scholarly journals Effects of self-esteem and stress on self-assessed health: a Swiss study from adolescence to early adulthood

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 915-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Jafflin ◽  
Constanze Pfeiffer ◽  
Manfred Max Bergman
Keyword(s):  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Assessed Health

Does child abuse have an impact on self-esteem, depression, anxiety and stress conditions of individuals?

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çiğdem Berber Çelik ◽  
Hatice Odacı
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ◽  
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The present study addressed the effects of child abuse in early adulthood. Aims: The purpose of the study was to determine the direct and indirect effects of child abuse on self-esteem, depression, anxiety and stress levels. Method: The participants of the study were 636 students (477 females and 159 males) studying at three different state universities in Turkey. Data were collected through ‘Childhood Trauma Questionnaire’, ‘Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)’, ‘Two-Dimensional Self-Esteem Scale (Self-Liking/Self-Competence)’ and ‘Demographic Information Form’. The obtained data were analyzed with Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and path analysis techniques via SPSS 23 and AMOS 22. Results: Considering the relationship between the variables, child abuse was found to be negatively correlated with self-esteem, while it was positively correlated with depression, anxiety and stress. As a result of the path analysis, it was observed that child abuse affected self-esteem directly in the negative way. Throughout the analysis, self-esteem was found to have a direct and negative effect on depression, anxiety and stress, respectively. Child abuse was also found to have an indirect effect on depression, anxiety and stress. Conclusion: Self-esteem had full mediation effect between child abuse, and depression, anxiety and stress.

Physical self-esteem – a ten-year follow-up study from early adolescence to early adulthood

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Raustorp ◽  
Magnus Lindwall
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Body Attractiveness ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction: One variable that has been consistently associated with adolescents’ physical activity is perceived activity competence. Perceived physical (or sport) competence is considered a sub-domain to the physical self-esteem or self-worth (i.e., a person’s valuation of what is good and worthy in their self-description). Objective: This study aimed to describe levels of and inter-correlations among physical self-esteem, physical activity, and body mass index in a longitudinal design spanning adolescence to early adulthood. Materials and methods: At mean ages of 12.7, 15.7, 17.7 and 22.7 years, we measured perceived physical self-esteem in 39 (22 boys) Swedish adolescents. Physical activity (steps/day) for four consecutive schooldays, height, and weight were also measured. Results: No significant difference between the four time points for any variable of perceived physical self-esteem was seen, neither in boys nor girls. In general, all physical self-variables revealed non-linear trajectories across time, where the general trend was an increase during the younger ages followed by a decrease during older ages. At ages 12 and 15 years in boys and girls physical condition and physical strength as well as body attractiveness and physical strength, respectively, had the strongest correlations to physical self-esteem. At age 17 and 22 years sports competence had the strongest correlation to self-esteem in girls, while body attractiveness and physical strength had the strongest correlation to self-esteem in boys. Conclusion: An overall stability in physical self-esteem was found. However the impact of a sub-domain upon physical self-esteem vary during adolescence and early adulthood. Such information may be useful when creating physical activity programs that support and develop physical self-esteem.

Poor readers in adulthood: Psychosocial functioning

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Maughan ◽  
Ann Hagell
Keyword(s):  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Poor Readers ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Reading Groups ◽  
Adult Functioning ◽  
Childhood Reading

AbstractSamples of poor and normal readers were followed into early adulthood to assess the implications of childhood reading difficulties for the transition to adulthood, and for early adult psychosocial functioning. Some group differences were found in patterns of early adult transitions, and, for women only, on wider measures of early adult functioning. Global self-esteem in adulthood did not differ between the childhood reading groups, and there were few marked variations in vulnerability to later psychiatric disorder. The findings are discussed in regard to differing developmental pathways for problems in adult functioning, ant the possible role of contextual changes in enabling more positive functioning for many childhood poor readers.

Does Participation in Music and Performing Arts Influence Child Development?

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Michael Foster ◽  
Jade V. Marcus Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
College Attendance ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
Arts Participation ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Arts Engagement

This article reconsiders the association between childhood arts participation and cognitive and developmental outcomes. Using data from a large, nationally representative sample with extensive covariates, we employ propensity score weighting to adjust comparisons of children who do and do not participate in arts education (music and performing arts lessons) to address potential confounding from selection into arts education. We examine a broad range of outcomes in adolescence and early adulthood (e.g., GPA, self-esteem, college attendance). Our results show that selection into arts education is at least as strong as any direct effect on outcomes, providing no support for the causal associations between arts participation and cognitive outcomes. We do find that arts education increases arts engagement during young adulthood.

Stability of Parental Nurturance as a Salient Predictor of Self-Esteem

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Buri ◽  
Patrick Murphy ◽  
Lynda M. Richtsmeier ◽  
Karen K. Komar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Parental Nurturance ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of parental nurturance to self-esteem for seven distinct adolescent and early-adulthood age groups ( N = 784) was investigated. Analysis showed that even though mothers' and fathers' nurturance together were more strongly related to self-esteem during the junior high school years ( R2 values >50% were obtained in each of the junior high samples) than during the high school and college years ( R2 values < 40% were obtained in each of these samples), parental nurturance still remained a robust predictor of self-esteem during these latter years. These results were discussed within the context of (a) the stability at different ages of the bases upon which one's judgments of self-esteem are made, and (b) parental nurturance as a stabilizing influence during the transitional years of adolescence and early adulthood.

scholarly journals Social Confidence in Early Adulthood Among Young People With and Without a History of Language Impairment

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 1635-1647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Durkin ◽  
Umar Toseeb ◽  
Nicola Botting ◽  
Andrew Pickles ◽  
Gina Conti-Ramsden
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Social Self ◽  
History Of

Purpose The purposes of this study were to test the predictions that lower self-esteem and higher shyness in individuals with a history of language impairment (LI) would continue from adolescence into early adulthood and that those with LI would have lower social self-efficacy in early adulthood. Method Participants were young people with a history of LI and a comparison group of age-matched peers. Both groups were tested at ages 17 and 24 years. Participants completed measures of language ability, nonverbal IQ, shyness, global self-esteem, and (at age 24 years only) social self-efficacy. Results Young adults with LI scored lower than age-matched peers on self-esteem, higher on shyness, and lower on social self-efficacy (medium to large effect sizes). In line with expectations, in the group with LI, language ability in adolescence predicted shyness in young adulthood, which, in turn, was negatively associated with self-esteem. There was also a direct association between language ability in adolescence and self-esteem in young adulthood. Conclusions Young people with a history of LI are likely to be entering adulthood less socially confident than their peers. Interventions may be desirable for young adults with LI, and the present findings indicate social self-efficacy as a key area of social confidence that calls for practitioners' attention.

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