scholarly journals Attachment, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Distress: A Multiple-Mediator Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-142
Author(s):  
Fei Shen ◽  
Yanhong Liu ◽  
Mansi Brat
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Childhood Attachment ◽  
Counseling Interventions ◽  
Multiple Mediator Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Mediator

The present study examined the relationships between childhood attachment, adult attachment, self-esteem, and psychological distress; specifically, it investigated the multiple mediating roles of self-esteem and adult attachment on the association between childhood attachment and psychological distress. Using 1,708 adult participants, a multiple-mediator model analysis following bootstrapping procedures was conducted in order to investigate the mechanisms among childhood and adult attachment, self-esteem, and psychological distress. As hypothesized, childhood attachment was significantly associated with self-esteem, adult attachment, and psychological distress. Self-esteem was found to be a significant mediator for the relationship between childhood attachment and adult attachment. In addition, adult attachment significantly mediated the relationship between self-esteem and psychological distress. The results provide insight on counseling interventions to increase adults’ self-esteem and attachment security, with efforts to decrease the negative impact of insecure childhood attachment on later psychological distress.

scholarly journals INTERACTIONS OF OPTIMISM WITH SOCIAL RELATIONS FOR WOMEN'S WELL-BEING

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S212-S212
Author(s):  
Aurora M Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Social Strain ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Variance Explained

Abstract The impact of personality on the relationship between social relations and well-being has been understudied. We assessed optimism, social support, and social strain in association with self-esteem, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction for a sample of 247 women (Mean age = 57.56, range 45-89 years) from three race groups (42% Native American, 34% African American, 24% European American). PROCESS models revealed significant interactions between optimism and support suggesting that high support buffers the risk of low optimism for all three dependent variables, and two interactions of optimism with social strain, showing that low optimism exacerbated the negative impact of high strain for CES-D and self-esteem scores. The full models accounted for 30-50% of the variance explained in each outcome. We discuss important resources for resilience shown by the women in the sample.

scholarly journals Sibship and self-esteem in children with asthma

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Concetta Polizzi ◽  
Valentina Fontana ◽  
Antonio Carollo ◽  
Alessandra Bono ◽  
Sofia Burgio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Control ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Healthy Siblings ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Experimental Group

This study has explored the valence of sibship that may empower the self-esteem of children with asthma at the interpersonal, environmental control competence, emotionality management, and body-image levels. It has been assumed that the relationship between siblings may have a moderating effect on the negative impact that asthma has on child’s development. Seventy children suffering from chronic asthma have been involved: 40 children with siblings (experimental group) and 30 sibling-free children (control group). The children with asthma have exhibited higher levels of self-esteem in comparison with the sibling-free children. The results of the study, at the clinical significance level, highlight how meaningful could be the involvement of healthy siblings to support the development, and to ease the compliance of children suffering from asthma. The outcomes have confirmed the supportive valence of sibship for the self-esteem of the children with asthma.

scholarly journals Social Exclusion and Impulsive Buying among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and The Moderating Role of Risk Preference

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haocheng Luo ◽  
Jiarong Chen ◽  
Shengnan Li ◽  
Yangang Nie ◽  
Guodong Wang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Risk Preference ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Impulsive Buying ◽  
The Relationship

With the development of science and technology, buying has become much easier. At the same time, however, impulsive buying has many negative consequences for college students, and the causes of impulsive buying should therefore be explored. To explore the relationship between social exclusion and impulsive buying and its underlying mechanism, this study used the Social Exclusion Scale, Self-Esteem Scale, Risk Preference Scale, and Impulsive Buying Scale to investigate the roles of self-esteem and risk preference in the relationship between social exclusion and impulsive buying among 768 college students (387 were female, Mage = 20.25 years). The results were as follows: (1) when controlling for gender, age, family monthly income, and monthly living expenses, social exclusion significantly and positively predicted impulsive buying; (2) self-esteem played a mediating role between social exclusion and impulsive buying; (3) risk preference moderated the relationship between the second half of the mediating path and the direct path. These results reveal the mechanism underlying impulsive buying in college students, that is, social exclusion will predict the decrease of college students' self-esteem, and low self-esteem will further predict college students' impulsive buying which is a way for them to gain a sense of self-worth. Relatively low risk preference can well alleviate the negative impact of social exclusion and low self-esteem on impulsive buying. What’s more, these results have implications for impulsive buying interventions. Schools should aim to create a good peer atmosphere by making certain rules that help to reduce social exclusion and parents and education departments should cultivate students’ risk awareness to avoid risk behaviors in college students, such as impulsive buying behavior.

scholarly journals Trait Emotional Intelligence, Coping Strategies, and Self-Esteem in Romanian Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-186
Author(s):  
Sabina Alexandra Dumitrescu
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Trait Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Psychometric Instruments ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Mediator

In this study we have succeeded to render an authentic image of Romanian adolescents in terms of EI, coping strategies, and self-esteem. The study involved 211 adolescents aged between 15 and 18, who attend high school in Bucharest. The aim of the study was to identify the relationships between EI and coping strategies, EI and self-esteem, but also the mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between EI and coping strategies. Three psychometric instruments were used: TEIQue ASF for the assessment of EI, the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents for self-esteem, and CERQ for coping strategies. The results have shown that EI predicts the nature of the coping strategies chosen by adolescents when confronted with stressful situations. Also, self-esteem has proven to be a significant mediator only in the relationship between EI and maladaptive coping, improving its effects, but not in the relationship between EI and adaptive coping.

Relationship Between Perfectionism and Depression Among Chinese College Students With Self-Esteem as a Mediator

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Chai ◽  
Wenhui Yang ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Shuyu Chen ◽  
Dwight A. Hennessy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Maladaptive Perfectionism ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Adaptive Perfectionism ◽  
Significant Mediator

Objectives This study is designed to examine the mediating role of self-esteem (SE) in the relationship between perfectionism and depression among a nonclinical sample of 918 Chinese college students. Methods Participants completed a questionnaire battery that included measures of perfectionism (Almost Perfect Scale-Revised), depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression), and self-esteem (The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale). Results The results showed that maladaptive perfectionism significantly and positively predicted depression, while adaptive perfectionism and self-esteem negatively predicted depression. More importantly, self-esteem partially mediated the prediction of depression from both adaptive perfectionism and maladaptive perfectionism. Conclusion Self-esteem was a significant mediator on the relationship between perfectionism and depression. Elevating student self-esteem may be a way of reducing depression, particularly among maladaptive perfectionists.

The Relationship between Perfectionism and Psychological Distress with the Mediation of Coping Styles and Self-Esteem

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 614-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Mirzairad ◽  
Alireza Haydari ◽  
Reza Pasha ◽  
Parvin Ehteshamzadeh ◽  
Behnam Makvandi
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Relationship between Psychological Distress and Self-Esteem with Anthropometric Characteristics in Obese Children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Narimani ◽  
Seyed Mohsen Nemati
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Volume Index ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Anthropometric Characteristics ◽  
Pearson Correlation Test ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Obesity is emerging as a worldwide problem. Among the factors contributing to obesity, psychological distress and self-esteem seem to be of particular importance because stressful situations lead to eating disorders, lack of exercise and difficulty in regulating emotion. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between psychological distress and self-esteem with anthropometric characteristics in obese children. Methods: The research method was correlational and the research sample included 150 students in the age range of 10 to 14 years in the academic year of 2017-18 in Ardabil City. They were selected by purposive sampling. Data were collected using DASS42 questionnaire, Eysenck self-esteem questionnaires and anthropometric survey questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16 and Pearson correlation test and multiple regressions. The data collected were analyzed by Pearson correlation test and multiple regressions. Results: The results showed that the relationship between anxiety and depression with body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR) and abdominal volume index (AVI) was significant and the relationship between stress and body mass index (BMI) and abdominal volume index (AVI) was significant (p <0.05). Moreover, the relationship between self-esteem and BMI, WHR and AVI anthropometric characteristics was significant and this relationship was negative and significant (p <0.05). The regression results also showed that BMI was a stress reliever (p <0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that anthropometric characteristics have a positive relationship with anxiety and depression and a negative relationship with self-esteem.

Coping styles and self-esteem as mediators of the perfectionism-depression relationship among Chinese undergraduates

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Taisheng Cai
Keyword(s):  
Coping Styles ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Final Model ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Maladaptive Perfectionism ◽  
Counseling Interventions ◽  
Negative Coping ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Chinese Undergraduates

We examined the roles of negative coping, positive coping, and self-esteem as mediators of the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and depression with a sample of 412 Chinese undergraduates. Participants completed measures of perfectionism and it was found that negative coping and positive coping both partially mediated the association between maladaptive perfectionism and depression. The final model also revealed that positive coping partially mediated the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and self-esteem. Implications for counseling interventions and future research are discussed.

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