Baumeister states one of his main points when he says in his article "We concluded that the idea that low self esteem causes violence is simply and thoroughly wrong. It is contradicted by a huge mass of information and evidence."
Baumeister is saying that there are many studies that show that low self esteem does not cause violent behavior.
After reading and studying many articles, Baumeister decided that high self esteem caused more violent actions than low self esteem. Generally people with low self esteem had personalities that were shy and nonviolent. …
