TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - The Joint Effects of Stress, Coping, and Coping Resources on Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly
JO  - Anxiety, stress, and coping
A1  - Kraaij, Vivian
A1  - Garnefski, Nadia
A1  - Maes, Stan
SP  - 163
EP  - 177
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
N2  - The objective of the present study was to examine the joint effects of stress, coping, and coping resources in predicting depressive symptoms. A community sample comprising 194 people aged 65 and older was interviewed. Task-oriented coping and emotion-oriented coping both appeared to be directly related to depressive symptoms. In addition, emotion-oriented coping moderated the impact of stress to varying degrees, depending on the amount of stress experienced. Coping resources (social support and coping self-efficacy) also were directly related to depressive symptoms. Furthermore, coping self-efficacy appeared to be related to the kind of coping strategies used. Respondents with higher coping self-efficacy used more task-oriented coping and less emotion-oriented coping. These findings suggest that it is advisable to include coping resources when studying stress-coping processes. Developing prevention and intervention programs aimed at teaching people adaptive coping strategies and helping them to build up their coping resources seems advisable.<p /> 
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SN  - 1061-5806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615800290028468
ID  - ref1
ER  -