The Social importance of self-esteem / [electronic resource] / edited by Andrew M. Mecca, Neil J. Smelser, and John Vasconcellos.. — Berkeley : : University of California Press,, c1989.. — xxi, 346 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Andrew M. Mecca -- Preface / John Vasconcellos -- Self-esteem and social problems : an introduction / Neil J. Smelser -- The association between child maltreatment and self-esteem / Bonnie Bhatti ... [et al.] -- Self-esteem and failure in school : analysis and policy implications / Martin V. Covington -- Self-esteem and teenage pregnancy / Susan B. Crockenberg and Barbara A. Soby -- Crime, violence, and self-esteem : review and proposals / Thomas J. Scheff, Suzanne M. Retzinger, and Michael T. Ryan -- Self-esteem and chronic welfare dependency / Leonard Schneiderman, Walter M. Furman, and Joseph Weber -- Alcohol and drug use and self-esteem : a psychological perspective / Rodney Skager and Elizabeth Kerst.Alcohol and drug use and self-esteem : a sociocultural perspective / Harry H.L. Kitano.



ISBN: 0520067088 (alk. paper) 9780520067080 (alk. paper) 0520067096 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520067097 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 89004821

Nat. Bib. No.: GB90-52913

Subjects--Corporate Names:
California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Self-esteem--Social aspects--United States.
Social problems--Psychological aspects.
Deviant behavior.
Self Concept.
Social Problems.
Social Behavior Disorders.
Déviance.
Estime de soi.
Problèmes sociaux.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social conditions--1945-
United States--Social conditions--1980-
États-Unis--Conditions sociales.

Subjects--Index Terms: Self-image United States Social problems

LC Class. No.: BF697.5.S46 / S63 1989 HM291 / .S58836 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 361.1

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 159.923.2