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Self‐esteem and close relationships: A statistical refinement
Author(s) -
Cramer Duncan
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1990.tb00899.x
Subject(s) - lisrel , psychology , spurious relationship , self esteem , empathy , congruence (geometry) , structural equation modeling , social psychology , association (psychology) , latent variable , developmental psychology , statistics , mathematics , psychotherapist
Cramer's (1988) panel data were re‐examined using linear structural relationships analysis (LISREL) with latent variables to determine the nature of the cross‐lagged association between self‐esteem and the Rogerian facilitative qualities in a close current relationship. While the associations between self‐esteem and level of acceptance, empathy and congruence seemed spurious, unconditionality of acceptance and total facilitativeness were significantly positively related to later self‐esteem, implying that these associations were unidirectional in nature.