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Mares, Suzanne H. W.; de Leeuw, Rebecca N. H.; Scholte, Ron H. J.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
Facial attractiveness has been associated with many (social) advantages in life, like greater popularity, acceptance, and social competence. Because social evaluations and acceptance are important factors contributing to self-esteem (SE), we hypothesized that high levels of attractiveness would be related to increased levels of SE. To test this…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Competence
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Wadman, Ruth; Durkin, Kevin; Conti-Ramsden, Gina – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: To determine if lower global self-esteem, shyness, and low sociability are outcomes associated with SLI in adolescence. Possible concurrent predictive relationships and gender differences were also examined. Method: Fifty-four adolescents with SLI, aged between 16 and 17 years, were compared with a group of 54 adolescents with typical…
Descriptors: Shyness, Self Esteem, Interpersonal Competence, Language Impairments
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Miville, Marie L.; Romans, John S. C.; Johnson, Daniel; Lone, Robert – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2004
The current study focused on examining the relationships of positive social attitudes with aspects of well-functioning. "Universal-diverse orientation" (UDO), a social attitude characterized by awareness and acceptance of both the similarities and differences among people, was measured with the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Coping, Well Being