Original scientific paper

Depression Symptoms and Self-Oriented Cognitions

Marija Lebedina Manzoni orcid.org/0000-0002-3337-9606 ; Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Martina Lotar orcid.org/0000-0003-0666-0299 ; Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

Self-oriented cognitions related to depression include self-perception from Beck’s cognitive triad, real-ideal self discrepancy from Higgins’ Self-Discrepancy Theory (Higgins, 1987) and perfectionism. Recent studies have shown that the relation between perfectionism and depression is indirect (Ashby, Rice, & Martin, 2006; Lauri Korajlija, 2004; Preusser, Rice, & Ashby, 1994; Rice, Ashby, & Slaney 1998). The aim of this research is to determine whether self-liking, self-competence, real-ideal, and real-ought self discrepancy present mediators in the relation between negative perfectionism and depressive symptoms.
A sample of 147 female students from University of Zagreb Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences was assessed by the following instruments: Beck’s Depression Inventory II, the Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale, the Self-liking/Self-competence Scale and the Self Concept Questionnaire - Conventional Construct Version.
The results of this research have shown that self-liking and real-ought self discrepancy mediate the correlation between depressive symptoms and negative perfectionism. Self-competence and real-ideal discrepancy are both correlated to negative perfectionism and depression but these variables do not mediate the tested relationship.

Keywords

self-oriented cognitions; depressive symptoms; female students

Hrčak ID:

68692

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/68692

Publication date:

1.6.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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