TY - JOUR
T1 - Low self-esteem prospectively predicts depression in the transition to young adulthood
T2 - A replication of Orth, Robins, and Roberts (2008)
AU - Rieger, Sven
AU - Göllner, Richard
AU - Trautwein, Ulrich
AU - Roberts, Brent W.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - The present study is a close replication of the work of Orth, Robins, and Roberts (2008). Orth et al. (2008) tested three theoretical models of the relation between self-esteem and depression-the vulnerability model, the scar model, and the common factor model-using longitudinal, cross-lagged panel designs. The authors concluded that depression and self-esteem were not the same construct (contrary to the common-factor model), and furthermore, the results were clearly in line with the vulnerability model and not with the scar model (low self-esteem predicts subsequent levels of depression and not vice versa). In addition, the results held for both men and women. To conduct a very close replication of the work of Orth et al. (2008), we used data from another large longitudinal study (N = 2,512), which is highly similar in study design and that contains the same measures (self-esteem and depression). The present study replicated the results of the Orth et al. (2008) study in a notable manner, in regard to the comparability of the coefficients, and therefore, corroborates the vulnerability model (and not the scaror the common-factor model).
AB - The present study is a close replication of the work of Orth, Robins, and Roberts (2008). Orth et al. (2008) tested three theoretical models of the relation between self-esteem and depression-the vulnerability model, the scar model, and the common factor model-using longitudinal, cross-lagged panel designs. The authors concluded that depression and self-esteem were not the same construct (contrary to the common-factor model), and furthermore, the results were clearly in line with the vulnerability model and not with the scar model (low self-esteem predicts subsequent levels of depression and not vice versa). In addition, the results held for both men and women. To conduct a very close replication of the work of Orth et al. (2008), we used data from another large longitudinal study (N = 2,512), which is highly similar in study design and that contains the same measures (self-esteem and depression). The present study replicated the results of the Orth et al. (2008) study in a notable manner, in regard to the comparability of the coefficients, and therefore, corroborates the vulnerability model (and not the scaror the common-factor model).
KW - Depression
KW - Replication
KW - Self-esteem
KW - Young adulthood
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U2 - 10.1037/pspp0000037
DO - 10.1037/pspp0000037
M3 - Article
C2 - 25915130
AN - SCOPUS:84952979460
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 110
SP - e16-e22
JO - Journal of personality and social psychology
JF - Journal of personality and social psychology
IS - 1
ER -