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Writing about identity, values can boost teens' self-esteem
July 10, 2024
ITHACA, New York, July 10 -- Cornell University issued the following news:

Providing teenagers opportunities to affirm positive aspects of their identities can help bolster their self-esteem over time and ease transitions to high school, new Cornell psychology research finds.

In a study involving nearly 400 ninth graders, students who completed short essays every few months about identities or values important to them reported stable or even improved self-esteem through . . .

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