Citation

Barendregt CS, van der Laan AM, Bongers IL, Van Nieuwenhuizen C. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2015; 60(16): 1836-1855.

Affiliation

Scientific Center for Care & Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, The Netherlands GGzE Center for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X15588773

PMID

26063543

Abstract

This study investigated the longitudinal relation between general well-being and self-esteem of male adolescents with severe psychiatric disorders. Moreover, the transition out of secure residential care was studied. Adolescents (N = 172) were assessed three times with 6 months between each assessment. The sample comprised adolescents who were admitted throughout the entire study (n = 116) and who had been discharged at 6/12 months follow-up (n = 56). General well-being and self-esteem were stable concepts over time. The relation between general well-being and self-esteem differed for both groups. Among the admitted group general well-being positively predicted self-esteem and self-esteem negatively predicted general well-being from Time 2 to Time 3. Among the discharged adolescents, self-esteem at Time 1 positively predicted general well-being at Time 2 and general well-being at Time 2 positively predicted self-esteem at Time 3. Changing social contexts, as well as problems experienced during the transition out of secure care, might affect this relationship.

Language: en