Self-esteemLarge-scale representative surveys of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students in the United States show high self-esteem scores for all groups. African-American students score highest, Whites score slightly higher than Hispanics, and Asian Americans score lowest. Males score slightly higher...
Those who strongly agreed with the values statement but indicated they had participated in sexual intercourse had the lowest school and home self-esteem scores. This behavior x values interaction was significant for sexual intercourse–ever, and for school self-esteem and sexual intercourse in the ...
(3) Father attachment appeared to be more highly related to mental resilience,mother attachment appeared to be more highly related to mental dominance,whereas peers'attachment more highly related to interpersonal adaptation.Moreover,self-esteem partially mediate the relationship of adolescents perceived ...
Population surveys of adolescents show prevalence of self-harm in the past year differs between genders: 11% of girls compared to 3–6% of boys [12,13,14]. Depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, impulsivity, attention and conduct difficulties are the most replicated risk factors for self-ha...
SOCIAL FABRIC It is interesting, however, to note the following fact: that class differences in self-esteem are considerably greater among boys than among girls. Whereas the highest-class boys are substantially (19 percent) more likely than the lowest-class boys to have high self-esteem, the ...
Such linkages typically have been sought through the hypothesized chain of drug abuse-loss of self esteem-increased depression- suicide. The disaffection of teenagers from their families and from society generally has been hypothesized as a catalyst for initiating this chain of actions. A variety of...
#BeeWell is a rich source of individual-level data on adolescent mental wellbeing (e.g., life satisfaction, self-esteem, negative affect), covariates of positive mental wellbeing (e.g., social media use, bullying, sleep), and sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., age, ethnicity, sexual ...
Main Outcome Measures The BMI, BMI at or above the 85th centile, and BMI at or above the 95th centile (overweight) from self-reported height and weight. Results The highest prevalence of overweight was found in the United States and the lowest in Lithuania. On the basis of the study refe...
75 Positive self-esteem, self-concept, self-control, assertiveness, social competence, and academic achievement all promote resistance to drug use.74,76,77 In addition, regular church attendance and a sense of morality have been shown to be protective against drug abuse.78,79 Protective factors ...
Cutpoints for the lowest quartile of self-esteem and highest quartile of depressive symptoms were also used to categorize respondents for logistic regression. For each dependent variable, model 1 was unadjusted for covariates, model 2 was adjusted for family connectedness and parents' marital status,...