TOPIC: Self-Esteem

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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

• Technical Assistance Sampler: Protective Factors/Resiliency

• "The Recovering your Mental Health series" (2002) Self-Help guides on Building self-esteem, Making and Keeeping Friends, Dealing with the Effects of Trauma, developing a Recovery and Wellness Lifestyle, Speaking Out for Yourself, Action Planning for Prevention and Recovery
• Counseling to Enhance Self-Esteem
• Teacher's Guide - Lesson 8: Building Self-Esteem in Children
• 14 Ways to Build Self-Esteem in Kids
• Distinctions between Self-Esteem and Narcissism: Implications for Practice
• Fact Sheet on Building Children's Self-esteem
• How Can We Strengthen Children's Self-Esteem?
• Helping Children And Youth With Learning Disabilities Achieve Independence: Self-Esteem
• Making the Best of Me:  A Handbook for Student Excellence and Self-Esteem
• Self-Esteem and Children
• Self-Esteem Difficulties
• Self-Esteem and Young Children: You are the Key
• Leading Children To Self-Esteem: A Guide for Parents
• Speech and Self-Esteem for Children
• Review of Self-Esteem Research
• Tips for Developing Healthy Self-Esteem in Your Child
• Your Child’s Mental Health: Building Self-Esteem in Children

• Facilitating Elementary Student Support Groups
• Self-Esteem All the Way Around
• Self-Esteem Enhancement with Children and Adolescents
• Self-Esteem:The Key to Student Success
• Toward a State of Self-Esteem
• What's Behind Self-Esteem Programs: Truth or Trickery?

• National Association for Self-Esteem
• The Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders Self-Esteem Resources
• The Self-Esteem Connection
• Self-Esteem Theme Page
• Self-Esteem Websites

• A meta-analysis of measures of self-esteem for young children: A framework for future measures. Davis-Kean, Pamela E.; Sandler, Howard M. Child Development. Blackwell Publishers Inc: US, 2001 May-Jun. 72 (3): p. 887-906.
• A therapist's guide to children's self-esteem. Willoughby, Colleen; King, Gillian; Polatajko, Helene. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. American Occupational Therapy Assn: US, 1996 Feb. 50 (2): p. 124-132.
• Building self-esteem in children (exp. ed.). Berne, Patricia H.; Savary, Louis M. Crossroad Publishing Co: New York, NY, US,
1996. xviii, 171pp.
• Changing self-esteem in children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review. Haney, Penny; Durlak, Joseph A. (American Psychological Association, 103rd, Aug, 1995, New York, NY, US.) Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc: US, 1998 Dec. 27 (4): p. 423-433.
• Effects of parental verbal aggression on children's self-esteem and school marks. Solomon, C. Ruth; Serres, Francoise. Child Abuse & Neglect. Elsevier Science Inc: US, 1999 Apr. 23 (4): p. 339-351.
• Extending self-esteem theory and research: Sociological and psychological currents. Owens, T.J., Stryker, S., Goodman, N. (2001). Cambridge University Press: New York, NY.
• Familial and ecological correlates of self-esteem in African American children.  Walker, Katrina; Taylor, Eric; McElroy, Angela; Phillip, Di-Ann; Wilson, Melvin N. In: Melvin N. Wilson, Ed. African American family life: Its structural and ecological aspects.. Jossey-Bass Inc, Publishers: San Francisco, CA, US, 1995. p. 23-34 of 109pp. Series title: New directions for child development, No. 68:  The Jossey-Bass education series.
• Integrating children with emotional and behavioural difficulties: The effect on self-esteem.  Banks, John. In: Peter Farrell, Ed.
Children with emotional and behavioural difficulties:  Strategies for assessment and intervention.. Falmer Press/Taylor & Francis, Inc Falmer Press/Taylor & Francis, Inc: London, England London, England, 1995. p. 60-72 of viii, 155pp.
• Level and stability of self-esteem as predictors of children's intrinsic motivation and reasons for anger. Waschull, Stefanie B.; Kernis, Michael H. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin. Sage Publications, Inc.: US, 1996 Jan. 22 (1): p. 4-13.
• Self-concept and self-esteem in elementary school children. Burnett, Paul C. Psychology in the Schools. John Wiley & Sons Inc: US, 1994 Apr. 31 (2): p. 164-171.
• Self-esteem in children.  Cordell, Antoinette S. In: C. Jesse Carlock, Ed. Enhancing self-esteem (3rd ed.).. Accelerated Development, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, US, 1999. p. 287-376 of xvii, 522pp.
• Self-esteem in children and youth: The role of sport and physical education.  Whitehead, James R.; Corbin, Charles B. In: Kenneth R.
Fox, Ed. The physical self:  From motivation to well-being.. Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL, US, 1997. p. 175-203 of xiii, 329pp.
• Self-understanding and self-esteem in children with learning disabilities. Cosden, Merith; Elliott, Katherine; Noble, Sharon; Kelemen, Eve. Learning Disability Quarterly. Council for Learning Disabilities: US, 1999
Fal. 22 (4): p. 279-290.
• The behaviour and self-esteem of children with specific speech and language difficulties. Lindsay, Geoff; Dockrell, Julie. British Journal of Educational Psychology. British Psychological Society: England, 2000 Dec. 70 (4): p. 583-601.
The relationship between self-esteem and language disordered children. McAndrew, Edel. Child Language Teaching & Therapy. Edward Arnold Ltd: England, 1999 Oct. 15 (3): p. 219-232.
• Treatment of low self-esteem.  Shirk, Stephen; Harter, Susan. In: Mark A. Reinecke, Ed; Frank M. Dattilio, Ed; et al. Cognitive therapy with children and adolescents:  A casebook for clinical practice.. The Guilford Press: New York, NY, US, 1996. p. 175-198 of xxiv, 416pp.

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