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Society and the Adolescent Self-Image
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This article is published in Sociology.The article was published on 1969-05-01. It has received 16312 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Child and adolescent psychiatry.read more
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Acculturation, Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms, and Self-Esteem: Cultural Experiences of Latino Adolescents in North Carolina
TL;DR: Examination of acculturation risk factors and cultural assets, internalizing behavioral problems, and self-esteem in 323 Latino adolescents living in North Carolina revealed two risk factors—perceived discrimination and parent–adolescent conflict—as highly significant predictors of adolescent internalizing problems and low self- esteem.
Why We Don't Need Self-Esteem: On Fundamental Needs, Contingent Love, and Mindfulness
TL;DR: Brown et al. as mentioned in this paper argue that self-evaluation is a natural human tendency with both evolutionary (Sedikedes & Skowronski, 2000) and developmental (Ryan & Kuzckowski, 1994) foundations, ongoing concern with the worth of the self is a byproduct of need deprivation or conflict.
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Health Behavior and Academic Achievement Among Adolescents: The Relative Contribution of Dietary Habits, Physical Activity, Body Mass Index, and Self-Esteem
TL;DR: Lower BMI, physical activity, and good dietary habits were all associated with higher academic achievement; however, health behavior was positively and robustly associated with greaterSelf-esteem was positively influenced both through physical activity and the consumption of fruits and vegetables.
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Psychosocial functioning in the obese before and after weight reduction: construct validity and responsiveness of the Obesity-related Problems scale.
TL;DR: OP is a psychometrically valid obesity-specific measure suitable for evaluating HRQL effects of obesity interventions and disturbances are connected with poor mental well-being.
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Discrepancies between explicit and implicit self-concepts: Consequences for information processing.
TL;DR: This research suggests that individuals might be motivated to examine relevant information as a strategy to minimize the implicit doubt that accompanies an inconsistency between explicit and implicit self-conceptions.