Depression and self-esteem among Afghan school-going adolescents under the Taliban government: a cross-sectional study

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Neyazi, A, Padhi, BK, Ahmadi, M, Rangelova, V, Mohammadi, AQ, Neyazi, M and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2023. Depression and self-esteem among Afghan school-going adolescents under the Taliban government: a cross-sectional study. Discover Psychology, 3: 25. ISSN 2731-4537

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-023-00087-1

Abstract

Background: During the period of adolescence, several major developmental changes occur that can have significant impact on an individual’s brain structure and functioning through their entire life.

Aims: The present study aimed to examine the association between depression and self-esteem alongside specific sociodemographic factors among school-going adolescents living under the rule of Taliban.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted with adolescents (n = 452) from 20 randomly selected public primary, secondary and high schools of Herat province (Afghanistan) out of the 86 schools registered in Herat Education Department. The survey included the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSES).

Results: Two-thirds of adolescents reported depression symptoms (65.3%) and 86.3% reported poor self-esteem. Multiple regression analysis indicated that (i) mother's education level was significantly associated with depression symptoms and (ii) low-income economic status was significantly associated with self-esteem.

Conclusion: As well as being one of the few studies in Afghanistan, the present study is one of the very few to assess the association between class group, self-esteem, and depression symptoms. These findings may be used by healthcare authorities and school administrators to raise awareness and implement strategies to facilitate self-esteem among school school-going adolescents.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Discover Psychology
Creators:	Neyazi, A., Padhi, B.K., Ahmadi, M., Rangelova, V., Mohammadi, A.Q., Neyazi, M. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date:	2023
Volume:	3
ISSN:	2731-4537
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s44202-023-00087-1 DOI 1806465 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2023. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	21 Sep 2023 08:14
Last Modified:	21 Sep 2023 08:14
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49772