The Greatest Love of All (1985)

Everybody’s searching for a heroPeople need someone to look up toI never found anyone to fulfill my needsSo I learned to depend on me

I found the greatest love of allInside of meThe greatest love of allIs easy to achieveLearning to love yourself It is the greatest love of all

Self-Esteem (1994)

Now I know I’m being usedThat’s okay, man, ‘cause I like the abuseI know she’s playing with meThat’s okay ‘cause I’ve got no self-esteem

She’s saying that she wants only meThen I wonder why she sleeps with my friendsLate at night she knocks on my door Drunk again and looking to scoreNow I know I should say no But I’m just a sucker with no self-esteem

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

} Most popular measure of self-esteem} Items:

I take a positive attitude toward myself. On the whole, I am satisfied with myself.

} Self-esteem programs in schools} Promotion of “believe in yourself,” “you must love

yourself before you can love another”} 199 samples between 1967 and 1994} Total of 65,965 individuals

Male college students’ self-esteem

Female college students’ self-esteem

College students’ self-esteem

Narcissism

} Self-centered, self-important. Inflated sense of self. High self-esteem, but only in individualistic areas, not relationships

} Negative trait associated with lack of empathy, sense of entitlement, and poor relationship skills

} Jerk!