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28 December, 2001: "Pass this one around!"By Kathy Kinsley We may now safely ignore the psychobabble about self esteem and get back to teaching students scholastics--and flunking them if they don't learn. Professor Nicholas Emler's book "Self-Esteem - The Costs and Causes of Low Self-Worth" debunks the theory that low self-esteem is a prime cause of anti-social activity. According to the article: Scrutinising all the available research on both sides of the Atlantic, he finds no evidence that low self-esteem causes anti-social behaviour. Quite the reverse. Those who think highly of themselves are the ones most prone to violence and most likely to take risks, believing themselves invulnerable. They are more likely to commit crimes, drive dangerously, risk their health with drugs and alcohol. Maybe we can drop psychobabble now, and study what does and doesn't work? Nah, that would be too reasonable.
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