Browsing by Author "Nasib, Nea"

Goal Enhancing self-esteem can be considered as one of the many duties of schools. A healthy self-esteem supports children’s development and learning. In addition, various studies have shown that a healthy self-esteem correlates with well-being. In order to support the development of pupil’s self-esteem, it is crucial to understand the construct of self-esteem. Studying explicit and especially implicit self-esteem as separate constructs is still relatively new and some studies show that implicit self-esteem is related to social-emotional difficulties. The aim of this study is to examine the concept of implicit self-esteem and the significance of implicit self-esteem in socio-emotional difficulties in youth. Methods The type of this research is a literature review. The data consisted of articles discussing self-esteem and implicit self-esteem, published in the 21st century and research articles published between the years 2006 and 2015 in all of which the subject of study was implicit self-esteem and social-emotional difficulties. Results and conclusion Based on this literature review it seems that it is not reasonable to study implicit self-esteem completely separate from explicit self-esteem. The discrepancy between implicit and explicit self-esteem and the direction of the discrepancy turned out to be important factors when examining the impact of implicit self-esteem on socio-emotional difficulties.