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Contribution of Self-Esteem and Collective Self-Esteem in Predicting Depression

Author(s) -

Shraddha Sharma,

Surila Agarwala

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

psychological thought

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199

H-Index - 4

ISSN - 2193-7281

DOI - 10.5964/psyct.v6i1.50

Subject(s) - self esteem , psychology , beck depression inventory , depression (economics) , personality , clinical psychology , agra , social psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics , ecology , biology

This research was conducted with the purpose to examine the relationship among self-esteem, collective self-esteem and depression. Anotherobjective was to study the contribution of self-esteem and collective self-esteem in predicting depression. Beck Depression Inventory (1996),Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory (1985) and Collective Self-Esteem Inventory by Luhtanen and Crocker (1992) were used to measuredepression, self-esteem and collective self-esteem respectively. Study was carried out on 200 subjects in the age range of 17-23 years,selected from Agra city. The results of the research showed that there was significant positive relationship between self-esteem and collectiveself-esteem (p < .01), significant negative relationship between self-esteem and depression (p < .01). It was also found that collective self-esteemwas a significant predictor of depression. This research implies that an optimum level of self-esteem and high collective self-esteem not onlyprevents depression but also enhances the positive aspects of personality

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