Self-esteem and Symptoms of Mental Disorder in the Adolescence: Associated Variables
he objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between symptoms of mental disorders and self-esteem of adolescents, as also their association with sex, age and family configuration. Participants were 359 adolescents aged 13 to 19 years (M=15.77, SD=1.40), students from public school...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade de Brasília (UnB) |
| Repositorio: | Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/27917 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/27917 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | adolescence; self-esteem; mental disorders; family adolescência; autoestima; transtornos mentais; família |
| Resumo: | he objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between symptoms of mental disorders and self-esteem of adolescents, as also their association with sex, age and family configuration. Participants were 359 adolescents aged 13 to 19 years (M=15.77, SD=1.40), students from public schools. The instruments were the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire. Descriptive analyzes, Spearman correlation test, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were performed. The results indicated a lower average in the symptoms of mental disorder among the boys, but no differences were observed by sex, age or family configuration regarding self-esteem. There was a significant negative correlation between symptoms of mental disorders and self-esteem, confirming the relationships between these variables. Limitations and suggestions for further studies are discussed. |
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