conditional positive regard

• Conditional Positive Regard

  • Positive regard, praise and approval depends on behaving in a "correct" way/according to the conditions
• • Not accepted by others (unless they meet the conditions)
• • Not loved for who they are as a person, but their achieving of the conditions
• Leads to the person being/having:

  o Low self-worth

  o Avoiding challenges in life
• o Unaccepting of life (good and bad)

  o Defensive and guarded