Decrease in self-esteem mediates the association between symptoms of social phobia and depression in middle adolescence in a sex-specific manner: a 2-year follow-up of a prospective population cohort study

Table 1 Means of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale at 15 and at 17, among boys and girls

		15 y				17 y
		All	Boys	Girls	p⁽²	All	Boys	Girls	p⁽²
Current disorder status at 15 or at 17	No-SP/ DEP	30.7	31.4	30.1	<0.001⁽²	31.6	32.3	31.1	<0.001⁽²
	No-SP/ DEP	N = 1723	N = 775	N = 948	<0.001⁽²	N = 1720	N = 767	N = 953	<0.001⁽²
	SP	27.3	28.6***⁽¹	26.1***⁽¹	=0.004⁽²	27.2	27.6***⁽¹	26.9***⁽¹	ns⁽²
	SP	N = 108	N = 50	N = 58	=0.004⁽²	N = 129	N = 48	N = 81	ns⁽²
	DEP	23.0	23.5***⁽¹	22.7***⁽¹	ns⁽²	23.0	22.5***⁽¹	23.2***⁽¹	ns⁽²
	DEP	N = 107	N = 35	N = 72	ns⁽²	N = 80	N = 23	N = 57	ns⁽²
	Com-SP/ DEP	19.8	20.6***⁽¹	19.6***⁽¹	ns⁽²	20.9	22.6***⁽¹	19.9***⁽¹	=0.006⁽²
	Com-SP/ DEP	N = 78	N = 18	N = 60	ns⁽²	N = 96	N = 34	N = 62	=0.006⁽²
	All	29.7	30.8	28.9	<0.001⁽²	30.5	31.4	29.8	<0.001⁽²
		N = 2016	N = 878	N = 1138	<0.001⁽²	N = 2025	N = 872	N = 1153	<0.001⁽²

no-SP/DEP = no symptoms of social phobia or depression (SPIN score <24, R-BDI score <8), SP = symptoms of social phobia without symptoms of depression (SPIN ≥24, R-BDI <8), DEP = symptoms of depression without symptoms of social phobia (SPIN <24, R-BDI ≥8) com-SP/DEP = comorbid symptoms of social phobia and depression (SPIN ≥24, R-BDI ≥8).
⁽¹ = Statistical significance of differences between disorders to no SP no DEP group, Mann–Whitney –test, *** = p < 0.001.
⁽² = Statistical significance of differences between boys and girls, Mann-Whitney–test.

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