A follow-up study of longterm effects of unemployment on children: loss of self-esteem and self-destructive behavior among adolescents

Childhood ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 212-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.N. Christoffersen
1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter L. Cornwall ◽  
Jan Scott

We report a subgroup analysis of 24 out of 42 subjects who were hospitalized for non-psychotic major depressive disorder and who agreed to participate in interviews at admission and 2 years afterwards (as reported previously by Domken, Scott, & Kelly, 1994; Bothwell & Scott, 1997). At 2 year follow-up, these 24 subjects were categorized according to established criteria into clients meeting criteria for full remission (FR; n=9) and those meeting criteria for partial remission (PR; n=15). The most striking findings were that, over time, PR subjects showed significant loss of self-esteem and showed greater divergence in self-ratings compared to observer ratings of their depressive symptoms, whilst the same ratings in the FR group changed in the opposite direction. We suggest that the persistence of depression in PR subjects may provide evidence to support Teasdale’s (1988) hypothesis that some individuals “get depressed about being depressed”. The research and clinical implications of the results are noted.


2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (8) ◽  
pp. 788-798
Author(s):  
Lonneke A. van Tuijl ◽  
Elise C. Bennik ◽  
Brenda W. J. H. Penninx ◽  
Philip Spinhoven ◽  
Peter J. de Jong

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taru Lintunen ◽  
Esko Leskinen ◽  
Marja Oinonen ◽  
Marjo Salinto ◽  
Paavo Rahkila

Changes in self-perceptions of fitness, appearance, and self-esteem among adolescents were assessed in a 4-year follow-up study. Both the changes in the mean levels across time (profile analysis), and the changes in the reliability and stability of individual differences (i.e. covariance stability as test-retest correlations) were examined. The subjects (64 boys, 49 girls) were 11 years old at the first annual measurement. Self-esteem was assessed using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, as well as self-assessment questionnaires specifically designed for this study to assess Perceived Fitness and Perceived Appearance. MANOVA-and Simplex-models were used in the analysis. Our results among the girls were in accordance with the gradual consolidation hypothesis, so that self-perceptions become more fixed with increasing age. The boys showed highly stable self-perceptions throughout the follow-up, which may indicate the early emergence of a fixed self-concept. Self-esteem increased with age but changes in perceived fitness were small over time. The decrease in perceived appearance found among the girls but not among the boys was in accordance with the gender intensification hypothesis.


1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Coleman ◽  
Anne Aubin ◽  
Maureen Robinson ◽  
Christine Ivani-Chalian ◽  
Roger Briggs

Author(s):  
Anders Raustorp ◽  
Trevor Archer ◽  
Kjell Svensson ◽  
Thommy Perlinger ◽  
Marie Alricsson
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