Developmental trajectory and relationships between Adolescents' social capital, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms: A latent growth model

The aim of this study was to explore longitudinal methods to evaluate the influence of social capital and self-esteem on depressive symptoms among adolescents. The current study tested secondary data obtained from the Korea Youth Panel Survey through the use of a multivariate latent growth model. Social capital and self-esteem tended to increase over periods of four years, whereas depressive symptoms had a tendency to decrease in the same periods. In the case of indirect effects on depressive symptoms by way of self-esteem, significant indirect associations were identified.
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research