@article{c78084318e114363a2974acd2e7cc2ef,
title = "Do depressive symptoms erode self-esteem in early adolescence?",
abstract = "We hypothesized that in early-but not mid or late-adolescence, self-esteem is malleable (i.e., rank-order instable) and is particularly susceptible to the effect of depressive symptoms. Results of a latent variable, cross-lagged, structural equation modeling analysis of data from the first two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health; N=4520) were consistent with the two hypotheses. Findings highlight the need to utilize a developmental framework when examining the effect of depression on self-esteem, and allude to the potentially deleterious effect of depression vis-{\`a}-vis self-development during early adolescence.",
keywords = "Depressive symptoms, Early adolescence, Scar hypothesis, Self-esteem, Structural equation modeling",
author = "Golan Shahar and Henrich, {Christopher C.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was based on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a program project designed by J. Richard Udry (PI) and Peter Bearman, and funded by grant P01-HD31921 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with cooperative funding participation by: the National Cancer Institute; the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; the National Institute of Drug Abuse; The National Institute of General Medical Sciences; the National Institute of Mental Health; the National Institute of Nursing Research; the Office of AIDS Research, NIH; the Office of Research on Women{\textquoteright}s Health, NIH; the Office of Population Affairs, DHHS; the National Center for Health Statistics, Center For Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS; the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, and the National Science Foundation. In preparation of this manuscript, Christopher Henrich was supported by a travel grant from the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation.",
year = "2010",
month = sep,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1080/15298860903286090",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "403--415",
journal = "Self and Identity",
issn = "1529-8868",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "4",
}