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Orth, Ulrich Robins, Richard W. Roberts, Brent W. |
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Low Self-Esteem Prospectively Predicts Depression in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 95,3 (2008): 695-708. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022351408601247 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Berkeley Intergenerational Studies; CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (see Self-Esteem); Self-Esteem; Stress Low self-esteem and depression are strongly correlated in cross-sectional studies, yet little is known about their prospective effects on each other. The vulnerability model hypothesizes that low self-esteem serves as a risk factor for depression, whereas the scar model hypothesizes that low self-esteem is an outcome, not a cause, of depression. To test these models, the authors used 2 large longitudinal data sets, each with 4 repeated assessments between the ages of 15 and 21 years and 18 and 21 years, respectively. Cross-lagged regression analyses indicated that low self-esteem predicted subsequent levels of depression, but depression did not predict subsequent levels of self-esteem. These findings held for both men and women and after controlling for content overlap between the self-esteem and depression scales. Thus, the results supported the vulnerability model, but not the scar model, of self-esteem and depression. |
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Orth, Ulrich, Richard W. Robins and Brent W. Roberts. "Low Self-Esteem Prospectively Predicts Depression in Adolescence and Young Adulthood." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 95,3 (2008): 695-708.
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