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ERIC Number: EJ557946
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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Effect of Underemployment on School-Leavers' Self-Esteem.
Prause, JoAnn; Dooley, David
Journal of Adolescence, v20 n3 p243-60 Jun 1997
Explores self-esteem in a group of recent school-leavers (N=3,066). Results indicate that self-esteem was significantly lower in economically underemployed groups, relative to the adequately employed, after controlling for early self-esteem and other factors. No differences in self-esteem emerged among the economically underemployed groups. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Self Esteem, Underemployment, Unemployment, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Special theme issue on "The psychological effects of youth unemployment: International perspectives."