2013 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 182-189
[Purpose] The present study examines the relationship between social interest and adaptation as well as the relationship between social interest and maladaptation.
[Methods] The participants consisted of 134 public elementary school students (64 boys, 70 girls; third to sixth grade). The scales conducted in this study focused on social interest, self-worth, and depression.
[Results] The results of the mediation analysis indicate that the social interest of other schemas significantly mediate the relationships between the social interest of self-schema and self-worth (Sobel test z＝4.22, p＝.000, 95% CI [0.28, 0.70]). In addition, the social interest of other schemas significantly mediate the relationships between the social interest of self-schema and depression (Sobel test z＝－4.58, p＝.000, 95% CI [－0.49, －0.18]).
[Conclusion] The results of this study support the hypothesis that the social interest of other schemas mediates the relationships between the social interest of self-schema and both self-worth and depression.
