%A GAO Shuang; ZHANG Xiangkui; XU Xiaolin %T A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Self-esteem and Mental Health: the Sample of Chinese College Students %0 Journal Article %D 2015 %J Advances in Psychological Science %R 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2015.01499 %P 1499-1507 %V 23 %N 9 %U {https://journal.psych.ac.cn/xlkxjz/CN/abstract/article_3349.shtml} %8 2015-09-15 %X

A meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and mental health of Chinese college students.Analysis of 30 studies (N = 14673) met the criteria for inclusion in the meta-analysis. The result of meta-analysis showed : self-esteem had medium negative correlation to the factors of SCL-90, and self-esteem had significant effect on mental health. There was a higher significant correlation between self-esteem and depression, anxiety and interpersonal sensitivity. moderator analyses revealed that geographical distribution have significant moderating effects on these relationship between self-esteem and the factors of SCL-90. The results suggest that self-esteem is an important influencing factor to mental health.In particular, self-esteem is also predictive significantly to depression, anxiety and interpersonal sensitivity of mental health.