Life stressors and coping: A longitudinal analysis among depressed and nondepressed adults

Fondacaro, Mark R.; Moos, Rudolf H.

doi:10.1002/1520-6629(198910)17:4<330::aid-jcop2290170406>3.0.co;2-b

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“…Investigators have found that problem-solving coping generally decreases as depressive symptoms increase in Caucasian adults (Billings & Moos, 1984; Fondacaro & Moos, 1989). Nevertheless, samples of depressed Caucasian women have reported problem-focused strategies such as Confrontive Coping and Accepting Responsibility for managing depressive symptoms (Folkman & Lazarus, 1986).…”

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Coping with Depression in Single Black Mothers

Atkins

2016

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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Very little information exists in the literature about what black women do when they experience symptoms of depression. The purpose of this descriptive study was to analyze the responses of 208 community-residing black single mothers, aged 18 to 45, to an open-ended question asking, “What do you do to feel better when you are feeling down in the dumps?” The theoretical bases of the Ways of Coping Checklist, were used to facilitate categorizing their responses into a coping scale and then a particular coping profile. Percentages were used to categorize the frequency of the responses into the respective coping scale and to categorize the frequency of the combined responses of each woman into a respective coping profile. Of the 333 responses that the women provided, 327 were useable. Findings indicated that a majority of responses fell into the Escape-Avoidance category (n = 206; 63%), followed by the Seeking Social Support (n = 60, 18.3%), Positive Reappraisal (n = 40; 12.2%), Planful Problem Solving (n = 12; 3.7%), Distancing (n = 3; 1%), and Self-Controlling (n = 6; 1.8%) categories. No responses fit the Confrontive Coping or Accepting Responsibility categories and none of the responses indicated that the women sought professional help. Of the 176 women who provided answers to the study question, more than half (64.2%; n = 113) gave only emotion-focused responses, 2.8% (n = 5) gave only problem-focused responses, 2.8% (n = 5) gave mixed responses, and 30.2% (n = 53) reported social support seeking. Implications for future research, cultural theory, and nursing practice are addressed.

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Coping with Depression in Single Black Mothers

Atkins

2016

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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“…One interpretation is that a relationship characterized by low marital quality reflects that one’s spouse is less available as a source of social support for dealing with ones’ own or his or her partner’s symptoms, thereby maintaining or exacerbating the positive relation between spouses’ depressive symptoms over time. Moos and colleagues found that individuals with supportive families engaged in more adaptive coping strategies when faced with stressors that may buffer them from mental and physical illness (Fondacaro & Moos, 1989; Holahan, Moos, & Bonin, 1999). On the other hand, results are not consistent on these relations.…”

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Longitudinal Associations Between Husbands' and Wives' Depressive Symptoms

Kouros

Cummings

2010

J of Marriage and Family

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Although concordance between husbands’ and wives’ mental health problems is often reported, questions remain about the nature of these relations. Extending research in this area, this study examined dynamic-longitudinal pathways among husbands’ and wives’ depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction as a moderator of associations. Participants were 296 heterosexual couples. Husbands and wives reported on their depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction. Results from dynamic bivariate latent difference score analyses indicated unidirectional longitudinal coupling such that higher levels of husbands’ depressive symptoms predicted subsequent elevations in wives’ depressive symptoms over time. This relation was stronger among couples reporting marital distress as compared to couples reporting higher marital satisfaction. The findings underscore the importance of considering one’s spouses’ depressive symptoms in treatment efforts.

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“…Active coping strategies have been associated with the ability to manage stressful situations, fewer psychological symptoms, and improved well‐being among at‐risk children, 19 college students, 20 traumatized and depressed adults, 21 and patients with a variety of medical conditions 22 . Active coping strategies have been associated with reduced stress‐related symptoms in Gulf War veterans 23 .…”

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Developing an Agenda for Translational Studies of Resilience and Vulnerability Following Trauma Exposure

Yehuda

Flory

Southwick

et al. 2006

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Here we outline a translational research agenda for studies of resilience, defined as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity or trauma. We argue that an individual differences approach to the study of resilience, in which the full range of behavioral and biological responses to stress exposure is examined can be applied across human samples (e.g., people who have developed psychopathology versus those who have not; people who have been exposed to trauma versus those who have not) and even, in some cases, across species. We delineate important psychological resilience-related factors including positive affectivity and optimism, cognitive flexibility, coping, social support, emotion regulation, and mastery. Key brain regions associated with stress-related psychopathology have been identified with animal models of fear (e.g., extinction and fear conditioning; memory reconsolidation) and we describe how these regions can be studied in humans using neuroimaging technology. Finally, we cite recent research identifying neuroendocrine markers of resilience and recovery in humans (e.g., neuropeptide Y [NPY], dehydroepiandrosterone [DHEA]) that can also be measured, in some cases, in other species. That exposure to adversity or trauma does not necessarily lead to impairment and the development of psychopathology in all people is an important observation. Understanding why this is so will provide clues for the development of therapeutic interventions for those people who do develop stress-related psychopathology, or even for the prevention of adverse outcomes.

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Life stressors and coping: A longitudinal analysis among depressed and nondepressed adults

Cited by 41 publications

References 13 publications

Coping with Depression in Single Black Mothers

Coping with Depression in Single Black Mothers

Longitudinal Associations Between Husbands' and Wives' Depressive Symptoms

Developing an Agenda for Translational Studies of Resilience and Vulnerability Following Trauma Exposure

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