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Kwaadsteniet, Marloes de (2022)

Het zelfvertrouwen van een Mishandeld Kind: De Relatie tussen Kindermishandeling en Zelfvertrouwen en de Rol van Sekse

Bachelor thesis | Psychologie (BSc)

Background Many children are being maltreated; this causes a lot of psychological problems, such as low self-esteem. A low self-esteem can cause lifelong negative consequences. Goal This study examined the relation between different types of child maltreatment and self-esteem in adolescence and the effect of gender. Methods The data is acquired from a Dutch multi-method two-generation research called RE-PAIR (Janssen et al., 2021). The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form (Bernstein & Fink, 1997) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Avison & Rosenberg, 1981) are completed by 115 respondents (78 girls and 37 boys), of which 80 non-clinical adolescents and 35 adolescents with depression. The relations and moderation are researched via regression analyses. Results Child maltreatment accounts a significant part of the variance in self-esteem (R2=.130; p < .05). Emotional abuse is the strongest negative predictor of self-esteem (β = -.293; t(86) = -2,287; p < .05). In addition,...Show moreBackground Many children are being maltreated; this causes a lot of psychological problems, such as low self-esteem. A low self-esteem can cause lifelong negative consequences. Goal This study examined the relation between different types of child maltreatment and self-esteem in adolescence and the effect of gender. Methods The data is acquired from a Dutch multi-method two-generation research called RE-PAIR (Janssen et al., 2021). The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form (Bernstein & Fink, 1997) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Avison & Rosenberg, 1981) are completed by 115 respondents (78 girls and 37 boys), of which 80 non-clinical adolescents and 35 adolescents with depression. The relations and moderation are researched via regression analyses. Results Child maltreatment accounts a significant part of the variance in self-esteem (R2=.130; p < .05). Emotional abuse is the strongest negative predictor of self-esteem (β = -.293; t(86) = -2,287; p < .05). In addition, there was an interaction-effect of gender (t(88) = - 2,554; p < .05). In girls, emotional maltreatment is significant negative related to self-esteem (β = -.443; t(61) = -3.856; p = < .001), but not in boys (β = .048; t(27) = .249; p = .805). Discussion Child maltreatment has a negative relation with self-esteem, in which emotional maltreatment in particular plays a key role. Girls’ self-esteem decreases when they have experienced maltreatment. As a next step, we should try to reduce or prevent low self-esteem in maltreated populations.Show less

child maltreatment

self-esteem

emotional maltreatment

Author

Kwaadsteniet, Marloes de

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Supervisors

M.S. Tollenaar

ECTS Credits

15

Language

nl