Low self-esteem is related to aggression, antisocial behavior, and delinquency Export

@article{Donnellan2005, abstract = {The present research explored the controversial link between global self-esteem and externalizing problems such as aggression, antisocial behavior, and delinquency. In three studies, we found a robust relation between low self-esteem and externalizing problems. This relation held for measures of self-esteem and externalizing problems based on self-report, teachers' ratings, and parents' ratings, and for participants from different nationalities (United States and New Zealand) and age groups (adolescents and college students). Moreover, this relation held both cross-sectionally and longitudinally and after controlling for potential confounding variables such as supportive parenting, parent-child and peer relationships, achievement-test scores, socioeconomic status, and IQ. In addition, the effect of self-esteem on aggression was independent of narcissism, an important finding given recent claims that individuals who are narcissistic, not low in self-esteem, are aggressive. Discussion focuses on clarifying the relations among self-esteem, narcissism, and externalizing problems.}, author = {Donnellan, M. B. and Trzesniewski, K. H. and Robins, R. W. and Moffitt, T. E. and Caspi, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {133897}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01535.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/psci/2005/00000016/00000004/art00012}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15828981}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15828981}, doi = {10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01535.x}, issn = {0956-7976}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {aggression, antisocial, delinquency, self-esteem}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {328--335}, posted-at = {2007-01-31 15:12:11}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {Low self-esteem is related to aggression, antisocial behavior, and delinquency}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01535.x}, volume = {16}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - Donnellan2005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:133897 N2 - The present research explored the controversial link between global self-esteem and externalizing problems such as aggression, antisocial behavior, and delinquency. In three studies, we found a robust relation between low self-esteem and externalizing problems. This relation held for measures of self-esteem and externalizing problems based on self-report, teachers' ratings, and parents' ratings, and for participants from different nationalities (United States and New Zealand) and age groups (adolescents and college students). Moreover, this relation held both cross-sectionally and longitudinally and after controlling for potential confounding variables such as supportive parenting, parent-child and peer relationships, achievement-test scores, socioeconomic status, and IQ. In addition, the effect of self-esteem on aggression was independent of narcissism, an important finding given recent claims that individuals who are narcissistic, not low in self-esteem, are aggressive. Discussion focuses on clarifying the relations among self-esteem, narcissism, and externalizing problems. IS - 4 JF - Psychological Science SN - 0956-7976 EP - 335 TI - Low self-esteem is related to aggression, antisocial behavior, and delinquency PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 16 SP - 328 KW - aggression KW - antisocial KW - delinquency KW - self-esteem AU - Donnellan, MB AU - Trzesniewski, KH AU - Robins, RW AU - Moffitt, TE AU - Caspi, A PY - 2005/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01535.x ER -