Self-esteem, self-descriptions, and self-portraits are studied among
561 adolescents (ages 12 through 16) attending schools in Norway.
The participants included 199 adolescent children of immigrants
and refugees to Norway who came from 29 different countries, with
the largest percentage coming from Pakistan and Vietnam. Contrary to expectations, immigrant adolescent girls had, overall, more
positive perceptions of self than did Norwegian girls. Immigrant
girls endorsed the item, "I like most things about myself," from the
American Association of University Women Survey (1990) more
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