Over 5,000 high-school students of different social, religious, and national backgrounds were studied to show the effects of family experience, neighborhoods, minority groups, etc. on their self-image and response to society. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availa

*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. xi*1. SELF-ATTITUDES AND OTHER ATTITUDES, pg. 3*2. THE MEASUREMENT OF SELF-ESTEEM, pg. 16*3. THE SOCIAL FABRIC, pg. 39*4. THE DISSONANT RELIGIOUS CONTEXT, pg. 64*5. THE BROKEN FAMILY, pg. 85*6. BIRTH ORDER AND SELF-ESTEEM, pg. 107*7. PARENTAL INTEREST AND CHILDREN'S SELF-CONCEPTIONS, pg. 128*8. SELF-ESTEEM AND ANXIETY, pg. 149*9. INTERPERSONAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR, pg. 168*10. PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY, pg. 191*11. SELF-ESTEEM AND CONCERN WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS, pg. 206*12. OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION, pg. 224*13. SOCIETY AND SELF-VALUES, pg. 243*14. AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH, pg. 271*APPENDIX A. SELECTION OF THE SAMPLE, pg. 297*APPENDIX B. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS INDEX, pg. 300*APPENDIX C. NOTE ON SELECTED ETHNIC GROUPS, pg. 302*APPENDIX D. SCALES AND SCORES, pg. 305*INDEX, pg. 321