Low Chronic Self-Esteem and Low Situational Self-Esteem: a literature review

Abstract

Objective: to develop a literature review about low self-esteem and components of the nursing diagnoses Low Chronic Self-Esteem and Low Situational Self-Esteem in patients with depressed mood. Method: an integrative literature review carried out in the Pubmed portal and in the Scopus and Web of Science electronic bibliographic databases. Depression and self-esteem descriptors were used, resulting in 32 articles. Results: literature indicated 7 clinical indicators and 14 etiological factors for low self-esteem. Conclusion: The clinical indicators Suicidal ideation and Ineffective treatment were more prevalent in the study. The etiological factors Stressful events and Stigmatization were the most frequent, both of which were suggested as new related factors for low self-esteem. Nursing diagnosis recognition can contribute to intervention strategy elaboration by the nurse, according to the urgent diagnostic and the individual’s particularities.

Quality of life and care burden among family caregivers of people with severe mental illness: mediating effects of self-esteem and psychological distress

“…This low self-esteem is also highly correlated with depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation [37]. Depression and anxiety are frequently discussed together in research due to their high comorbidity rates [22,23,38].…”

Mental health assistance: identification of nursing diagnoses in a community mental health service

“…Another important aspect to be considered is the lower incidence of diagnosis chronic confusion (0.62%), when compared to diagnosis acute confusion (2.09%), and it may be emphasized that CAPS is an important service for attending to crisis situations, and not only to persistent illnesses. Welcoming the mental health crisis in territorial services is an important indicator of quality of the care network (29) . In the model of psychosocial care to which CAPS is inserted, it is suggested that the approach to the crisis should take place with RAPS support, with an emphasis on community health services and in a perspective of transversal knowledge and power among team professionals multidisciplinary and users, for effective care to complex situations, such as moments of crisis in mental health (30) .…”

Is self-esteem associated with the elderly person’s quality of life?

“…Furthermore, the fact that the self-declared brown elders have better self-esteem in our study may be associated with issues related to the "strength of racial identity", defined as the positive feeling of belonging and attachment to their identity (15) , which increases their self-esteem and acts to protect these people from the internalization of bad feelings resulting from discrimination (25) . Therefore, self-esteem is, in most cases, a psychological strategy for protection, adaptation, and coping with stressful events (26) .…”