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Loneliness, stress, self esteem and depression among Malaysian adolescents

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The current study examined the degree of relationships between loneliness, stress and self-esteem with depression among adolescents. The respondents were 1407 secondary school adolescents aged between 13 to 17 years old from selected states in Malaysia. Data were collected by using a self-administered questionnaire. Adolescent depression was measured by Children Depression Inventory (CDI) (Kovacs, 1985) while stress was measured by Perceive Stress Scale (Cohen, 1983). Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona, 1980) measured loneliness and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) measured self-esteem. The findings of the study showed that loneliness, stress and self-esteem have moderate significant relationships with depression and stress emerged as the strongest predictor of adolescent depression.

Source: Universiti Putra Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Authors: Siti Nor Yaacob, Rumaya Juhari, Mansor Abu Talib, Ikechukwu Uba

Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2117699167

FWCI: 0.681

Cites: 34

Cited by: 52

Related to: 10