“…Such a study is important because low self‐esteem in childhood has been shown to be associated with negative health outcomes including depression and anxiety (Orth, Robins, Widaman, & Conger, 2014; Sowislo & Orth, 2013; van Tuijl, de Jong, Sportel, De Hullu, & Nauta, 2014). Self‐esteem may be defined as an individual's subjective evaluation of his/her worth as a person (Donnellan, Trzesniewski, & Robins, 2013). Children from lower SES families may consider themselves as worthless consequently leading to lower levels of self‐care (Poorgholami, Javadpour, Saadatmand, & Jahromi, 2015).…”