Stefan De Wals & Katerina Meszaros 
Handbook on Psychology of Self-Esteem 

Self-esteem is a term used in psychology to reflect a person’s overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs and emotions such as triumph, despair, pride and shame. Topics discussed in this handbook include negative intergroup discrimination and private collective self-esteem, learning about non-dogmatic thinking; associations of pride with bullying and helping in young people; the epidemiology of sex difference in self-esteem, individualism-collectivism; self-esteem and obesity; development of the ideal, ought and fantasy self-images; detecting acquiescence underlying Rosenberg’s self esteem scale using the Rasch partial credit model; the extended informational model of self-esteem and self-esteem and attachment in individuals from intact vs. divorced families.