About this Research Topic
Previous research has posited that the way we see ourselves and others is associated with different types of psychiatric symptoms and disorders. Low self-esteem is indeed a diagnostic criterion for depressive disorders, while inflated self-esteem is typically present in bipolar disorders. Furthermore, impaired self-esteem and maladaptive self/others schemas are also related to anxiety, personality, or schizophrenia spectrum disorders, among others. It is suggested that impaired self-esteem and/or self-schemas would already be present before the onset and development of frank psychiatric symptoms. However, the experience of a psychiatric disorder itself can also harm self-esteem, which can not only worsen the course of the disorder but also hinder the recovery process. Therefore, studying how self-esteem and self/others schemas are involved in the onset, development, and course of psychiatric symptoms is of particular relevance.
This Research topic aims to gather new evidence and shed light regarding the interplay between self-esteem or self/other schemas and psychiatric symptoms and disorders, not only in clinical samples but also in nonclinical samples and the previous stages of the development of frank psychiatric symptoms. This Research Topic is interested in examining how impaired self-esteem and maladaptive self/other schemas impact the onset, development, and course of psychiatric symptoms/disorders. In addition, it would be critical to understand how the experience of symptoms could impact the way we see ourselves or others and whether this could exacerbate the course of the disorder, hampering the recovery process. On the other hand, previous limited research suggested that maintaining optimal levels of self-esteem and self/others schemas could buffer the development/exacerbation of symptoms and could be a good predictor of recovery. Therefore, it would be relevant to gather new evidence about the protective role of self-esteem and self/other schemas regarding psychiatric disorders.
This Research Topic summons Original Research and Review papers that provide current advances and new evidence about the interplay between self-esteem or self/other schemas and the experience of psychiatric symptoms or disorders. Topics and questions of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Self-esteem or self/other schemas as predictors of symptoms and psychopathologies.
- Self-esteem or self/other schemas as outcomes in samples with specific symptoms or psychopathologies.
- Self-esteem or self/other schemas as mediators/moderators between potential risk factors for symptoms or psychiatric disorders.
- Self-esteem or self/other schemas as predictors of different types of psychiatric-like symptoms or maladaptive personality traits in nonclinical samples.
- Are self-esteem or self/other schemas impaired in the previous stages of the disorders?
- Do optimal levels of self-esteem or self/other schemas act as protective factors?
- Do self-esteem or self/others schemas predict levels of functioning, quality of life, etc.?
- Differences in self-esteem or self/other schemas between clinical, nonclinical, or control participants.
- Differences in self-esteem self/other schemas between participants with different psychiatric disorders.
This Research topic aims to gather new evidence and shed light regarding the interplay between self-esteem or self/other schemas and psychiatric symptoms and disorders, not only in clinical samples but also in nonclinical samples and the previous stages of the development of frank psychiatric symptoms. This Research Topic is interested in examining how impaired self-esteem and maladaptive self/other schemas impact the onset, development, and course of psychiatric symptoms/disorders. In addition, it would be critical to understand how the experience of symptoms could impact the way we see ourselves or others and whether this could exacerbate the course of the disorder, hampering the recovery process. On the other hand, previous limited research suggested that maintaining optimal levels of self-esteem and self/others schemas could buffer the development/exacerbation of symptoms and could be a good predictor of recovery. Therefore, it would be relevant to gather new evidence about the protective role of self-esteem and self/other schemas regarding psychiatric disorders.
This Research Topic summons Original Research and Review papers that provide current advances and new evidence about the interplay between self-esteem or self/other schemas and the experience of psychiatric symptoms or disorders. Topics and questions of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Self-esteem or self/other schemas as predictors of symptoms and psychopathologies.
- Self-esteem or self/other schemas as outcomes in samples with specific symptoms or psychopathologies.
- Self-esteem or self/other schemas as mediators/moderators between potential risk factors for symptoms or psychiatric disorders.
- Self-esteem or self/other schemas as predictors of different types of psychiatric-like symptoms or maladaptive personality traits in nonclinical samples.
- Are self-esteem or self/other schemas impaired in the previous stages of the disorders?
- Do optimal levels of self-esteem or self/other schemas act as protective factors?
- Do self-esteem or self/others schemas predict levels of functioning, quality of life, etc.?
- Differences in self-esteem or self/other schemas between clinical, nonclinical, or control participants.
- Differences in self-esteem self/other schemas between participants with different psychiatric disorders.
Keywords: self-esteem, self-schemas, mental health
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