Stress reactivity and vulnerability to depressed mood in college students

Felsten, Gary

doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(03)00152-1

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“…No significant correlations were found between major life events and GPIU. These findings are consistent with the data reported by Felsten (2004), in which elevated stress reactivity to minor stressors predicted increased vulnerability to depressed mood among college students. Thus, it is reasonable to speculate that minor stressors in college life are involved in the pre-existing mechanisms for GPIU rather than major life events.…”

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A Survey on the Generalized Problematic Internet Use in Chinese College Students and its Relations to Stressful Life Events and Coping Style

Wang

2008

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Problematic internet use (PIU) during the college life becomes a significant public health concern with a variety of negative outcomes. The aim of the present study was to examine the incidence of generalized PIU (GPIU) and its relationship to stressful life events and coping style among Chinese college students. Six hundred and fifty-four college students recruited from Guangzhou completed the self-reported measures of the Chinese version of GPIU scale, Chinese College student Stress Questionnaire (CCSQ), and Coping Style Questionnaire (CSQ). Analysis of Structural Equation Model was used to explore the interactive effects of stressful life events and coping style on GPIU. Of the sample, 13.6% was classified as generalized problematic internet users. The prevalence of GPIU did not vary with gender, grade or major. The frequency of stressful events over the past 6 months in the GPIU group was significantly higher than that in the non-PIU group. Compared to the non-PIU group, the generalized problematic internet users used the more avoidant coping styles, and the less problem-solving style. Significant correlations were found between stressful life events, avoidant coping style and GPIU at 0.01 levels. The standardized path coefficients from stressful life events to avoidant coping style (b =0.35, p<0.01), and from avoidant coping style to GPIU (b =0.33, p<0.01) were significant. The current findings imply that stressful life events are involved in the pre-existing mechanisms of GPIU. Stressful life event contribution to GPIU was mainly mediated through avoidant coping style (e.g. self-blame, fantasy, withdrawal or rationalization). Future prevention programs must focus on developing individual confrontative coping skills to reduce stress and GPIU among college students.

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A Survey on the Generalized Problematic Internet Use in Chinese College Students and its Relations to Stressful Life Events and Coping Style

Wang

2008

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…Neuroticism is defined as the proneness of the individual to experience negative affective states, and is associated with increased exposure to stressful life events (Bolger and Zuckerman, 1995; Felsten, 2004, 2002) greater susceptibility to the adverse effects of stress (Kendler et al, 2004; Ormel et al, 2001) and thus, a major risk factor for mood and anxiety disorders (DeGraaf et al, 2002; Fanous et al, 2002; Roberts and Kendler, 1999). …”

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Neuroticism, acculturation and the cortisol awakening response in Mexican American adults

Mangold¹,

Mintz²,

Javors³

et al. 2012

Hormones and Behavior

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Neuroticism is associated with greater susceptibility to the adverse effects of stress and greater exposure to the stressors associated with acculturation in U.S. born Mexican Americans. Neuroticism and acculturation have been associated with injury to crucial stress response systems and are known risk factors for certain mood and anxiety disorders. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of neuroticism, and acculturation on the cortisol awakening response (CAR) in healthy Mexican-American adults. Salivary cortisol samples were collected at awakening and 30, 45, and 60 minutes thereafter, on two consecutive weekdays from 59 healthy Mexican American adult males (26) and females (33), ages 18 to 38 years. Participants were assessed for level of neuroticism and acculturation. Data were analyzed using a mixed effects regression model with repeated measures at four time points. Results showed a significant Neuroticism × Acculturation × Time interaction. The CAR was virtually eliminated in highly acculturated Mexican Americans with greater Anglo orientation and high neuroticism compared with less acculturated Mexican Americans with greater Mexican orientation and lower neuroticism. Findings suggest that some Mexican Americans with high levels of neuroticism may be particularly susceptible to certain challenges and stressors associated with acculturation leading over time to the development of allostatic load, desensitization of the Hypothalamic CRF system and attenuation of the CAR.

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“…For example, although the total number of stressors experienced by college students is prospectively predictive of the onset of depressive symptoms, the perceived impact of these stressors, or reactivity, is all the more predictive (e.g., Felsten, 2004). Daily dairy studies have also shown the negative impact of reactivity.…”

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Valence Weighting as a Predictor of Emotional Reactivity to a Stressful Situation

Pietri¹,

Fázio²,

Shook³

2012

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

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Individuals who have a more adverse reaction to stressful situations are at heightened risk for developing emotional disorders. the current studies aimed to demonstrate that valence biases in attitude generalization relate to individuals' emotional reactivity following a stressful task. Participants played a computer game in which they had to learn whether previously unknown stimuli (i.e., beans) produced positive or negative outcomes. they then had to classify novel stimuli, which varied in resemblance to those employed in the game, as either positive or negative. attitude generalization, i.e., the extent to which participants weight resemblance to a positive versus negative, is critical to the classification of these novel stimuli, which provided the basis for indexing valence weighting. Participants then completed a stressful anagram task, in which they had three minutes to solve as many anagrams as possible. half the anagrams were difficult, and half were insoluble, thus creating a failure experience. Mood was assessed before and after the task as a measure of emotional reactivity. In two studies, we observed that for participants initially in a good mood, the extent to which negative attitudes generalized more extensively than positive attitudes was predictive of greater emotional reactivity to the stressful anagram task.

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Stress reactivity and vulnerability to depressed mood in college students

Cited by 41 publications

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A Survey on the Generalized Problematic Internet Use in Chinese College Students and its Relations to Stressful Life Events and Coping Style

A Survey on the Generalized Problematic Internet Use in Chinese College Students and its Relations to Stressful Life Events and Coping Style

Neuroticism, acculturation and the cortisol awakening response in Mexican American adults

Valence Weighting as a Predictor of Emotional Reactivity to a Stressful Situation

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