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Refining the vulnerability model of low self-esteem and depression: Disentangling the effects of genuine self-esteem and narcissism.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Orth, Ulrich Robins, Richard W. Meier, Laurenz L. Conger, Rand D. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | A growing body of research supports the vulnerability model of low self-esteem and depression, which states that low self-esteem is a risk factor for depression. The goal of the present research was to refine the vulnerability model, by testing whether the self-esteem effect is truly due to a lack of genuine self-esteem or due to a lack of narcissistic self-enhancement. For the analyses, we used data from 6 longitudinal studies consisting of 2,717 individuals. In each study, we tested the prospective effects of self-esteem and narcissism on depression both separately for each construct and mutually controlling the constructs for each other (i.e., a strategy that informs about effects of genuine self-esteem and pure narcissism), and then meta-analytically aggregated the findings. The results indicated that the effect of low self-esteem holds when narcissism is controlled for (uncontrolled effect = -.26, controlled effect = -.27). In contrast, the effect of narcissism was close to zero when self-esteem was controlled for (uncontrolled effect = -.06, controlled effect = .01). Moreover, the analyses suggested that the self-esteem effect is linear across the continuum from low to high self-esteem (i.e., the effect was not weaker at very high levels of self-esteem). Finally, self-esteem and narcissism did not interact in their effect on depression; that is, individuals with high self-esteem have a lower risk for developing depression, regardless of whether or not they are narcissistic. The findings have significant theoretical implications because they strengthen the vulnerability model of low self-esteem and depression. |
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| DOI | 10.1037/pspp0000038 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://boris.unibe.ch/74621/2/Orth%20et%20al%202016%20JPSP.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://uorth.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/orth-et-al-2016-jpsp.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://boris.unibe.ch/74621/2/Orth%20et%20al%202016%20JPSP.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://laurenzmeier.info/pdf/Orth2016JPSP.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 25915133 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000038 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 110 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Journal | Journal of personality and social psychology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
