The Relationship of Depressed Mood and Life Stress to Maternal Perceptions of Child Behavior

1992 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn H. Krech ◽  
Charlotte Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Child Behavior ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Maternal Perceptions ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Life Stress and Performance Impairment: The Role of Off-Task Thinking

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (13) ◽  
pp. 873-877
Author(s):  
Kitty Klein
Keyword(s):  
Life Stress ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Performance Impairment ◽  
Verbal Problem ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In previous research (Baradell & Klein, 1993; Klein & Barnes, 1994) self-focused attention has moderated the relationship of life stress and verbal problem solving. Stressed individuals highly aware of internal bodily changes made the most errors and used the least effective strategies. How life stress affects information processing on such tasks has not been investigated. In theories (e. g. Humphreys & Revelle, 1984; Eysenck, 1992) that relate personality variables to cognitive processes, off-task thinking is presumed to mediate the relationship between individual differences and performance. In the present study, 35 students who varied in life stress and self-focus solved complex verbal analogies. The results indicated that high levels of stress and self-focus were related to off-task thinking and that off-task thinking was negatively related to performance. However, regression analyses did not support a mediating role for off-task thinking. Rather, off-task thinking may result from poor performance, rather than vice-versa as is assumed in current models.

Which depressions are related to life stress?

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Paykel
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Stress Effects ◽  
Social Rhythm ◽  
Insidious Development ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Course Of Depression

This paper examines the relationship of recent life events to specific kinds of depression using published studies and the author's own work. An overall effect of life events on depression has been found consistently and is moderate in degree. In suicide attempts there are stronger and more immediate effects than in depression. Life events precede both non-melancholic and melancholic depressions. It is only in recurrent depressions that life events are less common with melancholic pictures. Life events influence bipolar disorder as well as unipolar. Mania may be preceded by life events, particularly those involving social rhythm disruption, but it is harder to rule out events which are consequences of insidious development of illness. There are strong effects of life events and social support in postpartum depressions but in postpartum psychoses these effects are absent. Events precede depression comorbid with other disorders as well as pure depression. The course of depression is also influenced by life stress with less remission where negative events occur after onset and better outcome where earlier adverse events are neutralized. Relapse is related to immediately preceding life events. However, where depressions are both severe and recurrent life stress effects weaken and as the number of episodes increases preceding life events lessen. These findings suggest that some kinds of depression are more related to psychosocial causation and some are more biological in origin.

Problem-Solving Appraisal in the Association of Life Stress and Depression: A South African Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Brian Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
South African ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
Black South African ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study focuses on the role that appraisal of problem-solving skills plays in the relationship of stress to distress. 450 black South African university students completed the Life Experiences Survey, the Problem Solving Inventory, and the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Multiple regression analysis indicated a direct effect for problem-solving appraisal on depression, but no support could be found for the stress-buffering effects of problem-solving appraisal.

scholarly journals Parenting Stress and Daily Hassles in Mothers of Young and Preschool Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-48
Author(s):  
V.E. Vasilenko ◽  
S.S. Savenysheva ◽  
O.O. Zapletina
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Daily Hassles ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article is devoted to the analysis of parenting stress, daily hassles and the relationship of their parameters in mothers of young and preschool children. Sample: 112 mothers from Saint Petersburg, children aged from 4 months up to 7 years. Methods: Parenting Sress Index (PSI-4) by R. Abidin, questionnaire of daily hassles by M.D. Petrash, O.Y. Strizhitskaya, L.A. Golovey, S.S. Savenysheva, STAI by C.D. Spielberger adapted by Y.L. Khanin, socio-biographical questionnaire. Results: A high level of parenting stress was revealed, especially in the domain, associated with the characteristics of the parent himself and his feelings about how he copes with the parental role. The level of daily hassles corresponds to the standards, with the most pronounced stressors in the family domain. Close relationships between parenting stress and daily hassles were found, with the exception of the field of work, while no relationship with life stress was identified. Depression, relationship problems and incompetence are most closely related to daily hassles. Parenting stress is positively correlated with state and trait anxiety. Parenting stress is not related to the age of the mother, the age and gender of the child, family experience and the number of children. However, it is less pronounced with more employment at work.

The Relationship of Sociotropy and Autonomy to Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Fresco ◽  
William S. Sampson ◽  
Linda W. Craighead ◽  
Ashton N. Koons
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Prospective Design ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Sociotropy And Autonomy ◽  
The Relationship

Beck (1983) hypothesized that excessive interpersonal (sociotropy) and achievement (autonomy) concerns represent vulnerabilities to depression when congruent negative life events occur and that these personality constructs relate differentially to specific depressive symptoms. Recent research suggests that sociotropy relates to both depression and anxiety symptoms while autonomy may be specifically related to depression symptoms. This study employed a longitudinal, prospective design with a sample of 78 undergraduates to test aspects of Beck’s (1983) hypotheses. Sociotropy correlated with anxiety symptoms while autonomy correlated with depression symptoms. Additionally, sociotropy moderated the relationship of life stress to depression symptoms for both negative interpersonal and achievement stress while autonomy moderated the relationship of life stress to depression symptoms for negative interpersonal events only. Finally, sociotropy and autonomy also moderated the relationship between life stress and anxiety symptoms in a pattern that was different from the pattern with depression symptoms. Findings from the present study add to a growing body of empirical evidence that sociotropy and autonomy relate to depression and introduce evidence indicating how these constructs may relate to anxiety.

The Relationship of Life Stress to Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Disease

1956 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 764-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEWART WOLF ◽  
GORDON McHARDY ◽  
N. C. HIGHTOWER ◽  
JOSEPH B. KIRSNER
Keyword(s):  
Life Stress ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The contributions of child and caregiver to referential and expressive language

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly A. Goldfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Maternal Behavior ◽  
Expressive Language ◽  
Object Play ◽  
Maternal Language ◽  
Balanced Distribution ◽  
Language Measures ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTTwelve infants were observed longitudinally to examine the relationship of children's object play and social behavior and maternal object and social-centered talk to referential and expressive language. Measures of child behavior and maternal language were coded from play sessions videotaped in the home at 12, 15, and 18 months of age; mothers recorded their babies' first 50 words. Most children acquired a balanced distribution of object labels and social-centered words and phrases; a few children evidenced a more extreme “style.” More object labels were acquired by children who more often used a toy to engage mother and who had mothers who more often talked about toys. More social-centered speech was associated with children's nontoy-mediated social attention and more maternal behavior-focused speech.

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