scholarly journals The Impact of Child Abuse Experience, Depression, and Aggression on School Adjustment in Late School-aged Children: The Moderated Mediation Effect of Self-Esteem and Ego-Resiliency

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-297
Author(s):  
Lee Young Ae
2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çiğdem Berber Çelik ◽  
Hatice Odacı

Background: The present study addressed the effects of child abuse in early adulthood. Aims: The purpose of the study was to determine the direct and indirect effects of child abuse on self-esteem, depression, anxiety and stress levels. Method: The participants of the study were 636 students (477 females and 159 males) studying at three different state universities in Turkey. Data were collected through ‘Childhood Trauma Questionnaire’, ‘Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)’, ‘Two-Dimensional Self-Esteem Scale (Self-Liking/Self-Competence)’ and ‘Demographic Information Form’. The obtained data were analyzed with Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and path analysis techniques via SPSS 23 and AMOS 22. Results: Considering the relationship between the variables, child abuse was found to be negatively correlated with self-esteem, while it was positively correlated with depression, anxiety and stress. As a result of the path analysis, it was observed that child abuse affected self-esteem directly in the negative way. Throughout the analysis, self-esteem was found to have a direct and negative effect on depression, anxiety and stress, respectively. Child abuse was also found to have an indirect effect on depression, anxiety and stress. Conclusion: Self-esteem had full mediation effect between child abuse, and depression, anxiety and stress.


The purpose of this study was to provide policy and educational suggestions for solving the presentation anxiety of middle school students, by analyzing the moderated mediation effect of growth mindset on the relationship between negative evaluation and presentation anxiety through self-esteem. The study utilized the SPSS PC + Win. 23 and SPSS PROCESS macro 3.1. The main statistical technique used in the study was to utilize a frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and moderated mediation effect analysis. In this case, the effect analysis verification utilized a bootstrap method, with 5,000 samples of sub-trap and a 95% confidence interval. First, it is noted that the higher the negative evaluation, the higher the anxiety of presentation, and the higher the self-esteem, the lower the anxiety of presentation. Second, the growth mindset moderated the path between a negative evaluation, self-esteem, and anxiety in the participants. Based on the results of this study, suggestions for recommended future research were suggested.


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