Self Esteem And Self Concept

The way an individual perceives itself, is an most important component of personality, especially because the self-image is associated with the perception of other people, situations and world views. This concept in modern psychology is called self-concept and describes all the important information, attitudes and beliefs that people have about themselves. It can also be defined as a mental representation of personality, which is being developed through experience with the environment. The concept of self is dynamic and subject to change in accordance with new experiences, areas of operation and the opinions of other people, such as parents, teachers or peers.

Descriptive, evaluative component of self-concept is self-esteem. In other words,

Teenagers from families of middle and upper class generally have higher levels of self-esteem from poorer peers. Parents who have more material resources can provide quality education to young people in a better and more prestigious schools and help them to develop their special talents and interests such as sports or music. The success in that, to them important areas, increases their self-esteem. Resources can help students with special needs and those who have different problems at school. At the same time, those with more money can afford extra help in the form of instructions to prevent or minimize the experience of failure. Apart from interventions of this type, status symbols such as the latest mobile phones and gadgets or marked clothing also affect the self-esteem of adolescents, so they, whose parents can not afford some luxuries that their friends may have, may feel excluded or

While older programs aimed to help them to feel good as they are, today, interventions are directed to specific areas such as schools, social competencies and others. In addition to working individually with students on a realistic assessment of their capabilities and identify the major causes of low self-esteem, as well as the areas that are of utmost importance to them. If adolescents are highly valued academic achievement, it is possible to form different strategies for achieving academic goals, taking into account their characteristics, strengths and