Implicit and explicit self-esteem in currently depressed individuals with and without suicidal ideation.
In the present study, we have further explored implicit self-esteem in currently depressed individuals. Since suicidal ideation is associated with lower self-esteem in depressed individuals, we measured both implicit and explicit self-esteem in a population of currently depressed (CD) individuals, with and without suicidal ideation (SI), and in a group of non-depressed controls (ND). The results indicate that only CD individuals with SI show a discrepancy between their implicit and explicit self-esteem: that is, they exhibit high implicit and low explicit self-esteem. CD individuals without SI exhibit both low implicit and low explicit self-esteem; and ND controls exhibit both normal implicit and normal explicit self-esteem. These results provide new insights in the study of implicit self-esteem and the combination of implicit and explicit self-esteem in depression.
Franck
Erik
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Department of Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium. erik.franck@ugent.be
De Raedt
Rudi
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Dereu
Mieke
M
Van den Abbeele
Dirk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001530:Belgium; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012016:Reference Values; D012649:Self Concept; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*