As a kind of important psychological resources, self-esteem is thought to be a protective factor for our physical health.
Our two country research clearly shows that service failure types are differentially associated with different forms of cognitive appraisals (i.e., perceived threats to resources, self-esteem, justice, control, and physical well-being), irrespective of the customer's home country.
It is time to stop giving away your valuable time, emotional resources, self-esteem and sacred self.
Further studies would be necessary to expand our knowledge about the impact of health conditions and social inequalities on elderly individuals' functional capacity especially with respect to social and financial resources, self-esteem, and life fulfillment.
The extensive dental work, including a root canal and crowns, suggested that she'd had resources, sophistication, self-esteem.
As one kind of positive psychosocial resources, high self-esteem has been found to buffer the effects of stress on physical health.
Examples of personal resources are self-esteem, self-efficacy, optimism, and a pro-active attitude [ 17, 23].
The main outcome measures are psychological coping resources (mastery, self-esteem and self-efficacy) and wellbeing (positive affect, life satisfaction, valuation of life and depressive symptoms).
However, psychosocial resources including self-esteem and mastery have been reported to protect women against stress from life events and chronic strains.
Certain studies have assessed the effectiveness of programs designed to increase awareness about drugs and strengthen preadolescents' resources and self-esteem, to counteract the many messages they have received since early childhood to experiment with and consume tobacco and alcohol.
(See "Salary And Self Esteem").
