title: Effects of self-esteem on state and trait components of interpersonal dependency and depression in the workplace.
abstract: This longitudinal study was undertaken to clarify the relationships among self-esteem, interpersonal dependency, and depression, focusing on a trait and state component of interpersonal dependency and depression. In a sample of 466 working people, self-esteem, interpersonal dependency, job stressor, and depression were assessed at 2 points of time. A structural equation model (SEM) was created to differentiate the trait component of interpersonal dependency, depression and the state component of interpersonal dependency, depression. The model revealed that self-esteem influenced trait interpersonal dependency and trait depression but not state interpersonal dependency or depression. Setting a latent variable as a trait component to differentiate trait and state in interpersonal dependency and depression in SEM was found to be effective both statistically and clinically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Behavioral Sciences (Psychological Medicine), Kumamoto University, Graduate School ofMedical Sciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan. takagishi@h9.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takagishi
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult