Implicit and explicit self-esteem in currently depressed individuals with and without suicidal ideation

Franck, Erik; de Raedt, Rudi; Dereu, Mieke; van den Abbeele, Dirk

doi:10.1016/J.JBTEP.2006.05.003

Title

Implicit and explicit self-esteem in currently depressed individuals with and without suicidal ideation

Author

Franck, Erik

de Raedt, Rudi

Dereu, Mieke

van den Abbeele, Dirk

Abstract

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.

Language

English

Source (journal)

Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry. - Oxford

Publication

Oxford : 2007

ISSN

0005-7916

DOI

10.1016/J.JBTEP.2006.05.003

Volume/pages

38 :1 (2007) , p. 75-85