Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the longitudinal influence of social capital and self-esteem on depressive symptoms among adolescents. A multivariate latent growth model was used to test secondary data obtained from the Korea Youth Panel Survey. Social capital and self-esteem tended to increase over periods of four years, whereas depressive symptoms had a tendency to decrease in the same periods. In the case of indirect effects on depressive symptoms by way of self-esteem, significant indirect associations were identified. The results indicated that the intercept of social capital had a significant indirect effect and total effect on the intercept of depressive symptoms. In addition, the slope of social capital had a significant indirect effect and total effect on the slope of depressive symptom. The initial development of social capital and self-esteem is shown to be effective for reducing adolescents' depressive symptoms.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 377-383 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Archives of Psychiatric Nursing |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 Oct |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Depressive symptoms
- Latent growth model
- Self-esteem
- Social capital
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Phychiatric Mental Health
