• Title of article

    Female Adolescent Prostitutes’ Cognitive Distortion, Self-Esteem and Depression

  • Author/Authors

    Nasir, R. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,School of Psychology and Human Development, Malaysia , Zamani, Z. A. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,School of Psychology and Human Development, Malaysia , Khairudin, R. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,School of Psychology and Human Development, Malaysia , Ismail, R. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,School of Social Development and Enviromental Studies, Malaysia , Yusooff, F. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,School of Psychology and Human Development, Malaysia , Zawawi, Z. M. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,School of Psychology and Human Development, Malaysia

  • From page
    155
  • To page
    163
  • Abstract
    This study investigated the relationship between cognitive distortion, self-esteem and depression among female adolescents who were involved in prostitution in Malaysia. Subjects for this study were 42 adolescents aged between 15 and 20 years old. Four research instruments were used in this study; a set of questions for the demographic background of the subjects, Briere’s Cognitive Distortion Scale (CDS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS) for measuring cognitive distortion, self-esteem and depression, respectively. Data for this study were analyzed by using Pearson Correlation. Results of this study revealed that there was a significant negative correlation between cognitive distortion and self-esteem (r = .530, p 0.001), a negative significant correlation between depression and self-esteem (r = .522, p 0.001), and a significant positive correlation between cognitive distortion and depression (r = .712, p 0.001). Implications for counselling are also discussed
  • Keywords
    Adolescents , cognitive distortion , depression , prostitution , self , esteem
  • Journal title
    Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (JSSH)
  • Journal title
    Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (JSSH)
  • Record number

    2651180

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