Damaged self-esteem is associated with internalizing problems

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Creemers, Daan H M ^a,b   Scholt, Ron H J ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^c   Wiers, Reinout W ^d  

^a Mental Health Care Institute   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Damaged; Depression; Implicit cognition; Loneliness; Self esteem; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878875881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00152     Document Type: Article

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