Risk taking behavior is the action that can potentially damage a person's well-being and low self esteem makes a person more susceptible towards risky behavior.
Risk taking behavior includes aspects like truancy or school absenteeism, sexual encounters, substance use etc. Self esteem is a construct described as the process of evaluation concerning one's qualities about others as well as one's ambitions and goals. Low self esteem reflects a person's need to prove themselves to others, self doubt, poor self- acceptance, and lack of responsibility for individual actions.
In case of girls studies have shown that those with lower self esteem tend to get involved in risky sexual encounters whereas boys tend to get less involved in risky sexual behavior. Overall research affirms that adolescents with low self esteem have less control over their decisions.
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