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Revista de Psicología (PUCP)

On-line version ISSN 0254-9247

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PEREIRA DA SILVA, Brenda Fernanda; SANTOS VITTI, Laís; FIORIM ENUMO, Sônia Regina  and  FARO, André. Do self-esteem and gender help explain depressive and/or anxiety symptoms in adolescents?. Revista de Psicología [online]. 2022, vol.40, n.1, pp.579-601. ISSN 0254-9247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18800/psico.202201.019.

Depression and anxiety are common in adolescents, and poor mental health in this group leads to harm in adulthood. This study investigates to what extent gender, age, body image dissatisfaction, and self-esteem were related to depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescents. The sample consisted of 1,209 high school students of both sexes, aged 13-19 years (M = 15.8; SD = 1.23). The instruments were: sociodemographic questionnaire, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Stunkard Figure Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Multinomial logistic regression indicated that being female and having low or moderate self-esteem satisfactorily explained the anxiety symptoms. Reduced self-esteem was the best explanation for depressive symptoms, and finally, reduced rates of self-esteem satisfactorily explained symptoms for both disorders.

Keywords : anxiety; depression; self-esteem; body image; adolescent.

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