Longitudinal Relation Between General Well-Being and Self-Esteem

Abstract

This study investigated the longitudinal relation between general well-being and self-esteem of male adolescents with severe psychiatric disorders. Moreover, the transition out of secure residential care was studied. Adolescents ( N = 172) were assessed three times with 6 months between each assessment. The sample comprised adolescents who were admitted throughout the entire study ( n = 116) and who had been discharged at 6/12 months follow-up ( n = 56). General well-being and self-esteem were stable concepts over time. The relation between general well-being and self-esteem differed for both groups. Among the admitted group general well-being positively predicted self-esteem and self-esteem negatively predicted general well-being from Time 2 to Time 3. Among the discharged adolescents, self-esteem at Time 1 positively predicted general well-being at Time 2 and general well-being at Time 2 positively predicted self-esteem at Time 3. Changing social contexts, as well as problems experienced during the transition out of secure care, might affect this relationship.

A Systematic Review of Quality of Life Assessments of Offenders

“…Twenty articles reported on forensic samples, 20 on prisoner samples, and one article was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) assigning mentally ill offenders to either forensic treatment or prison (Cosden, Ellens, Schnell, & Yamini-Diouf, 2005). Five articles reported on youth (Barendregt, Van Der Laan, Bongers, & Van Nieuwenhuizen, 2016, 2018; Van Damme, Colins, De Maeyer, Vermeiren, & Vanderplasschen, 2015; Van Damme, Hoeve, et al, 2015; Van Damme, Hoeve, Vermeiren, Vanderplasschen, & Colins, 2016) and two reported on elderly samples (Combalbert et al, 2017; De Smet et al, 2017). Three articles reported on offenders with substance use disorders (Broner, Lattimore, Cowell, & Schlenger, 2004; Metz et al, 2010; Prendergast, McCollister, & Warda, 2017), while among the 21 prisoner articles, two reported on offenders with mental health problems other than substance use disorders (Jacoby & Kozie-Peak, 1997; Zwemstra, Masthoff, Trompenaars, & De Vries, 2009) and two excluded based on this (Carcedo, Perlman, Lopez, & Orgaz, 2012; Carcedo et al, 2011).…”

“…Relationships with staff included agreement with items such as “I trust the staff here” and “Staff is generally concerned with my welfare.” Social relationships QoL was related to readiness to change both 1 and 2 months later; the readiness to change dimension was measured through items such as “Maybe this place will be able to help me” and “I guess I have faults, but there’s nothing I really need to change.” Van Damme, Colins, and colleagues (2015) also reported that exposure to trauma and low socioeconomic status were related to poorer QoL in all four domains in a youth sample. In Barendregt et al’s (2016) longitudinal study of youth forensic patients, QoL and self-esteem were correlated over three points in time.…”

“…Van Damme, Colins, and colleagues (2015) also reported that exposure to trauma and low socioeconomic status were related to poorer QoL in all four domains in a youth sample. In Barendregt et al's (2016) longitudinal study of youth forensic patients, QoL and self-esteem were correlated over three points in time.…”

“…Most studies measuring the effect of forensic treatment on QoL used only a pre-post design and tended to report no change. Three studies reported no changes in the majority of QoL domains after 6 to 37 months of forensic treatment (Barendregt, Van Der Laan, Bongers, & Van Nieuwenhuizen, 2016;Jeon, Gang, & Oh, 2017;Lindstedt, Grann, & Soderlund, 2011). Only one study, Lindstedt et al, managed to collect data from some participants (one third) after released from forensic treatment.…”

Perceived Living Conditions of Young People in Secure Residential Care: Psychometric Properties of the Best Interest of the Child − Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S)

“…In addition, it has been underlined to include the young person's subjective perspectives of the living conditions when assessing his/her wellbeing while being in care (for instance, Barendregt et al 2015;Bradshaw et al 2013;Clery et al 2014;Main and Bradshaw 2012). The use of subjective perspectives as (part of) a monitoring system enables young people having a say in articulating those elements that matter to their own well-being (UNICEF Office of Research 2013).…”