ERIC Number: EJ733916
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Aug
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-006X
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Stress Generation, Avoidance Coping, and Depressive Symptoms: A 10-Year Model
Holahan, Charles J.; Moos, Rudolf H.; Holahan, Carole K.; Brennan, Penny L.; Schutte, Kathleen K.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v73 n4 p658-666 Aug 2005
This study examined (a) the role of avoidance coping in prospectively generating both chronic and acute life stressors and (b) the stress-generating role of avoidance coping as a prospective link to future depressive symptoms. Participants were 1,211 late-middle-aged individuals (500 women and 711 men) assessed 3 times over a 10-year period. As predicted, baseline avoidance coping was prospectively associated with both more chronic and more acute life stressors 4 years later. Furthermore, as predicted, these intervening life stressors linked baseline avoidance coping and depressive symptoms 10 years later, controlling for the influence of initial depressive symptoms. These findings broaden knowledge about the stress-generation process and elucidate a key mechanism through which avoidance coping is linked to depressive symptoms.
Descriptors: Anxiety, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Adults, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Longitudinal Studies, Aging (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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