Self-Evaluation and Depressive Symptoms: A Latent Variable Analysis of Self-esteem, Shame-proneness, and Self-criticism.

Autor: Porter AC; Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203.; University of Rochester, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, 500 Wilson Blvd, Meliora Hall, Rochester, NY 14627., Zelkowitz RL; Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203., Gist DC; Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203., Cole DA; Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment [J Psychopathol Behav Assess] 2019 Jun; Vol. 41 (2), pp. 257-270. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 22.
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-019-09734-1
Abstrakt: This paper examined the unique associations of latent self-esteem with symptoms of depression, over-and-above latent shame-proneness (study 1) and latent self-criticism (study 2), among two samples of undergraduate students. In study 1, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed convergent and discriminant validity for most measures of shame-proneness and self-esteem. Shame-proneness and self-esteem (taken separately) were strongly related to depressive symptoms. Controlling for each other, self-esteem but not shame-proneness remained associated with depressive symptoms. In study 2, CFA showed convergent validity but not discriminant validity for measures of self-criticism and low self-esteem. Self-esteem and self-criticism (taken separately) were strongly related to depressive symptoms. Controlling for each other, however, neither construct was significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Findings suggest that (a) self-esteem and shame-proneness have good discriminant validity, (b) self-esteem is uniquely related to depressive symptoms above and beyond shame-proneness, and (c) self-report measures of self-criticism and self-esteem have poor discriminant validity.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to report.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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