'What is the relationship between self-esteem and ideal self?'

... Communication Studies Michael Akers 'What is the relationship between self-esteem and ideal self?' "High self-esteem is generally equated with being psychologically healthy and low self-esteem with distress" quote by Tony Higgins. Self-esteem can be affected by the way in which we see ourselves; this is called ideal self. Through interactions with others we adopt different roles to match the way in which we want to be seen, but how successful we are playing theses roles directly affect our self-esteem. Our ideal self can be split up into three areas: intellectual self, emotional self and bodily self. The priority of these areas of self image is constantly being rearranged as we interact with others verbally and non verbally. Self-esteem can be affected by the feedback we get from any interactions we have, as we need to match our idea of identification. This idea of ourself can be influenced by role models and our expectations to

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