Adolescents’ Self-Esteem: The Influence Factors and Solutions

Abstract

In the psychology field, self-esteem is a concept used to explain the overall sense of the value of an individual. It can also describe how much people love themselves and feel worth and meaningful about their life. According to the previous research, self-esteem refers to individuals’ sense of worth or value for themselves. Self-esteem as one of adolescent psychology's traits has been focused on by researchers and educators all the time. Adolescents’s self-esteem have a substantial influence on a great number of aspects of adolescents' psychological functioning and mental health. In the review of different research about factors, this review compared the affected factors of adulthood which are related to school achievements, physical attractiveness, or social status, the factors which can impact the self-esteem level of adolescents are different. This article aims to discuss the definition of self-esteem and its causes, the benefits of self-esteem for adolescents, and solutions for adolescent self-esteem.