Self-esteem, defensive strategies and social intelligence in the Adolescence

• Published in: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Main Authors: MALTESE, Agata, ALESI, Marianna, Alù, AGM
• Other Authors: Maltese, A, Alesi, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: self-esteem; defensive strategies; social intelligence; adolescence; Settore M-PSI/04 - Psicologia Dello Sviluppo E Psicologia Dell'Educazione; Psi; Tromso
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/74544; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.12.164

A variety of studies documented that self-esteem is related to protective strategies including self-handicapping and causal attributions in the school domain. In particular, these defensive modalities, both proactive and retroactive, refer to some of the maladaptive strategies employed by an individ...