Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Modern Management and Education Technology(MMET 2021)

The Effect of Low Self-esteem on Development of Depression: A Meta-analysis

Authors
Danlan Huang
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Danlan Huang
Available Online 12 October 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211011.070How to use a DOI?
Keywords
self-esteem, depression, causation
Abstract

Self-esteem is defined as a person’s satisfaction, confidence and perceived worth of him. Depression is a widespread and severe social problem. For people with depression, their life standards are seriously affected. There is evidence that low self-esteem and depression are related. This article looks at the effects of low self-esteem on depression, and suggests that low self-esteem may be a cause for depression. Through a meta-analysis method, data on participants’ self-esteem and depression is extracted and analyzed from past researches on the correlation between self-esteem and depression. The participants range from adolescents to elderly as well as special groups. Then, a causational relationship is deduced from the correlation. The results suggest that low self-esteem can be one of the reasons of depression, showing a need for raising people’s self-esteem to prevent depression. The results also indicate a need for future researches to focus on how effective different ways of elevating self-esteem are.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Modern Management and Education Technology(MMET 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
12 October 2021
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.211011.070
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211011.070How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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