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KMID : 0608020090170010209
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Korean Journal of Family Therapy
2009 Volume.17 No. 1 p.209 ~ p.224
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The Influence of Attachment, Differentiation, and Self-Esteem on Adolescent Depressions
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Kim Gab-Sook
Lee Cheol-Woo
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Abstract
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This study explored the effects of attachment to parents, differentiation of self, and self-esteem on adolescent depression. Four measurement devices were administered to the subjects, 275 senior high-school students in Daegu: The Attachment to Father and Mother Scale, the Self Differentiation Scale, a Self -Esteem Scale, and Beck’s Depression Inventory. The researcher used t-tests, Pearson correlation, path analysis, and regression analysis to analyze the data. The study found, first, that female students had significantly less depression than male students and significantly higher attachment to their mothers. They did not differ significantly when it came to self esteem, self differentiation, and attachment to their fathers. Second, there was a significant positive correlation among the following variables: attachment to father and mother, self differentiation, and self-esteem. There was a significant negative correlation between depression and attachment to father and mother, self differentiation, and self-esteem. Third, for male students, self-esteem had a significant direct effect on depression, while attachment to father and mother and self differentiation had an indirect effect on depression. For female students, self-esteem and self differentiation had a significant direct effect on depression, while attachment to father and mother had an indirect effect on depression. The relative influence of self-esteem on the prediction of depression was the strongest among all the variables.
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KEYWORD
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attachment, self differentiation, self-esteem, depression
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