| Autor: |
Masselink M; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulation, The Netherlands., Van Roekel E; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulation, The Netherlands.; Tilburg University, Department of Developmental Psychology, The Netherlands., Hankin BL; Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA., Keijsers L; Tilburg University, Department of Developmental Psychology, The Netherlands., Lodder GMA; Tilburg University, Department of Developmental Psychology, The Netherlands.; Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands., Vanhalst J; KU Leuven, Department of School Psychology and Development in Context, Belgium., Verhagen M; Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioural Science Institute, The Netherlands., Young JF; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA., Oldehinkel AJ; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulation, The Netherlands. |
| Abstrakt: |
Many longitudinal studies have investigated whether self-esteem predicts depressive symptoms (vulnerability model) or the other way around (scar model) in adolescents. The most common method of analysis has been the Cross-lagged Panel Model (CLPM). The CLPM does not separate between-person effects from within-person effects, making it unclear whether the results from previous studies actually reflect the within-person effects, or whether they reflect differences between people. We investigated the associations between self-esteem and depressive symptoms at the within-person level, using Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPM). To get an impression of the magnitude of possible differences between the RI-CLPM and CLPM, we compared the results of both models. We used data from three longitudinal adolescent samples (age range 7-18; Study 1: N =1,948; Study 2: N =1,455; Study 3: N =316). Intervals between the measurements were 1-1.5 years. Single-paper meta-analyses showed support for small within-person associations from self-esteem to depressive symptoms, but not the other way around, thus only providing some support for the vulnerability model. The cross-lagged associations in the aggregated RI-CLPM and CLPM showed similar effect sizes. Overall, our results show that over 1-1.5 year time intervals, low self-esteem may negatively influence depressive symptoms over time within adolescents, but only weakly so. |
