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dc.contributor.authorNic Gabhainn, Saoirse
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-24T12:55:51Z
dc.date.available2011-11-24T12:55:51Z
dc.date.issued2003-02
dc.identifier.citationMullan, E., & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2003). Self-esteem and health-risk behaviours: is there a link? Irish journal of psychology, 23(1-2), 27-36.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0303-3910
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10379/2348
dc.description.abstractRosenberg Self-esteem Scale scores from 7706 Irish young people were analysed in order to determine if self-esteem is related to incidence of smoking, drinking, drunkenness and drug use. In addition, age, sex and social class differences in selfesteem scores are examined. There were no significant differences in self-esteem scores between those who had and had not tried smoking, those with different levels of smoking involvement, those who drank regularly and those who did not, frequency of reported drunkenness and for 15-17 year olds or those who reported ever having used cannabis and those who did not. Self-esteem was significantly higher in males than in females, and higher in 10 to 12 than in 13-17 year olds, but did not significantly differ across social class groups. The results do not support the received wisdom that self-esteem confers a protective effect against involvement in the socalled health-risk behaviours.en_US
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dc.publisherPsychology Society of Irelanden_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
dc.subjectIrelanden_US
dc.subjectYoung peopleen_US
dc.subjectSelf-esteemen_US
dc.subjectHealth Promotionen_US
dc.titleSelf-esteem and health-risk behaviours: is there a link?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.description.peer-reviewedpeer-revieweden_US
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Health and Childrenen_US
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