Quality of life among adolescents living in residential youth care: do domain-specific self-esteem and psychopathology contribute?
Thomas JozefiakNanna S KayedIngunn RanøyenHanne K GregerJan L WallanderLars WichstrømPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2017)
The self-esteem domains, social acceptance and physical appearance, add substantially to the explained variance in QoL among adolescents living in RYC institutions, over and beyond the levels of psychopathology. These self-esteem domains may be targets of intervention to improve QoL, in addition to treating their psychopathology.