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| List of Exercises | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Changing Times--Changing Students | |
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| The Role of Self-Esteem in Your Life as a Student | |
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| Sources of Self-Esteem | |
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| Self-Esteem Development | |
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| What Is Self-Esteem? | |
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| The Nature of Self-Esteem | |
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| Assessing Life Areas | |
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| The Circle Model | |
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| The Core Circle: Inborn Preferences | |
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| Personality Types | |
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| Your Personality Type | |
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| Personality Type, Culture, and Self-Esteem | |
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| Learning and Personality Preferences | |
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| The Second Circle: The Influence of Family | |
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| Early Family Messages | |
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| Analyzing Your Lifescript | |
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| Family Role Models and Educational Messages | |
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| Family Messages About Education | |
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| Reading as a Family Value | |
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| Cultural Support for Education | |
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| First-Generation Students | |
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| Birth Order, School Performance, and Self-Esteem | |
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| Assessing the Effects of Birth Order | |
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| The Third Circle: Messages From the Immediate Environment | |
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| School Peer Group and Class Size | |
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| Students' Learning Styles and Teachers' Personality Preferences | |
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| Classroom Interactions: Race, Gender, and Minority Status in the School System | |
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| Disabilities and Self-Esteem | |
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| Math Anxiety and Other Fears | |
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| The Impact of the Third Circle | |
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| The Fourth Circle: Impact of the Outer World | |
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| Cultural Values: Growing Up "Different" | |
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| Smith's Theory of Ethnic Identity Development | |
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| Prejudice and Stereotypes | |
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| Media Stereotypes | |
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| Gender-Role Socialization | |
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| Messages from the Outer Circle | |
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| Language and Expectations | |
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| Media Awareness | |
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| Case Study: Estevan | |
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| Symptoms of Low Self-Esteem and Strategies for Improvement | |
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| Symptoms of Low Self-Esteem | |
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| The Cases of Jorge and Mia | |
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| Spotting Low and High Self-Esteem | |
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| Self-Examination of Self-Esteem | |
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| Maggie's Story Revisited | |
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| A Word of Encouragement | |
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| Strategies for Developing Self-Esteem | |
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| Strategy One: Risking | |
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| Dissecting Your Fears | |
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| Risk Inventory | |
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| Risk-Taking Goals | |
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| Strategy Two: Removing Internal Barriers | |
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| Identifying and Changing Faulty Thinking | |
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| Strategy Three: Assertiveness | |
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| Accepting Your Assertive Rights | |
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| Practicing Assertiveness | |
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| Strategy Four: Relieving Stress | |
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| Deep Breathing | |
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| Thought-Stopping and Affirmation Rehearsal | |
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| Strategy Five: Giving to Others | |
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| Giving to Others | |
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| Strategies for Success in School | |
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| Time Management Issues | |
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| Letting Go of Perfectionism | |
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| Setting Goals | |
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| Developing Study Skills | |
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| Assessing Study Skills | |
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| Understanding Time Required for Study | |
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| Developing Your Support Systems | |
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| Assessing Support Systems | |
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| Multiple Intelligences: How You Are Smart | |
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| Applying Knowledge of Multiple Intelligences for School Confidence | |
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| Special Strategies for Connecting to Others | |
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| Identifying Campus Resources | |
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| Connecting with Services | |
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| Maintaining Motivation | |
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| Maintaining Motivation | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Critical Thinking Skill Development | |
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| Success at Hand | |
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| Identifying Sources, Symptoms, Strategies, and Goals | |
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| Reassessing Life Areas | |
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| The Nature of Change | |
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| Extra Support in Developing Self-Esteem | |
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| Congratulations! | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |