Externally Contingent and Unstable Self‐Worth as Predictors of Depression in College Women: A 3‐Month Study |
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| Authors: | Frederick G Lopez Brittany Thorne Sydney Schoenecker Kevin Siffert Rebecca Chaliman Erica Castleberry |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston.;2. Now Sydney Schoenecker McQuade and is now at the Community Psychiatric Clinic, Seattle, Washington.;3. Now at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas.;4. Now Rebecca Chaliman Thompson and is now at Counseling Services, University of Nevada, Reno.;5. Now in private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| Abstract: | Undergraduate women completed measures of externally contingent self‐worth, self‐esteem instability, and depression at the beginning (Time 1) and again 3 months later near the end (Time 2) of an academic semester. Findings indicated that when Time 1 depression scores were controlled for, each Time 1 facet of self‐esteem made significant contributions to Time 2 depression scores. Implications of these findings for the counseling of depressed college students are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | self‐worth self‐esteem instability depression |
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