CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. PART I .DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT
5. 1. SELF-ATTITUDES AND OTHER ATTITUDES 3
6. 2. THE MEASUREMENT OF SELF-ESTEEM 16
7. PART II. THE BROADER SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
8. 3. THE SOCIAL FABRIC 39
9. 4. THE DISSONANT RELIGIOUS CONTEXT 64
10. PART III. IN THE FAMILY
11. 5. THE BROKEN FAMILY 85
12. 6. BIRTH ORDER AND SELF-ESTEEM 107
13. 7. PARENTAL INTEREST AND CHILDREN’S SELF-CONCEPTIONS 128
14. PART IV. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND INTERPERSONAL CORRELATES
15. 8. SELF-ESTEEM AND ANXIETY 149
16. 9. INTERPERSONAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR 168
17. PART V. SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
18. 10. PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY 191
19. 11. SELF-ESTEEM AND CONCERN WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS 206
20. 12. OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION 224
21. PART VI. SELF-VALUES
22. 13. SOCIETY AND SELF-VALUES 243
23. PART VII. NEW DIRECTIONS
24. 14. AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 271
25. APPENDICES
26. APPENDIX A. SELECTION OF THE SAMPLE 297
27. APPENDIX B. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS INDEX 300
28. APPENDIX C. NOTE ON SELECTED ETHNIC GROUPS 302
29. APPENDIX D. SCALES AND SCORES 305
30. INDEX 321