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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

1988

Reasoner's Building Self-Esteem Program

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Increasing The Self-Esteem Of Junior High Emotionally Disturbed Boys, La Rue Eaton Richey Aug 1988

Increasing The Self-Esteem Of Junior High Emotionally Disturbed Boys, La Rue Eaton Richey

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Emotional disturbance can be viewed as an inability to manage one's behavior. This inability to maintain self-control in stressful situations represents a serious problem not only for the individual but for family and school personnel. In this study, Reasoner's (1984) Building Self-Esteem program was used with seventh and eighth grade emotionally disturbed boys in a West Texas community. Their self-esteem scores did increase as measured by Coopersmith (1984) Self-Esteem Inventory. *

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