More society and Establishment

I now know that society places a great amount of pressure amongst individuals and their self-esteem/insecurities. I decided to look more into the society aspect of our self-esteem and insecurities.

I found this article named:

Goodwin, J. (2000). In praise of insecurity. Lancet, 355(9220), 2086. 

• The article states that the solution to low self-esteem is education. To teach people at a young age the importance of high self-esteem can transfer to the adult life. Classes were spread throughout the country and homework assignments made students' self-esteem levels soar. One thing I liked about it, the article said, "Life is a series of subtle contests with other people." The article concludes that we need to own up to our thoughts and say it with pride. Once we're not afraid to act, think, and behave on our own we'll have higher self-esteem.

I agreed with this article a lot. I know now that because we're afraid to speak our minds because of others' judgement on ourselves. 

 

Next, I wanted to find common insecurities and fears that people have. 

I found an article named

Rose, R. J., & Ditto, W. (1983). A Developmental-Genetic Analysis of Common Fears from Early Adolescence to Early Adulthood. Child Development, 54(2), 361. doi:10.1111/1467-8624.ep8876011

•   A study was made to see if fears and anxieties were caused environmentally or biologically. They did this by administering surveys about common fears within more than 2,600 subjects (along with same-sex twins). Factors that were measured were if the fears were developed by age, and sensitization. Common fears were disregarded because it was too difficult to measure on the cause of it. Other studies stated that some fears' intensities differed among different ages. Studies on how fears were contracted and changed over time (age) explains that genetics does have an impact. Because genetics are passed on from generation to generation, the gene that expresses fearfulness (how much or how little they have) can be passed down. The article also goes on to say the cause of fears biologically.

 There are a lot of factors that play along with insecurities and fears. And because of this, there is no absolute explanation on how fears are established. Either experience or genetics can explain insecurities and/or fears, but not always.