Some of the themes that emerged and have been categorised as psychological factors included: thinking that you were the only one that had the problem, low self-esteem, lowered morale, worry regarding the opinions of others, fear, feeling helpless and useless.
"I felt my self-esteem lower nightly".
Middle school is a stage where even previously successful students sometimes succumb to poor self-esteem, lower academic expectations, troubles with friends and detachment from school.
Those with lower education reported lower engagement, lower self-esteem, lower sense of control, and had lower contextual SES (a measure which included neighbourhood educational attainment).
Social and physical activity participation has been associated with higher life satisfaction, higher self-esteem, lower rates of institutionalization, lower the risk of mortality, and survival [ 20- 22].
The authors found that higher depression, lower self-esteem, lower social support, poorer social integration and higher social conflict were associated with greater lung cancer specific stigma.
Children orphaned by AIDS, in the present study, show significant higher anxiety, lower self-esteem, lower social support, and lower positive mental health factors than do those in the control groups.
Although they found no significant differences in the impulsivity dimension, GD patients with ADHD were more likely to have lower self-esteem, lower self-discipline, and higher levels of emotional instability and stress predisposition.
Studies from the field of gerontology have reported that older people's social participation is associated with higher life satisfaction, higher self-esteem, lower rates of admission to a nursing homes, as well as lower mortality [ 1- 3].
For the CRA, there were statistically significant differences based on group membership for 'health' (F=5.303, p=0.023) and 'self-esteem' (F=4.158, p=0.044), indicating that the carers of frail elderly in the intervention group reported overall better health and self-esteem (lower scores) than the carers of frail elderly in the control group.
