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Positive Self in Mild and Moderate Depression

ZHOU Ya1, LIU Xiang-ping2,3   

  1. 1. Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;
    2. School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. Research Center of Emotion Reguloution, Beijing Nermal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2013-05-15 Published:2013-05-15

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Abstract: Based upon the perspectives of positive psychology, this study aimed to identity the potential positive self in depressed individuals. Participants were 131 secondary school students (65 depressed, 66 normal) from Wuhan City. Measures included: (1) the Beck Depression Inventory, to group the participants into mild and moderate depression and the normal control; (2) the Self Description Questionnaire II, to evaluate explicit global & specific self-esteem; and (3) adapted Implicit Association Test, to evaluate implicit global & specific self-esteem. All participants completed the measurements at two time points, i.e. immediately after their final math exams of the winter term (stress condition), and on the first day of the following summer semester (non-stress condition). Results included: (1) no matter explicit or implicit level, depressed individuals tend to have positive self in intrapersonal self dimensions, together with negative self in interpersonal self dimensions; (2) no matter explicit or implicit level, depressed individuals tend to have unstable self in dimensions relevant to their core self-worth, together with stable self in other dimensions.

Key words: depression, positive psychology, multidimensional hierarchical model of self, explicit/implicit self-esteem, self-esteem stability

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  • B844.3

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