Low self-esteem at age eleven predicts adult aggression and delinquency

Evidence

M. Donnellan, K. H. Trzesniewski, R. W. Robins, T. E. Moffitt, and A. Caspi, “Low Self-esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency,” Psychological Science 16, no. 4 (2005), 328–35, doi:10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01535.x. — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 881