discussion

dePBsiol Ih. fndin8s highlighl rh. facl dlt di.ty and elf-61€d e signifi@t
factoF .onributing towErds deprclsion (Table 69), As dgued by Blaevich &d
Tonaka 09D, infenile coupl€s who rcpon low elfdte€m 6lso Fpon ksg
q@redmar.nd mE ldi€ty. hreugh tnis ftrdins. ! !w sutpriting yield hs bccn
cone to ud.r shrdy that aggFsioo is als sothr siSnficet lactor lb.t may lead lo
Th. 6dt. shom alovc eay l€d G b @n@pnEli& rhc impon ne ot
sigri6@t Etatiorohipe dorg d€pBioa diely agg6ion ad *lf4l@m. Th.
lite€te r€vhw hd 61rc rcved€d th. enpirical suppod for ihese lindi.8s. As AnaL
dd Akercdolq (1995) rcpo €d thal fie imbilily to @neiv. is Fhted with
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F'lhotogicd Foblens paniculely *ial islalion, €xd4. $@ of euilt hiSkr
lryel of uiety ed d.pBion, od low lev€l of *lf..s1*h in both god6.
Wrfl dd1a *re dalyzed 10 investigdte th. ctTdl of depEssion, mi€tv'
lgg6iion ed elf{sr.d on lMitd ard exutl elisfa.ion of
'nf.ttil€
@uples' n
E foud hc!@ th. Mitat dd $rual srisfacrion e positivelt @rclaled *itl
e&h othq which impli€s th* @uplct who .E it sdhrying Miag€s would h.v.
*xud etisfetion. The €sllis irnhd indicliqi that low€t lev€l of self'6tm of
inldtilc @upl6 is . riSllf@t indicab tor l[cn .Lcli.6 in odital and sod
stisf!.tior (Table 73 & 74).
Regrcssion dalysh .ondncted to find ihe impsd of all vdigbl€s ot Mild
salisfetion sho$€d $e signin@t cff4tr- S*xual etisf*lion dd slf-*ten e
fourd siifi@t for mdilal satjsfedon edich indiet€d lh.t both of dE flclo6 N
sienific&i prcdicloB of Ddilal etbf&tion (Tablc ?3) Ih€ Fgession onalvsh
perfomed to dcremir. the inportane of vdiabl€s cott ibrtirg to{atds slf4$eed
shoqd a FqloniMt ble of dcpBiolr sxi.ty dd, Edrd lrd exu,l srista.tion
'nE fig)lest p w€i8l is a indi€tive of lo*d self_esteen (Tsble 72) This findins is