School activities and work: effects on adolescent self-esteem.
This study investigated the relationship between participation and involvement in school activities, degree of part-time work, and self-esteem in a sample of middle-class urban high school sophomores and juniors. The results indicated that self-esteem was affected by the nature of the school activity and by gender. Within a multivariate context, results indicated no significant correlates of self-esteem among the boys. Among the girls, the significant correlates of self-esteem were hours worked, age, and curricular track. The differential nature of school activities, gender, and the effects of working outside of school are discussed.
Steitz
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Department of Foundations of Education, Memphis State University, Tennessee 38152.
Owen
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D013177:Sports; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014937:Work