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Hardiness as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Emotional Autonomy and Depression Among Adolescents

    Rupan Dhillon

    Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

    Nishtha Mehra

    Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India


Received
24 Mar, 2017
Accepted
12 Apr, 2018
Published
30 Jun, 2019

The present study has been designed to study the hardiness as a moderating variable in the autonomy and depression relationship. For this purpose, a sample of 300 adolescents (boys = 129, girls = 171) was collected belonging to 16 to 19 years of age. Incidental sampling technique was employed. The Emotional Autonomy Scale (Steinberg & Silverberg, 1986), Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, 1961) and Personal View Survey (Kobasa, 1986) were used to study the variables. Statistical analysis revealed emotional autonomy as a significant predictor of depression. Hardiness moderates this relationship significantly. There was a significant difference in the relationship between depression and emotional autonomy for three levels of hardiness (low, average, and high). The relationship between emotional autonomy and depression was observed to be stronger for low levels of hardiness.

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APA-7 Style
Dhillon, R., Mehra, N. (2019). Hardiness as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Emotional Autonomy and Depression Among Adolescents . Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 34(2), 299-309. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.2.16

ACS Style
Dhillon, R.; Mehra, N. Hardiness as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Emotional Autonomy and Depression Among Adolescents . Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2019, 34, 299-309. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.2.16

AMA Style
Dhillon R, Mehra N. Hardiness as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Emotional Autonomy and Depression Among Adolescents . Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2019; 34(2): 299-309. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.2.16

Chicago/Turabian Style
Dhillon, Rupan, and Nishtha Mehra. 2019. "Hardiness as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Emotional Autonomy and Depression Among Adolescents " Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 34, no. 2: 299-309. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.2.16