Journal article
Life Stress and Dysphoria: The Role of Self-Esteem and Hopelessness
Journal of personality and social psychology, Vol.65(5), pp.1054-1060
11/1993
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116084
PMID: 8246113
Abstract
This study evaluated the hypotheses that the relation between life stress (life events and daily hassles) and longitudinal change in dysphoria would be (a) moderated by self-esteem and (b) mediated by longitudinal change in hopelessness. Eighty undergraduates were first assessed on self-esteem, hopelessness, and dysphoria and then reassessed 3 months later on life events, daily hassles, hopelessness, and dysphoria. Residual change in dysphoria was significantly associated with self-esteem, life stress, and a Self-Esteem × Life Stress interaction. However, inconsonant with predictions, the moderating impact of self-esteem was greatest under conditions of low (vs. high) life stress. Moreover, residual change in hopelessness mediated the relations between residual change in dysphoria and both self-esteem and life stress.
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Details
- Title
- Life Stress and Dysphoria
- Creators
- Mark A Whisman - Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State UniversityPaul Kwon - Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
- Publication Details
- Journal of personality and social psychology, Vol.65(5), pp.1054-1060
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Identifiers
- 99900548219601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article