00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862003079 Buklod 20150504121609.0 g||| | || || ta 160620s1999 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00017029389 BAG rda eng Circulation-Monograph Leary, Mark R. author. Making sense of self-esteem Mark R. Leary. Sage Publications ©1999. 5 leaves 28 cm Includes bibliographical references. Sociometer theory proposes that the self-esteem system evolved as a monitor of social acceptance, and that the so-called self-esteem motive functions not to maintain self-esteem per se but rather to avoid social devaluation and rejection. Cues indicating that the individual is not adequately valued and accepted by other people lower self-esteem and motivate behaviors that enhance relational evaluation. Empirical evidence regarding the self-esteem motive, the antecedents of self-esteem, the relation between low self-esteem and psychological problems, and the consequences of enhancing self-esteem is consistent with the theory. Self-esteem. Current Directions in Psychological Science Vol. 8, No.1 (1999) : pages 32-35. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN Circulation-Monograph Analytics