Tag: Self-Esteem

Book: Self-Esteem for Dummies

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Book Title:

Self-Esteem for Dummies.

Author(s): S. Renee Smith and Vivian Harte.

Year: 2015.

Edition: Fourth (4th), Revised Edition.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons.

Type(s): Paperback and Kindle.

Synopsis:

Boost your self-esteem and truly believe that you are perfectly awesome Looking to get your hands on some more self-esteem? You’re not alone.

Thankfully, Self-Esteem For Dummies presents clear, innovative, and compassionate methods that help you identify the causes of low self-esteem as well the lowdown on the consequences.

Packed with trusted, hands-on advice to help you improve your overall self-worth, Self-Esteem For Dummies arms you with the proven tools and techniques for learning how to think and behave with more self-assurance at work, in social situations, and even in relationships.

Self-esteem is shaped by your thoughts, relationships, and experiences. When you were growing up, your successes, failures, and how you were treated by your family, teachers, coaches, religious authorities, and peers determined how you feel about yourself.

But you can shift your thinking and reclaim your self-worth with the help of Self-Esteem For Dummies.

  • Helps you understand the ranges of self-esteem and the benefits of promoting self-esteem.
  • Arms you with the tools to learn how to think and behave with more self-assurance.
  • Covers the importance of mental well-being, assertiveness, resilience, and more.
  • Shows you how to improve your self-image, increase personal power, and feel better about yourself.

If you are looking to boost your sense of self-worth, Self-Esteem For Dummies sets you on the path to a more confident, awesome you.

Examining Bicultural Stress & Well-being Processes among Adolescents

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Research Paper Title

Disentangling relationships between bicultural stress and mental well-being among Latinx immigrant adolescents.

Background

The Acculturative Process and Context Framework (Ward & Geeraert, 2016) proposes that acculturative stressors influence psychological well-being over time.

In fact, extant literature has linked bicultural stress with psychological functioning; yet, no studies have explored the causal dominance of bicultural stress.

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the directionality of prospective relations among bicultural stress and psychosocial functioning (i.e., depressive symptoms, hopefulness, and self-esteem) in Latinx immigrant adolescents across 5 waves.

Methods

There were 303 Latinx adolescents who were recruited for this study from Los Angeles and Miami and were assessed across 5 waves at 6-month intervals.

Adolescents were 14.50 years old on average (SD = .88) and 53.16% were male.

Adolescents reported living in the United States for 2.07 years on average (SD = 1.87). A Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model (RI-CLPM) was used to examine the between- and within-person relations among bicultural stress, depressive symptoms, hopefulness, and self-esteem in a comprehensive model.

Results

The comprehensive RI-CLPM including bicultural stress, depressive symptoms, hopefulness, and self-esteem exhibited excellent model fit.

Between-person, trait-like relations among constructs ranged from small to large, as expected.

Within-person, cross-lagged estimates among constructs were overall inconsistent, with some evidence that, within individuals, self-esteem influences later hopefulness.

Conclusions

Findings from this study indicate that the RI-CLPM is an effective strategy to examine bicultural stress and well-being processes among adolescents.

There is a need for further research examining bicultural stress among Latinx immigrant youth, particularly within prevention and intervention studies.

Reference

Romero, A., Piña-Watson, B., Stevens, A.K., Schwartz, S.J., Unger, J.B., Zamboanga, B.L., Szapocznik, J., Lorenzo-Blanco, E., Cano, M,Á., Meca, A., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Córdova, D., Villamar, J.A., Soto, D.W., Lizzi, K.M., Des Rosiers, S.E., Pattarroyo, M. & Oshri, A. (2020) Disentangling relationships between bicultural stress and mental well-being among Latinx immigrant adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 88(2), pp.149-159. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000466.