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* Robert B. Burns considers that self-esteem is a collection of the individual's attitudes toward himself.

The human being perceives itself at a sensory level ; thinks about itself and about its behavior, and evaluates both its behavior and itself.

Consequently, humans feel emotions related to themselves.

These emotions prompt behavioral tendencies aimed at oneself, at one's behavior, and at the features of one ' S body and character.

These tendencies effect the attitudes which, globally, we call self-esteem.

Thus, self-esteem, for Burns, is the evaluative perception of oneself.

In his own words: " individual's behavior is the result of his environment's particular interpretation, whose focus is himself ".