2.3 Describe how gender, social comparisons, selfexpectations, and self-fulfilling prophecies affect one’s self-esteem.

Your assessment of your worth as a person in terms of skills, abilities, talents, and appearance constitutes your level of self-esteem. Self-esteem is affected by many factors, but primary among them are your gender, your comparisons of yourself to others, the expectations you hold for yourself, and your self-fulfilling prophecies.

Communication and the Enhancement of Self-Esteem