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Loneliness, stress, self esteem and depression among Malaysian adolescents


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Yaacob, Siti Nor and Juhari, Rumaya and Abu Talib, Mansor and Uba, Ikechukwu (2009) Loneliness, stress, self esteem and depression among Malaysian adolescents. Jurnal Kemanusiaan, 14. pp. 85-95. ISSN 1675-1930

Abstract

The current study examined the degree of relationships between loneliness, stress and self-esteem with depression among adolescents. The respondents were 1407 secondary school adolescents aged between 13 to 17 years old from selected states in Malaysia. Data were collected by using a self-administered questionnaire. Adolescent depression was measured by Children Depression Inventory (CDI) (Kovacs, 1985) while stress was measured by Perceive Stress Scale (Cohen, 1983). Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona, 1980) measured loneliness and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) measured self-esteem. The findings of the study showed that loneliness, stress and self-esteem have moderate significant relationships with depression and stress emerged as the strongest predictor of adolescent depression.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Human Ecology
Publisher: Fakulti Pengurusan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Keywords: Loneliness; Stress; Self esteem; Depression
Depositing User: Emelda Mohd Hamid
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2014 07:25
Last Modified: 26 Aug 2016 08:46
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15485
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