The present study explores the relation between narcissism and delinquency among 372 at-risk 16-18-year-olds. The study also considered the relation between narcissism and self-esteem, as well as the potential interaction between narcissism and self-esteem for predicting delinquency in this age group. Narcissism and self-esteem were positively interrelated; however, only narcissism was signific...

Research on romantic jealousy and self-esteem mostly relies on the measurement of explicit (i.e., conscious, deliberate) aspects, without taking recent developments of the measurement of implicit (i.e., automatic) aspects into account. In this study (N = 154), we applied several measures of romantic jealousy and self-esteem (explicit, implicit), finding sex-specific as well as measurement-speci...

This study examined the relationship between three mental health constructs and perceived cultural attitudes toward homosexuality among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. Specifically, differences in perceived cultural attitudes and depression, self-esteem, and perceived stress between 49 Iranians and 47 Americans were compared. It was hypothesized that (a) perceived cultural attitudes tow...

The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between self- esteem, creativity, and the academic achievement among high school students (adolescences). The statistical sample is 8o high school students. Two questionnaires were used: Self- esteem and Creativity. Cooper Smith self-esteem Questionnaire and Torston. Milenjer creativity Questionnaire(CREE). The results show there is not ...

There is increasing recognition that high self-esteem is heterogeneous. Recent research suggests that individuals who report having high self-esteem (i.e., have high explicit self-esteem) behave more defensively to the extent that they have relatively low implicit self-esteem. The current studies test whether individuals with high explicit self-esteem are more likely to discriminate ethnically,...

Background: The aim of this study was to study the effect of discrimination and selfesteem on mental health among different acculturation strategies of Dutch-Moroccan adolescents. Method: By using Latent Class Analyses, subgroups with distinct acculturation strategies were established among Dutch-Moroccan youths (boys, N=203; girls, N= 201; mean age 12.7 ± 1.9). Differences among the acculturat...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that the effect of body dissatisfaction on disordered eating behavior is mediated through self-esteem and depression. If the effect of body dissatisfaction on disordered eating can be explained by self-esteem and depression, treatment may benefit from focusing more on self-esteem and depression than body dissatisfaction. We also hypoth...