The relationship between self-discrepancy within daily activities in three different domains and their impact on depression, anxiety and stress
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- Title
- The relationship between self-discrepancy within daily activities in three different domains and their impact on depression, anxiety and stress
- Creator
- Yolanda M. Britez
- Supervisor
- Marina Rachitskiy.
- Date
- 2016
- Abstract
- The impact of stress, depression, and anxiety on society is profound. Self-discrepancy, incongruence with one's ideals and one's actual self, have been argued as possible triggers to mental health (Higgins, 1987). Research generally supports that strict adherence to one's self is predictive of negative psychological adjustment (Cournoyer & Mahalik, 1995). The study intends to investigate everyday behaviors (parental role, work roles and domestic roles) and examine if there are perceived self-discrepancy within these roles, and their relationship to participants' mental well-being. It is hypothesized that increased self-discrepancy will predict higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress. A total of 208 adult participants from a diverse background completed the survey. The current two-part cross-sectional quantitative study is non-experimental in design. The main study explored the relationship between their daily activities, if they are perceived masculine or feminine and depression, anxiety and stress. Using Hierarchical Regression analysis, the study found that self-discrepancy within parental and employment domain showed a significant relationship with depression. Employment self-discrepancy was found to have an inverse relationship with depression. Parental self-discrepancy was found to have a positive relationship with all three dependent variables: depression, anxiety and stress. Parental self-discrepancy was found significant throughout the study. This may be due to the complex nature of a parent's identity (Belsky, 1984). Future research may want to explore further the relationship between parental identity and stress through the self-discrepancy paradigm.
- Subject
- Psychology
- Extent
- 107 pages : illustrations
- Format
- Publisher
- Regent's University London
- degree
- MSc Psychology
- Language
- English
- Date Issued
- 2016
- Type
- Thesis & Dissertation
- Rights Holder
- Regent's University London & Yolanda M. Britez
- Item sets
- Theses or Dissertation