{"id":4642,"date":"2022-05-05T14:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T07:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/student-activity.binus.ac.id\/bnec\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2022-05-05T14:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T07:29:54","slug":"what-is-self-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/student-activity.binus.ac.id\/bnec\/2022\/05\/05\/what-is-self-love\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS SELF-LOVE?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n<\/a>These days, many people know the word \u201cself-love\u201d as the meaning to love ourselves. Learning about how well you know yourself and how you treat yourself and others. However, do we really know what \u201cself-love\u201d is? Based on the word, maybe you could tell that it is the process of loving and making ourselves happy. However, do we really know what kind of happiness is that? Although some people think that loving themselves can be called selfish and careless towards other people, self-love is not that negative and is more complicated than you think.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Self-love is an important aspect of life that can improve health and longevity by motivating humans to strive for their own good. Self-love is an act of loving oneself by being responsible, respectful, and understanding oneself (Fromm 1947).<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, Chinese people are more specific about what self-love is and how we self-protect and self-control. Chinese scholars believe that self-love includes not only taking good care of your body but also respecting, pleasing, and valuing your body\u2019s abilities, reputation, position, characters, and future (Lin et al., 2003; Yang, 2009, p. 66; Huang, 2017, p. 56).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on research from the Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, there are some components of self-love:<\/span><\/p>\n