摘要：The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which self-esteem and parental attitude perceptions of adolescents predict depression.This is a quantitative research design and the relational screening model was conducted throughout the study.“Depression Scale”, “Parental Attitude Scale” and “Self-Esteem Scale” were utilized in the study.The study was conducted on a total of 526 students of whom 276 were female and 249 were male studying in 9 different secondary schools in Istanbul during the 2012-2013 academic period.Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient and Stepwise Regression Analysis was utilized in analyzing the data.According to the Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient analysis, a negative significant relationship was detected between depression and democratic attitude sub-dimension of parental attitudes; and a positive significant relationship was detected between depression and authoritarian attitude and protective/willing attitude.In addition, a negative significant relationship was detected between depression and self-esteem.Stepwise Regression analysis indicated that democratic attitude and self-esteem variables were significant in explaining depression.
