Protective processes for depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents: The importance of self-esteem
The aim of the study was to investigate the protective processes for depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents. A cross-sectional anonymous self-report national survey was conducted including 9113 16-19-year-old students attending all upper secondary schools in Iceland in 2004. Corr...
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ftkingscollondon:oai:kclpure.kcl.ac.uk:publications/7e28071c-3b83-41a9-b23b-6037b7793b2c 2024-04-28T08:25:58+00:00 Protective processes for depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents: The importance of self-esteem Asgeirsdottir, Bryndis Bjork Gudjonsson, Gisli H. Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora 2010-10 https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/7e28071c-3b83-41a9-b23b-6037b7793b2c https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.007 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Asgeirsdottir , B B , Gudjonsson , G H , Sigurdsson , J F & Sigfusdottir , I D 2010 , ' Protective processes for depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents: The importance of self-esteem ' , Personality and Individual Differences , vol. 49 , no. 5 , pp. 402 - 407 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.007 article 2010 ftkingscollondon https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.007 2024-04-03T14:44:42Z The aim of the study was to investigate the protective processes for depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents. A cross-sectional anonymous self-report national survey was conducted including 9113 16-19-year-old students attending all upper secondary schools in Iceland in 2004. Correlations and multiple linear regression models were carried out to test for main, interaction and mediating effects. The results showed that parental support, positive attitudes towards school and sport participation negatively predicted depressed mood and anger (main effects). Self-esteem however, turned out to be a stronger negative predictor of depressed mood and anger for sexually abused adolescents than for non-abused adolescents (interaction effect). Finally, self-esteem mediated the effects of parental support, attitudes towards school and sport participation on depressed mood and anger. These results underscore the specific importance of self-esteem when predicting depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents. They also indicate that parental support, attitudes towards school and sport participation are important predictors of these emotional problems, both directly and indirectly through their effects on self-esteem. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland King's College, London: Research Portal Personality and Individual Differences 49 5 402 407 |
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The aim of the study was to investigate the protective processes for depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents. A cross-sectional anonymous self-report national survey was conducted including 9113 16-19-year-old students attending all upper secondary schools in Iceland in 2004. Correlations and multiple linear regression models were carried out to test for main, interaction and mediating effects. The results showed that parental support, positive attitudes towards school and sport participation negatively predicted depressed mood and anger (main effects). Self-esteem however, turned out to be a stronger negative predictor of depressed mood and anger for sexually abused adolescents than for non-abused adolescents (interaction effect). Finally, self-esteem mediated the effects of parental support, attitudes towards school and sport participation on depressed mood and anger. These results underscore the specific importance of self-esteem when predicting depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents. They also indicate that parental support, attitudes towards school and sport participation are important predictors of these emotional problems, both directly and indirectly through their effects on self-esteem. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Protective processes for depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents: The importance of self-esteem |
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Asgeirsdottir , B B , Gudjonsson , G H , Sigurdsson , J F & Sigfusdottir , I D 2010 , ' Protective processes for depressed mood and anger among sexually abused adolescents: The importance of self-esteem ' , Personality and Individual Differences , vol. 49 , no. 5 , pp. 402 - 407 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.007 |
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