TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Low self-esteem as an early indicator of youth depressive symptoms
JO  - Advances in school mental health promotion
A1  - Whitney, Stephen D.
A1  - Sullivan, Sybil
A1  - Herman, Keith
SP  - 5
EP  - 16
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1754-730X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1754730X.2010.9715676
ID  - ref1
ER  -