The Predictive Role of Early Trauma Dimensions on Self-Esteem in 11 - 13- Year-Old Students: Controlling the Role of Maladaptive Schema

Abstract

Background: 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. Objectives: This is a correlational study aims to investigate the relationship between early traumas as a predictor of negative selfesteem by controlling the effect of maladaptive schemas in 11-13 year-old-student sample. Methods: 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 meth-