ABSTRACT
KATHARINE REED, CARLY WOOD, JO BARTON, JULES N. PRETTY, DANIEL COHEN, AND GAVIN R. H. SANDERCOCK
4.1 INTRODUCTION
The prevalence of mental ill health in UK children is rising; approximately 1 in 10 young people suffer from a diagnosable mental health disorder each year [1]. Self-esteem is one indicator of mental health and is defined as: “a person’s positive or negative attitude towards the self in totality” [2]. Low self-esteem is a common occurrence in many forms of mental illness [3]; thus methods of improving self-esteem in children are important for mental health.
