title: Longitudinal Relation Between General Well-Being and Self-Esteem.
abstract: This study investigated the longitudinal relation between general well-being and self-esteem of male adolescents with severe psychiatric disorders. Moreover, the transition out of secure residential care was studied. Adolescents ( N = 172) were assessed three times with 6 months between each assessment. The sample comprised adolescents who were admitted throughout the entire study ( n = 116) and who had been discharged at 6/12 months follow-up ( n = 56). General well-being and self-esteem were stable concepts over time. The relation between general well-being and self-esteem differed for both groups. Among the admitted group general well-being positively predicted self-esteem and self-esteem negatively predicted general well-being from Time 2 to Time 3. Among the discharged adolescents, self-esteem at Time 1 positively predicted general well-being at Time 2 and general well-being at Time 2 positively predicted self-esteem at Time 3. Changing social contexts, as well as problems experienced during the transition out of secure care, might affect this relationship.
authors.affiliation: 1 WODC (Research and Documentation Centre) of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands.|During the time that the research was conducted the affiliation of C.S. Barendregt was: Scientific Center for Care & Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Charlotte S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Barendregt
authors.affiliation: 1 WODC (Research and Documentation Centre) of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: André M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: van der Laan
authors.affiliation: 2 GGzE Center for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.|3 Scientific Center for Care & Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ilja L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Bongers
authors.affiliation: 2 GGzE Center for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.|3 Scientific Center for Care & Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Chijs
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Nieuwenhuizen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006304:Health Status; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011329:Prisoners; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: adolescents; delinquency; general well-being; longitudinal study; psychopathology; reciprocal relation; secure residential care; self-esteem