Self-esteem and depression
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Social psychiatry. Sozialpsychiatrie. Psychiatrie sociale
- Vol. 25 (5), 235-243
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00788644
Abstract
This is the last of a series of three papers dealing with the role of self-esteem in the onset of clinical depression. On the basis of a longitudinal population enquiry a comprehensive psychosocial model of depression is developend. It is concluded that self-esteem (primarily in terms of a negative measure) does play a significant role. However, this can be only properly interpreted in the light of the full model. This highlights: 1. the importance of the occurrence of both a negative enviromental factor (negative interaction with children or husband for married or negative interaction with children or lack of a very close tie for single mothers)and a negative psychological factor (low self-esteem or chronic subclinical condition); and 2. how a relatively small group of high risk women in these terms (23% of total at risk based on measures collected well of onset of depression occurring over a 12 month period.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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