Placing the horse in front of the wagon: Toward a conceptual understanding of the development of self-esteem in children and adolescents

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-131

  Searcy, Yan Dominic ^a  

^a CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child development; Children; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248550763     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-006-0070-9     Document Type: Article

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