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The Relationship between Self-Esteem and Maladaptive Behaviors in High School Students.
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Richman, Charles L.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1984
Found general and area specific self-esteem scores of high school students (N=195) to be inversely related to indices of maladaptive behavior. The specific maladaptive behaviors associated with self-esteem varied as a function of gender and social class. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, High School Students, Secondary Education
Behaviour Problems and Language Abilities at Three Years and Behavioural Deviance at Eight Years.
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Stevenson, Jim; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1985
Longitudinally investigated possible continuities between parents' and teachers' reports of problem behavior of 535 children three to eight years old and whether early language development was related to later behavioral deviance. Along with demographic differences, results showed early language structure and behavior problems at age three were…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Resisting or Acquiescing to Peer Pressure to Engage in Misconduct: Adolescents' Expectations of Probable Consequences.
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Pearl, Ruth; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990
The implicit scripts of adolescents experiencing peer pressure to engage in misconduct were examined for 198 high school students interviewed about 6 scenarios in which one adolescent asks another to misbehave. Differences based on sex, community (urban, suburban, and ethnic composition), and learning status (learning disabled or nondisabled) are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Black Students, Comparative Analysis