Do depressive symptoms erode self-esteem in early adolescence?

Self and Identity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-415

  Shahar, Golan ^a,b   Henrich, Christopher C ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Early adolescence; Scar hypothesis; Self esteem; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956968186     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860903286090     Document Type: Article

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