Author/Authors :
Sajjadi، Seyede Fatemeh نويسنده Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shiraz Branch, Islamic
Azad University, Shiraz, IR Iran , , Zargar، Yadolla نويسنده Department of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, IR Iran Zargar, Yadolla , Zare، Leila نويسنده Seed and Plant Certification and Registration Institute (SPCRI), Karaj, Iran , , Tajikzadeh، Fakhri نويسنده Department of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, IR Iran Tajikzadeh, Fakhri
Abstract :
Self-esteem is a stable sense of personal worthiness. There is
insufficient evidence from the available research to fully determine the
relationship between self-esteem and early trauma. This is a
correlational study aims to investigate the relationship between early
traumas as a predictor of negative self-esteem by controlling the effect
of maladaptive schemas in 11-13 year-old-student sample. 292 people (201
females, 91 males) with mean age of 12.33 were selected via multistage
random sampling. Participants completed questionnaire on children’s
depression inventory (CDI), childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ), schema
inventory for children (SIC) and provided demographic information.
Analyzing data was done using correlation and stepwise regression
methods. The results showed that emotional neglect and physical abuse
are the best predictors of negative self-esteem. Additionally, the
results revealed no evidence of maladaptive schemas mediating the
relationship between early trauma and negative self-esteem. In general,
the findings showed that emotional neglect and physical abuse are the
best predictors of negative self-esteem in children and explain a
considerable variance of survival index. Our findings also demonstrate
that maladaptive schemas do not have any significant effect on the
relationship between trauma and negative self-esteem.
