Department of Sociology, Psychology, and Social Work, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica; School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Department of Sociology, Psychology, and Social Work, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
J Adolesc. 2019 Feb;71:162-166. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.01.008. Epub 2019 Feb 7.
While there has been much empirical work demonstrating the deleterious effects of low self-esteem on adolescent depression, very little of this has been conducted in low-to middle-income countries. Furthermore, one's trait-emotional intelligence (TEI) has rarely been examined in interaction with self-esteem to predict adolescent depression. To address these gaps, the current brief report examined the interacting effects of TEI on the associations of self-esteem and depressive symptoms. Age differences were also considered given developmental trends indicating significant variability in depression across adolescence.
A cross-sectional sample of 334 Jamaican adolescents aged 10-18 years (M = 14.74, SD = 1.95, 51% boys) completed surveys measuring self-esteem, TEI and depressive symptoms.
RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: Older adolescents reported greater depressive symptoms and less self-esteem compared to younger adolescents, and correlations showed that less self-esteem and TEI associated with more depressive symptoms. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed a significant three-way interaction whereby the buffering effect of TEI on the association of self-esteem and depressive symptoms was different for younger vs older adolescents. The findings provide further support for the effects of self-esteem and TEI on depressive symptoms, and indicate the importance for future studies in the Caribbean to examine these associations over time given the significant age differences revealed.
虽然有大量的实证研究表明低自尊对青少年抑郁的不良影响，但在中低收入国家进行的此类研究却很少。此外，很少有研究将特质情绪智力（TEI）与自尊结合起来预测青少年抑郁。为了弥补这些空白，本简要报告研究了 TEI 与自尊和抑郁症状之间的相互作用对青少年抑郁的影响。考虑到青少年期抑郁的发展趋势存在显著的变异性，还考虑了年龄差异。
对 334 名年龄在 10-18 岁的牙买加青少年（M=14.74，SD=1.95，51%为男性）进行了横断面研究，他们完成了自尊、TEI 和抑郁症状的测量。
与年轻青少年相比，年龄较大的青少年报告的抑郁症状更多，自尊感更低，相关性表明，自尊感和 TEI 越低，抑郁症状越多。分层多元回归分析显示，存在显著的三向交互作用，TEI 对自尊和抑郁症状之间的关联的缓冲作用在年轻和年长青少年之间有所不同。研究结果进一步支持了自尊和 TEI 对抑郁症状的影响，并表明在加勒比地区的未来研究中，鉴于所揭示的显著年龄差异，有必要随着时间的推移来检验这些关联。
