LEADER 04902oam 2200709 a 450 001 9910495860703321 005 20230828200655.0 010 $a0-520-35503-2 010 $a0-520-90944-5 010 $a0-585-30700-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520355033 035 $a(CKB)111004366702006 035 $a(MH)001721825-X 035 $a(DE-B1597)649265 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520355033 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366702006 100 $a19890309d1989 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe social importance of self-esteem /$fedited by Andrew M. Mecca, Neil J. Smelser, and John Vasconcellos$b[electronic resource] 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1989 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 346 p. )$cill. ; 311 $a0-520-06709-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword / 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. 327 $aAlcohol and drug use and self-esteem : a sociocultural perspective / Harry H.L. Kitano. 330 $aIs the well-being of a society dependent on the well-being of its citizenry? Does individual self-esteem play a causal role in chronic social problems such as child abuse, school drop-out rates, teenage pregnancy, alcohol and drug abuse, welfare dependency?In an attempt to answer these questions, the State of California established a task force on self-esteem and social responsibility in 1987. The aim of this body was to determine what connections might exist between these two factors and to suggest policy guidelines relating to the welfare of Californians and to the expenditure of public resources. The ten essays in this volume, prepared by faculty members of the University of California, draw on research in the social and behavioral sciences to explore these issues. They assess the substantive assertions and research findings in the field and make careful evaluations of their reliability and validity. In many cases strong connections between self-esteem and problematic behavior are established, in others the connections are weak, and in some the causal relationship is, as yet, imperfectly understood.One of the conclusions of the book is that research on these issues needs to be improved, particularly in the areas of comparative and longitudinal studies. Guidelines for future research are suggested, and some points of policy direction are elaborated. These essays may indeed promote additional research, for the premise that social stability and welfare are largely dependent on the psychological state of a people poses a challenging and provocative counter-emphasis to the assumption that social institutions are the primary determinants of individual welfare. 531 $aSOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF SELF-ESTEEM 606 $aSelf-esteem$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aSocial problems$xPsychological aspects 606 $aDeviant behavior 606 $aSelf Concept 606 $aSocial Problems 606 $aSocial Behavior Disorders 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945- 610 $aSelf-image 610 $aUnited States$aSocial problems 615 0$aSelf-esteem$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSocial problems$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aDeviant behavior. 615 2$aSelf Concept. 615 2$aSocial Problems. 615 2$aSocial Behavior Disorders. 676 $a361.1 700 $aMecca/Smelser$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 701 $aMecca$b Andrew M$01233620 701 $aSmelser$b Neil J$089308 701 $aVasconcellos$b John$01233621 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bVET 801 2$bUKM 801 2$bPMC 801 2$bHMG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495860703321 996 $aThe social importance of self-esteem$92865294 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress