@article{ref1,
title="Global and domain-specific self-concepts of a matched sample of adolescent runaways and nonrunaways",
journal="Journal of clinical child psychology",
year="1997",
author="Swaim, K. F. and Bracken, Bruce A.",
volume="26",
number="4",
pages="397-403",
abstract="Assessed the self-concepts of 132 adolescents (66 adolescent runaways and 66 nonrunaways) with the Multidimensional Self Concept Scale (MSCS). Adolescent runaways were found to have significantly lower global self-concepts than the matched group of children who did not run away (hereafter nonrunaways). Runaways were also found to have lower domain-specific self-concepts than nonrunaways in 5 of the 6 important domains assessed by the MSCS (i.e., Social, Affect, Academic, Family, and Physical). Within-group analyses revealed that runaway adolescents had significantly lower Family self-concepts than other specific domains of self-concept, which highlights the influence of families on children's psycho-social adjustment. As expected, nonrunaways did not differ across any of the domain-specific self-concepts.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-228X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}