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Stability of self-esteem as a moderator of the relation between level of self-esteem and depression
M H Kernis1, B D Grannemann, L C Mathis
1Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
The hypothesis that stability of self-esteem would moderate the predictive relationship between level of self-esteem and depression was tested. Specifically, level of self-esteem was hypothesized to relate more strongly to subsequent depression for individuals with stable self-esteem than for individuals with unstable self-esteem. Results strongly supported this hypothesis. Implications for the relation between level of self-esteem and depression, and for the moderator variable approach to personality and prediction, are discussed.