Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Wingate, LaRicka R.
URN	etd-07092006-173039
Title	Stress Generation and Its Relationship with Coping Style
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Psychology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Thomas Joiner Committee Chair Ashby Plant Committee Member Ellen Berler Committee Member Irene Padavic Committee Member Na'im Akbar Committee Member
Keywords	Stress Generation Depression
Date of Defense	2006-06-28
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The author examined Hammen’s (1991) model of stress generation in depression in a college population, with emphasis on passive coping as a mechanism of stress generation. The longitudinal sample included 202 participants. Stressful event and depressive symptom occurrence over a seven-week period was analyzed. Results supported the stress generation model in that depressive symptoms were associated with an increase in negative stressful events. In addition, the study supported the symptom specificity of stress generation to depression versus anxious symptoms. Results suggest that passive coping may not be the key aspect of depression in driving the generation of negative life events. Optimism may play a role in the generation of negative life events such that the more optimistic a person is, the less likely they are to have later negative events.
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