Stressful life events: Moderators of the relationships of gender and gender roles to self-reported depression and suicidality among college students

Sex Roles ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn C. Waelde ◽  
Louise Silvern ◽  
William F. Hodges
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
And Gender

Integration of Stressful Life Events and Well-Being Among College Students

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guler Boyraz ◽  
Victoria A. Felix ◽  
Lisa K. Battle ◽  
John B. Waits ◽  
Danita D. Wynes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stressful Life

scholarly journals Stressful life events and gambling: The roles of coping and impulsivity among college students

2020 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 106386
Author(s):  
Carol Wang ◽  
Pelin Cunningham-Erdogdu ◽  
Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers ◽  
Andrew Phillip Weinstein ◽  
Clayton Neighbors
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life

The associations between stressful life events and depression among students in a university in Botswana

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leano Tumelo Hetolang ◽  
Kennedy Amone-P’Olak
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Treatment Of Depression ◽  
A Cell ◽  
And Gender ◽  
As Relationship

Depression is common among university students and often impacts their career development and health. Stressful life events might be associated with depression but remain to be studied among young adults, especially in non-Western settings. Depression and stressful life events were assessed in 304 students at a university in Botswana ( M = 21.56, standard deviation = 1.86) using the 21-item Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) and the 26-Item Social Readjustment Rating Scale. Regression models were fitted to study the associations between stressful life events and depression while a one-way between-subjects analysis of variance was performed to compare subjects with minimal, mild, moderate, and severe depression on reporting stressful life events. Depression was present in 22 % of the participants (severe in 8.2% and moderate in 13.8%). More than half of the participants reported 10 or more stressful life events. Stressful life events significantly predicted depression (β = .37, 0.13–0.60). When all the other stressful life events and gender were adjusted for each other, loss of a cell phone, tablet, or laptop and relationship difficulties with peers, parents, and lecturers independently predicted depression. Subjects with minimal, mild, moderate, and severe depression significantly differed on reporting stressful life events ( F(3, 300) = 12.69, p < .001). Depression is not only common but significantly and increasingly associated with reporting more stressful life events. Types of stressful life events such as relationship difficulties and losses were uniquely associated with depression and should be considered in planning interventions and treatment of depression on university campuses.

Humor Preference and Coping with Stress

1984 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Schill ◽  
Shawn O'Laughlin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
And Coping

The present study was done to determine whether humor preference was related to how well one copes with stressful life events. Ranked preference for sexual humor was related to efficient coping for male ( n = 79) but not female ( n = 74) college students. Results were seen as consistent in part with Freud's theory of humor.

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