Self-evaluation in an ecological perspective: neighbourhood, family and peers, schooling and media use

Self-evaluation or self-esteem may be studied from different angles. It is possible, for example, to study self-evaluation as a conceivable cause of certain kinds of behaviour or conditions. Or self-evaluation may be regarded as an effect, i.e. as a result of other factors influencing self-evaluation. Another possibility is to study self-esteem simultaneously as a cause and as an effect.