Effects of self-esteem on state and trait components of interpersonal dependency and depression in the workplace

✍ Scribed by Yukihiro Takagishi; Masatsugu Sakata; Toshinori Kitamura

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 132 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20815

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This longitudinal study was undertaken to clarify the relationships among self‐esteem, interpersonal dependency, and depression, focusing on a trait and state component of interpersonal dependency and depression. In a sample of 466 working people, self‐esteem, interpersonal dependency, job stressor, and depression were assessed at 2 points of time. A structural equation model (SEM) was created to differentiate the trait component of interpersonal dependency, depression and the state component of interpersonal dependency, depression. The model revealed that self‐esteem influenced trait interpersonal dependency and trait depression but not state interpersonal dependency or depression. Setting a latent variable as a trait component to differentiate trait and state in interpersonal dependency and depression in SEM was found to be effective both statistically and clinically. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:1–9, 2011.