@article { , title = {Cigarettes, alcohol, drugs and self-esteem: A comparison of 15-16-year-olds from France and the UK}, abstract = {This paper compares samples of 15-16-year-olds from the UK and France on their use of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (Rosenberg 1965) and on the relationships between total self-esteem and substance use. On all 10 of the scale items French students used the extreme ratings to a far greater extent than did UK students. However, the means and standard deviations obtained on adding up the 10 item scores were similar. In both countries, boys showed higher self-esteem than girls and heavy cigarette smoking was associated with low self-esteem. There were no other significant relationships between self-esteem and substance use for the French children, but there were several such, particularly for girls, in the UK.}, doi = {10.1080/14659890210132090}, issn = {1465-9891}, issue = {2}, journal = {Journal of Substance Use}, pages = {71-77}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1081166}, volume = {7}, keyword = {substance use, self-esteem, teenagers}, year = {2002}, author = {Miller, Patrick and Plant, Martin and Choquet, Marie and Ledoux, Sylvie} }