Explicit self-esteem refers to self-aware and self-reportable summative affective evaluations of oneself, which entail conscious, reflective, and deliberative mental processes.  

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1. implicit vs. explicit
2. stable vs. unstable 
3. collective vs. agentic
4. global vs. specific

Dimensions of Self-Esteem

Gregg, A. P. (2003). Optimally conceptualizing implicit self-esteem. Psychological Inquiry, 14(1), 35-38.

Optimally Conceptualizing Implicit Self-Esteem (Gregg, 2003)

Cvencek, D., Greenwald, A. G., McLaughlin, K. A., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2020). Early implicit–explicit discrepancies in self-esteem as correlates of childhood depressive symptoms. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 200, 104962.

Early implicit–explicit Discrepancies in Self-esteem as Correlates of Childhood Depressive Symptoms (Cvencek et al., 2020)

Explicit Self-Esteem

Explicit self-esteem refers to self-aware and self-reportable summative affective evaluations of oneself, which entails conscious, reflective, and deliberative mental processes.  

Implicit self-esteem refers to the automatic, nonverbal, unconscious, and introspectively unidentified affective judgments, evaluations, or opinions one has towards oneself and self-associated stimuli. 

Implicit Self-Esteem

Global self-esteem refers to an overall evaluation of self-liking.

Global Self-Esteem 

Specific self-esteem captures the extent of one's self-liking or personal valuation within distinct aspects of the self or specific life domains.

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