Can Both Low and High Self-Esteem Be Related to Aggression in Children?

Autor/inn/en	Diamantopoulou, Sofia; Rydell, Ann-Margret; Henricsson, Lisbeth
Titel	Can Both Low and High Self-Esteem Be Related to Aggression in Children?
Quelle	In: Social Development, 17 (2008) 3, S.682-698 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00444.x
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Peer Relationship; Rejection (Psychology); Gender Differences; Self Esteem; Children; Behavior Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer-Beziehungen; Ablehnung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	This study examined the opposing hypotheses that either low or exaggerated but disputed self-esteem is related to aggression in 652 12-year-old schoolchildren. Children provided peer nominations of social acceptance and of physical aggression, self-ratings of global self-worth and of social satisfaction. Teachers rated aggressive behavior and internalizing problems. Exaggerated but disputed self-esteem was conceptualized as discrepancies between self and peer evaluations of social satisfaction and of social acceptance, respectively, in combination with peer rejection. The main results showed that both low levels of global self-worth and exaggerated but disputed self-esteem were related to aggression. The findings indicated that, depending on how self-esteem is conceptualized, aggressive children may appear to have both a low and a high self-esteem. Regarding gender differences, exaggerated self-esteem was more strongly related to aggression in boys than in girls. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10