title: The relationship between structural aspects of self-concept and psychosocial adjustment in adolescents from alcoholic families.
abstract: Sixty adolescents from alcoholic families living in two large cities in Poland were examined in 2008 and 2009. Richness, stability, and certainty of their self-concepts, as well as levels of school adjustment, anxiety, and depression, were evaluated using a set of questionnaires. In a series of bivariate analyses, the strongest associations found were between richness of the self-concept and the social withdrawal syndrome, and between stability of the self-concept and depression. Both relationships remained significant, using multiple regression models, after controlling for possible confounding factors. Possible explanations and implications for the findings, as well as the study's limitations, are noted and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. katarka@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Katarzyna Anna
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Polak
authors.forename: Leon I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Puttler
authors.forename: Mark Andrew
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ilgen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment