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TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-esteem and self-disgust both mediate the relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and depressive symptoms
AU - Simpson, J.
AU - Hillman, R.
AU - Crawford, T.
AU - Overton, P. G.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Previous research indicates that self-disgust partially mediates the relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and depression. However, as self-disgust is only a partial mediator, other variables are also likely to mediate this relationship. One potential variable is self-esteem, which has consistently been linked to depression in the literature. Hence, the current study aimed to examine whether self-disgust and self-esteem both mediate the relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and depression. Measures of self-disgust, self-esteem, dysfunctional cognitions and depression were completed by a non clinical sample of 120 participants. Self-disgust and self-esteem were found to be conceptually distinct constructs and both constructs were found to be partial mediators of the relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and depression: a finding which generalised across two measures of depression. The important mediational role of emotions in the development of depression needs to be taken into account in therapeutic practice.
AB - Previous research indicates that self-disgust partially mediates the relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and depression. However, as self-disgust is only a partial mediator, other variables are also likely to mediate this relationship. One potential variable is self-esteem, which has consistently been linked to depression in the literature. Hence, the current study aimed to examine whether self-disgust and self-esteem both mediate the relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and depression. Measures of self-disgust, self-esteem, dysfunctional cognitions and depression were completed by a non clinical sample of 120 participants. Self-disgust and self-esteem were found to be conceptually distinct constructs and both constructs were found to be partial mediators of the relationship between dysfunctional cognitions and depression: a finding which generalised across two measures of depression. The important mediational role of emotions in the development of depression needs to be taken into account in therapeutic practice.
KW - Dysfunctional cognitions
KW - Mediator analysis
KW - Depression
KW - Self-disgust
KW - Self-esteem
U2 - 10.1007/s11031-010-9189-2
DO - 10.1007/s11031-010-9189-2
M3 - Journal article
VL - 34
SP - 399
EP - 406
JO - Motivation and Emotion
JF - Motivation and Emotion
SN - 0146-7239
IS - 4
ER -