Alghamdi Samirah, Manassis Katharina, Wilansky-Traynor Pamela
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.
J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Aug;20(3):203-7.
Low self-esteem is associated with depressive symptoms in children. However, the association between domains of self-esteem (e.g., self perceptions) and depressive symptoms may vary by gender.
This study evaluated self-perceptions in relation to self-reported depressive symptoms in boys and girls.
School children in grades 3 to 6 (n = 140; 54% boys; 46% girls) completed the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and The Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) as part of a school-based intervention targeting anxious and depressive symptoms. The CDI was re-administered about 1 month later. Pearson correlations between the subscales of the SPPC and the average CDI T-scores were determined. Significant correlations were entered in stepwise regressions to predict depressive symptoms for the whole sample and then separately for boys and girls.
Self-perceived scholastic competence, physical appearance, and behavioral conduct accounted for 19.8% of the variance in self-reported depressive symptoms overall. Behavioral conduct was a more salient predictor in boys (adjusted R(2) =0.146) whereas scholastic competence and physical appearance were more salient in girls (adjusted R(2) =0.203).
Although replication is needed, boys and girls appear to have different self-perceptions in relation to depressive symptoms. Understanding these differences may help to inform clinical interventions.
自尊心低与儿童的抑郁症状相关。然而，自尊各领域（如自我认知）与抑郁症状之间的关联可能因性别而异。
本研究评估了男孩和女孩自我认知与自我报告的抑郁症状之间的关系。
三至六年级的在校儿童（n = 140；54%为男孩；46%为女孩）完成了儿童抑郁量表（CDI）和儿童自我认知量表（SPPC），作为一项针对焦虑和抑郁症状的校本干预措施的一部分。约1个月后再次进行CDI测试。确定了SPPC各子量表与CDI平均T分数之间的皮尔逊相关性。将显著相关性纳入逐步回归分析，以预测整个样本以及男孩和女孩各自的抑郁症状。
自我感知的学业能力、外貌和行为表现总体上解释了自我报告抑郁症状变异的19.8%。行为表现在男孩中是更显著的预测因素（调整后R² = 0.146），而学业能力和外貌在女孩中更显著（调整后R² = 0.203）。
尽管需要重复验证，但男孩和女孩在抑郁症状方面似乎有不同的自我认知。了解这些差异可能有助于为临床干预提供依据。
