Low self-esteem prospectively predicts depression in adolescence and young adulthood
Low self-esteem prospectively predicts depression in adolescence and young adulthood
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低自尊前瞻性地预测青春期和成年早期的抑郁症
DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.695
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发表时间：
2008-09-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Roberts, Brent W.
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作者：
Orth, Ulrich;Robins, Richard W.;Roberts, Brent W.
在横断面研究中，低自尊与抑郁症密切相关，但对于它们彼此之间的前瞻性影响知之甚少。脆弱性模型假设低自尊是抑郁症的一个风险因素，而疤痕模型则假设低自尊是抑郁症的一个结果，而非原因。为了检验这些模型，作者使用了两个大型纵向数据集，每个数据集分别在15岁到21岁以及18岁到21岁之间进行了4次重复评估。交叉滞后回归分析表明，低自尊可预测随后的抑郁水平，但抑郁并不能预测随后的自尊水平。这些发现对于男性和女性均成立，并且在控制了自尊量表和抑郁量表之间的内容重叠之后仍然成立。因此，研究结果支持了自尊与抑郁症的脆弱性模型，而非疤痕模型。
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.