Abstract
Weighted averaging is proposed as a speculative model for self-esteem. Each aspect of personality is weighted by its subjective importance. High self-esteem is held to obtain when high weights are attached to traits with high scale values. Therapy designed to increase self-esteem does so by bringing the patients' weights and scale values into alignment. This may be achieved by altering weights or scale values directly or indirectly. The model thereby suggests varied approaches to treatment.
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