Does adolescent self-esteem predict later life outcomes? A test of the causal role of self-esteem

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 319-339

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 38649120234     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000151     Document Type: Article

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