title: Codependency and self-esteem among high school students.
abstract: 46 north central Kansas rural high school students completed a coedependency measure prepared from a list of codependent characteristics and the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory--Short Form including the Lie scale. Girls reported higher codependency scores than boys, but there was no difference between boys and girls on self-esteem. There was a significant difference between boys and girls on the self-esteem lie scores; boys tended to exaggerate their responses to appear more socially appropriate. The Pearson correlations suggest a moderate and negative association of self-esteem and codependency.
authors.affiliation: United School District No. 399, Natoma, Kansas.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010553:Personality Development; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*