Self Esteem Evaluation

After each of the 35 attitudes, put a check (x) in the column that represents your estimate of how you think most of the time.

						Strongly	Slightly		Slightly	Strongly
						Aqree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Disagree
1.	Criticism will obviously upset the person who
	receives the criticism.
2.	It s best to give up my own interests
	in order to please other people.
3.	I need other people's approval
	in order to be happy.
4.	If someone important to me expects								"
	me to do something,				then I really
	should do it.
5.	My value as a person depends greatly
	on what others think of me.
6.	I cannot find happiness without						.'
	being loved by another person.
7.	If others dislike you, you are
	bound to be less happy.
8.	If people whom I care about reject
	me, it means there is something
	wrong with me.
9.	If a person I love does not love
	me,	it means I am unlovable.
10.	Being isolated from others is bound
	to lead to unhappiness.
11.	If I am to be a worthwhile person,
	I must be truly outstanding in at
	least one major respect.
12.	I must be a useful, productive,
	creative person or life has no
	purpose. .-
13.	People who have good ideas are more
	worthy than those who do not.
14.	If I do not do as well as other
	people,		it means I am inferior.
15.	If I fail at my work, then I am
	a failure as a person.
16.	If you cannot do something well, there
	is little point in doing it at all.
17.	It is shameful for a person to display
	his weaknesses.
18.	A person should try to be the best
	at everythinq he undertakes.
19.	I should be upset if I make a mistake.
20.	If I don't set the highest standards
	for myself, I am			likely to end up a
	second-rate person.

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					."		Strongly	Slightly		Slightly	Strong1y
							Aqree	Agree	Neutral	Disaqree	Disagree
21.	If I strongly believe I deserve something,
	I have reason to expect that I should get it.
22.	It is necessary to become frustrated if you
	find obstacles to getting what you want.
23.	If I put other people's needs					before my
	own, they should			help me when I need
	something from them.								"
24.	If I am a good husband/wife, then					My
	spouse is bound to love me.
25.	If I do nice things for someone,
	I can anticipate that they will
	respect me and treat me just as
	well as I treat them.
26.	I should assume responsibility for how									,
	people feel and behave if they are close
	to me.
27.	If I criticize the way someone does
	something and they become angry or
	depressed, this means I have upset them.							"
28.	To be a good, worthwhile, moral
	person,		I must try to help every-
	one who needs it.
29.	If a child is having emotional or
	behavioral difficulties, this shows
	that the child's parents have failed
	in some important respect.
30.	I should be able to please everybody.
31.	I cannot expect to control how I
	feel when somethinq bad happens.
32.	There is no point in trying to change
	upsetting emotions because they are
	a valid and inevitable part of
	dai1y livinq.
33.	My moods are primarily created by
	factors that are largely beyond my
	control, such as the past, or body
	chemistry, or harmone cycles, or
	biorhythms, or chance, or fate.
34.	My happiness is largely dependant
	on what happens to me.
35.	People who have the marks of success
	(good	looks, social status, wealth or
	fame) are bound to				Be happier than those
	who do not.

SCORING EXAM

VALUE SYSTEM-			ATTITUDES	INDIVIDUAL SCORES	TOTAL SCORE
		u
..			...
I.	Approval		1 through 5
II.	Love		6 through 10
III.	Achievement		11 through 15
IV.	Perfectionism		16 through 20
V.	Entitlement		21 through 25
		,
VI.	Omnipotence		26 through 30
VII.	Autonomy		31 through 35
					,

SCORING KEY

Strongly	Slightly		Slightly	Strongly
Aqree	Aqree	Neutral	Disaqree	Disaqree
			-
-2	-1	0	+1	+2

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