The developmental costs of high self-esteem for antisocial children |
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| Authors: | Menon Madhavi Tobin Desiree D Corby Brooke C Menon Meenakshi Hodges Ernest V E Perry David G |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Two hypotheses--high self-esteem leads children to act on antisocial cognitions (disposition-activating hypothesis) and high self-esteem leads children to rationalize antisocial conduct (disposition-rationalizing hypothesis)--were investigated in two longitudinal studies. In Study 1 (N= 189; mean age = 11.1 years), antisocial behavior was aggression; in Study 2 (N= 407; mean age = 10.8 years) it was avoidance of the mother. In both studies, there was little evidence for the disposition-activating hypothesis but considerable support for the disposition-rationalizing hypothesis. Over time, aggressive children with high self-esteem increasingly valued the rewards that aggression offers and belittled their victims, and avoidant children with high self-esteem increasingly viewed their mother as harassing and uninvolved. For antisocial children, high self-esteem carries costs. |
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