How is self-esteem related to depression in children?

What will be an ideal response?


Almost all young people with depression experience negative self-esteem. In fact, low self-esteem is the symptom that seems most specifically related to depression in adolescents (Lewinsohn et al., 1997). Self-esteem in children with depression is also highly reactive to daily life events, and such daily fluctuations in self-esteem appear to be related to depression following exposure to major life stresses (Roberts & Gotlib, 1997). Thus, both low self-esteem and unstable self-esteem seem to play an important role in depression.

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A. is unable to learn new information B. is unable to count numbers from 1 to 10 C. is unable to speak coherent sentences D. suffers from a motor tic of the eye

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symptoms. Family members were sympathetic at first but now are tired of hearing the same old complaints. Mrs. Borhoquez presents a classic case of __________. A) illness anxiety disorder B) pain disorder C) conversion disorder D) psychosomatic disorder

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