Superhero ideal, authenticity in relationships, and depressive symptoms: A multiple mediation analysis
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103559
Superhero ideal, authenticity in relationships, and depressive symptoms: A multiple mediation analysis
Abstract
Striving for high achievement across multiple domains to achieve an unrealistic ideal may predict adolescents' depressive symptoms, and this relation may be explained by authenticity in meaningful relationships. This is the first known study to examine the relation between internalization of the superhero ideal, defined as the socially prescribed desire for achievement across personal and professional domains, and depressive symptoms, and to examine authenticity in relationships as a mediator in the relation between the superhero ideal and depressive symptoms. Participants were 163 adolescents (ages 12-14). Multiple mediation results utilizing cross-sectional data indicated that the superhero ideal was related to depressive symptoms and that authenticity in relationships with peers and parents partially mediated this relation. These results identify a possible explanation for understanding the relation between the superhero ideal and depressive symptoms.
Keywords: Adolescence; Authenticity in relationships; Depressive symptoms; Superhero ideal.
Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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