Open AccessSocio-economic differences in self-esteem of adolescents influenced by personality, mental health and social support
Author(s) -
Zuzana Dankulincová Veselská,
Andrea Madarasová Gecková,
B Gajdošová,
Oľga Orosová,
Jitse P. van Dijk,
Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckp210
Subject(s) - psychology , openness to experience , personality , self esteem , mental health , extraversion and introversion , intrapersonal communication , clinical psychology , social support , scale (ratio) , socioeconomic status , developmental psychology , big five personality traits , interpersonal communication , social psychology , psychiatry , population , medicine , environmental health , physics , quantum mechanics
Previous studies indicate that self-esteem is lower among adolescents of low socio-economic status and is associated with a number of intrapersonal, interpersonal and socio-cultural factors. Evidence on the mechanisms by which these factors contribute to the connection between socio-economic status and developing self-esteem is incomplete, however. The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to assess whether personality, mental health and social support contribute to the relationship between socio-economic status and self-esteem.
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