Abstract: There are some relation and difference between self-esteem and self-efficacy as core factors. Conceptually, self-esteem is self-evaluation of “behaving” and self-efficacy is self-evaluation of “doing”. Measurably, global structure of self-esteem and special structures of self-efficacy are emphasized. Functionally, self-esteem aims at mediating negative reflective evaluation and ultimate mental health, and self-efficacy takes on motive effect. On affecting factor, self-esteem is influenced by early growth experience and complementary experience in afteryears，and self-efficacy is influenced by recent factors such as successful-failing experience (direct or indirect) and subjective state of body and mind

Key words: self-esteem, self-efficacy, self