” as well as the positive consequence of protecting self ...

  4. Motivation - Wikipedia

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    Examples are the desire for food, water, and shelter. Higher needs belong to the psychological level and are associated with the potential to grow as a person. Examples are self-esteem in the form of a positive self-image and personal development by actualizing one's unique talents and abilities. [125]

  5. Implicit theories of intelligence - Wikipedia

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    An individual's motivation towards achievement is shaped by their implicit theory of intelligence (and their related implicit theories about domain-specific aptitudes) and its associated goals. J.G. Nicholls proposed two different types of goals related to achievement. Task involvement goals involve individuals aiming to improve their own ...

  6. Self-enhancement - Wikipedia

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    For example, people with higher self-esteem appear to favour self-advancement, whereas people with lower self-esteem tend to self-protect. [10] This highlights the role of risk: to not defend oneself against negativity in favour of self-promotion offers the potential for losses, whereas whilst one may not gain outright from self-protection, one ...

  7. Self-concept - Wikipedia

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    "I am a fast runner"), while self-esteem is evaluative and opinionated (e.g. "I feel good about being a fast runner"). Self-concept is made up of one's self-schemas, and interacts with self-esteem, self-knowledge, and the social self to form the self as a whole. It includes the past, present, and future selves, where future selves (or possible ...

  8. How to Read Your Own Mercury Retrograde Horoscope - AOL

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    First House of Self: You can reinvent how you’re perceived by others and prioritize self-work related to your self-image, confidence, purpose, and self-esteem.

  9. Implicit self-esteem - Wikipedia

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    We can understand the impact of a damaged self-esteem as an entrapment between goals, which stem from implicit self-esteem, and reality, which mediates explicit self-esteem. Indeed, damaged self-esteem has been found to correlate with a maladaptive pattern of perfectionism, which is hinged upon rigidly high expectations that often contribute to ...