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Clijsen, Anne (2015)

Het verband tussen zelfvertrouwen, probleemgedrag en de Nederlandse en Marokkaanse etniciteit

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

Little is known about the number of young people who have to deal with problem behavior and what factors are causing or have influence on this problem behavior. It is claimed that Moroccan adolescents show more problem behavior than Dutch adolescents, but whether that is the truth can be doubted. The present study examined how self-esteem and four types of problem behavior are related. This is done with the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. These four types of problem behavior are emotional problems, behavioral problems, problems with peers and hyperactivity/inattention. In addition it is examined whether ethnicity has a moderating role in the relation between self-esteem and the four types of problem behavior. In the present study 403 adolescents participated, 214 native Dutch participants and 189 participants of Moroccan origin. First, the study showed a correlation between self-esteem and four types of problem behavior; this correlation...Show moreLittle is known about the number of young people who have to deal with problem behavior and what factors are causing or have influence on this problem behavior. It is claimed that Moroccan adolescents show more problem behavior than Dutch adolescents, but whether that is the truth can be doubted. The present study examined how self-esteem and four types of problem behavior are related. This is done with the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. These four types of problem behavior are emotional problems, behavioral problems, problems with peers and hyperactivity/inattention. In addition it is examined whether ethnicity has a moderating role in the relation between self-esteem and the four types of problem behavior. In the present study 403 adolescents participated, 214 native Dutch participants and 189 participants of Moroccan origin. First, the study showed a correlation between self-esteem and four types of problem behavior; this correlation was stronger for the Moroccan participants than for the native Dutch participants. Second, the Dutch participants showed more self-esteem than the participants of Moroccan origin. Third, the participants were found to differ in problem behavior, except for emotional problems; the Dutch participants showed more hyperactivity/inattention, the participants of Moroccan origin showed more problems with peers and more behavioral problems. Finally, the study showed that ethnicity does not play a moderating role in the relationship between self-esteem and the four types of problem behavior. In general it can be concluded that self-esteem and problem behavior are related, but that ethnicity is not a moderator in this relation.Show less

Zelfvertrouwen

Probleemgedrag

Etniciteit

Author

Clijsen, Anne

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Clinical child and adolescent studies

Supervisors

Zwaanswijk, W.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl