The experience is one of self-growth, self-actualization, and self-respect.
Sentiments like empathy and self-respect, for example, are positive sentiments because they foster sound interpersonal and sociopolitical relations.
Speaking roughly, questions of justice and benevolence concern the first, while questions of personal respect and self-respect concern the second.
I doubt whether social status and self-respect are really so tightly linked, but let me place this issue to one side.
Reverence for the law is thus connected with self-respect.
After all, we may conjecture that someone's self-respect will be affected negatively if the constraints that he experiences have been intentionally imposed by others.
More and more young people have turned to gangs and violent crime to access money, food, clothing, and a sense of self-respect.
Every child has this kind of experience, and the child's attribution and response are crucial to his or her well-being, self-respect, and reputation for strength.