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# Defined as "the instinct or desire to promote one's own well-being; regard for or love of one's self" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000. Online at http://www.bartleby.com/61/89/S0238900.html, retrieved 2007-11-15

# Defined as "the instinct or desire to promote one's own well-being; regard for or love of one's self" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000. Online at http://www.bartleby.com/61/89/S0238900.html, retrieved 2007-11-15

# "self-esteem" in Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1989.

# "self-esteem" in Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1989.

^ [1], Edward Pickering. (2008 July 1). Unidentified First Use of Self-Esteem: Milton's an Apology for Sanctimonious (1642). Oxford University Press [online]. Available: http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/gjn100v1 [2008 July 1]

# [1], Edward Pickering. (2008 July 1). Unidentified First Use of Self-Esteem: Milton's an Apology for Sanctimonious (1642). Oxford University Press [online]. Available: http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/gjn100v1 [2008 July 1]

# "self-esteem" in Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1989.

# "self-esteem" in Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1989.

# Rodewalt & Tragakis, 2003

# Rodewalt & Tragakis, 2003

# Ellis, A. (2001). Feeling better, getting better, staying better. Impact Publishers

# Ellis, A. (2001). Feeling better, getting better, staying better. Impact Publishers

# Ellis, A. (2001). Feeling better, getting better, staying better. Impact Publishers

# Ellis, A. (2001). Feeling better, getting better, staying better. Impact Publishers

===Further reading===

===Further reading===

*Baumeister, R., Smart, L. & Boden, J. (1996). "Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: The dark side of self-esteem". Psychological Review, 103, 5–33.

*Baumeister, R., Smart, L. & Boden, J. (1996). "Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: The dark side of self-esteem". Psychological Review, 103, 5–33.