Exploding the Self-Esteem Myth

Scientific American: Exploding the Self-Esteem Myth. Four academic psychologists review the data in the latest Scientific American, and conclude: "Boosting people’s sense of self-worth has become a national preoccupation. Yet surprisingly, research shows that such efforts are of little value in fostering academic progress or preventing undesirable behavior."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, groups that promote boosting self-esteem haven’t shown much interest in this research. If you ask me, the whole ‘self-improvement’ thing went out with the mid-90’s, I mean, who actually still goes to those courses? If you’re more then 16 and “don’t know who you are”, trust me, you arent going to learn it from a bunch of psychobabble from some hippie teaching you to love yourself.