The following articles can also shed some light of the huge myth of what self-esteem is or supposed to be.
So many people out there seem to be on a quest for the holy grail of self-esteem, but when you do ask them what they are looking for, they don't even know? How do you find something of which you don't what it looks like? I can't do such a feat, and I doubt many people can.
Here's the articles I mentionned:
http://www.campbell.edu/faculty/asbury/sample_paper.pdf
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...0683414B7F0000
Tell me what you think.