@article{ref1,
title="Low self-esteem as an early indicator of youth depressive symptoms",
journal="Advances in school mental health promotion",
year="2010",
author="Whitney, Stephen D. and Sullivan, Sybil and Herman, Keith",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="5-16",
abstract="Early diagnosis and treatment of depression are central to overcoming its negative sequelae, especially in children and young people. Low self-esteem and depression commonly co-occur, and some evidence suggests that low self-esteem may precede development of depressive symptoms. This study explores the relationship between low self-esteem and later depressive symptoms in a large, nationally representative, longitudinal database for the whole sample, in males and females and among different racial/ethnic groups. Low self-esteem was measured in Wave 1 to predict depressive symptoms in Wave 2, one year later, while controlling for initial depressive symptoms, as well as age, income and biological sex (gender). <br><br>RESULTS provided evidence of a unique relationship between self-esteem and depressive symptoms over time that was not contingent on gender or race/ethnicity. Implications for the possible development of an early screening measure for depression risk in school mental health are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1754-730X",
doi="10.1080/1754730X.2010.9715676",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1754730X.2010.9715676"
}