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The Relative Age Effect and the Development of Self-Esteem
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Thompson, Angus; Barnsley, Roger; Battle, James – Educational Research, 2004
A recent paper has demonstrated a relationship between suicide during the teen years and the age, relative to one's classmates, at which these individuals entered school. This represents the latest, and perhaps most important, of a series of studies that have focused on the effects of grouping children by age of entry into particular activities.…
Descriptors: Death, Self Destructive Behavior, Age, Suicide