Positive Life Events as a Moderator of Stress‐Related Depressive Symptoms

Abstract

This study examines the relationships among positive life events, negative life events, and depressive symptoms in a sample of college students. Consistent with predictions, the results of a hierarchical multiple regression indicated a significant main effect for negative life events in predicting depressive symptoms such that increases in negative life events were associated with increases in depressive symptoms. There was also significant interaction between positive and negative life events such that the depressive effects of higher levels of negative life events seem to be reduced for subjects who had also experienced higher levels of positive life events.

Stress, depression, and intention to leave among nurses in different medical units: Implications for healthcare management/nursing practice

“…As a result, due to increasing excessive workload and responsibilities, multiple demands and role conflicts between the administrative system and the patients, as well as negative emotions related to death and dying, nurses working in medical wards more frequently perceive work-related stress compared with ER or OR nurses who traditionally take care of patients within a shorter length of time and benefit from various educational programs and psychosocial skills. Previous studies have also identified stress as an important predictor of depression [80,81]. Based on the different effects of stress in medical units from earlier arguments, IMW and EMW nurses had greater levels of depression than ER nurses.…”

Social Support and Life Stress as Related to the Psychological Distress of Single Enlisted Navy Mothers

“…In contrast to what was expected, positive life events were not related to the outcome variables of interest. This finding may reflect the less consistent relationship between positive life events and psychological well-being (e.g., Dixon & Reid, 2000).…”

“…Although some research has found that positive life events are correlated to depression (Davis, 2001), anxiety (Ray et al, 1995), and guilt (Bryant, 2003) and may increase the likelihood of positive resolutions and affect, such as happiness and pride (Folkman & Lazarus, 1985), and life satisfaction (Lu, 1999), other studies have not found relationships between positive life events and depressive symptoms (e.g., Dixon & Reid, 2000;Sarason, Johnson, & Siegel, 1978). Although it is difficult to know why positive life events were not related to psychological distress, the relationships between positive life events may have been much different if a different outcome variable (i.e., happiness) had been examined.…”

Physical Education and the Degree of Stress

“…In reference to that research it should be noted that, as it is pointed out, stress can directly or indirectly cause various diseases (Aldwin, 1994;Dixson and Reid, 2000;Taylor, 1999). Consequently, attempts at reducing the degree of stress have become an important task nowadays.…”