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The brackets are a legacy of Brian Hall's work. Brian wanted self-worth to be the 125th value when sorted in alphabetical order. The only way Brian could accomplish this was to put brackets around the self. He then put brackets around every other self which appeared in front of a value.
What if the value label was: 'Worth' and the descriptor has deserving in place of worthy in it to read: "The knowledge that when those that you respect really know you, they will affirm you are deserving of their respect."
the word 'worth' has definitions of: value and deserving and for me, 'Self worth' lends itself to being considered as the worth i place on myself, which could be taken as contradictory to the proposed label
In reply to Rona Lynn: People with a high score on self-worth, with the current descriptor, do seek to get their sense of worth externally. Having the descriptor as it is, helps tease that fact out. People with a low score do have effective strategies for bolstering their self-esteem -- from internal and/or external sources.
In reply to Dougal: Valid point. Perhaps "Personal-Worth", or "Self-Esteem"?
In UK "Self Esteem" would work well - my experience of people with a high score for this value has been very similar to Pauls -they are most frequently individuals who principally use the views and actions of others to measure their own worthiness as opposed to intrinsinc strategies.
I agree - the brackets don't add anything for me
ReplyDeleteThe brackets are a legacy of Brian Hall's work. Brian wanted self-worth to be the 125th value when sorted in alphabetical order. The only way Brian could accomplish this was to put brackets around the self. He then put brackets around every other self which appeared in front of a value.
ReplyDeleteI have to disagree with this definition because it states that self-worth comes from outside of ourself.
ReplyDeleteMy understanding of self worth is "the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect."
Am I misunderstanding something here?
What if the value label was:
ReplyDelete'Worth'
and the descriptor has deserving in place of worthy in it to read:
"The knowledge that when those that you respect really know you, they will affirm you are deserving of their respect."
the word 'worth' has definitions of: value and deserving and for me, 'Self worth' lends itself to being considered as the worth i place on myself, which could be taken as contradictory to the proposed label
In reply to Rona Lynn: People with a high score on self-worth, with the current descriptor, do seek to get their sense of worth externally. Having the descriptor as it is, helps tease that fact out. People with a low score do have effective strategies for bolstering their self-esteem -- from internal and/or external sources.
ReplyDeleteIn reply to Dougal: Valid point. Perhaps "Personal-Worth", or "Self-Esteem"?
In UK "Self Esteem" would work well - my experience of people with a high score for this value has been very similar to Pauls -they are most frequently individuals who principally use the views and actions of others to measure their own worthiness as opposed to intrinsinc strategies.
ReplyDeleteTo know that I am respected and esteemed by those who are important in my life.
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