Self-esteem and resilience: The connection with risky behavior among adolescents

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Veselska, Zuzana ^a   Geckova, Andrea Madarasova ^a   Orosova, Olga ^a   Gajdosova, Beata ^a   van Dijk, Jitse P ^a,b   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^b  

^a Kosice Institute for Society and Health   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Resilience; Risky behavior; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 58149138829     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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