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07-11-2019 | Book Review

Megan MacCutcheon: The Ultimate Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens

Rockridge Press, Emeryville, CA, 2019, 156 pp, ISBN: 978-1-64152-610-4

Auteur: Chris Fradkin

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 11/2019

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In The Ultimate Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens, author Megan MacCutcheon delivers a self-help workbook for teens struggling with their self-esteem. This developmental stage is a critical time for intervention, as teens with lower self-esteem have “poorer mental and physical health, worse economic prospects, and higher levels of criminal behavior in adulthood” than their peers with healthy self-esteem (Trzesniewski et al. 2006, p. 381). The author includes activities, tutorials, and anecdotes from former patients, to help the reader on the road to their recovery. The author encourages the teen to work the book at their own pace; she posits that progress is a process (MacCutcheon 2019). Thus, the workbook is a guidebook, to assist the troubled teen on their path from childhood to adulthood. …

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Titel: Megan MacCutcheon: The Ultimate Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens
Rockridge Press, Emeryville, CA, 2019, 156 pp, ISBN: 978-1-64152-610-4
Auteur: Chris Fradkin
Publicatiedatum: 07-11-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 11/2019
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01163-3

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