Self-esteem and violence: Testing links between adolescent self-esteem and later hostility and violent behavior

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 881-891

  Boden, Joseph M ^a   Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hostility; Longitudinal study; Self esteem; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING ERROR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRIME; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 37449027095     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0251-7     Document Type: Article

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