High self esteem indicated by positive perspective of self-assessment, while low self esteem indicated by negative perspective of self-assessment. It is believed that self esteem level is significantly impact our quality of life in many areas - with the assumption that the higher level of self-esteem we have, the better quality of life we get.
However, facts show us that it 'adjusts' perception rather than reality, and the majority belief (about self esteem) is mostly based around anecdotal evidence, not based on solid scientific studies
What Makes The Hype
Just like many kinds of pseudo science, the public interest is mainly driven by authorities. In 1986, California legislature gave enormous amount of money for the purpose of increasing self esteem level of California citizens. The authority believed that there are many California citizen that has low self esteem level, with assumption that low level of self esteem contributes to many social problem just like crime, welfare dependency, schoold failure etc.
