TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Low self-esteem is related to aggression, antisocial behavior, and delinquency
JO  - Psychological science
A1  - Donnellan, M. Brent
A1  - Trzesniewski, Kali H.
A1  - Robins, Richard W.
A1  - Moffitt, Terrie E.
A1  - Caspi, Avshalom
SP  - 328
EP  - 335
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0956-7976
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01535.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -