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The Disaggregation of Vulnerability to Depression as a Function of the Determinants of Onset and Recurrence

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Stress and Mental Health

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The investigation of stress and stress-buffering effects has been central to research on psychosocial determinants of mental illness since at least the early 1960s. Most of the early work in this tradition focused on the gross effects of life events (Dohrenwend & Dohrenwend, 1974). There was little interest in stress-buffering effects, although some consideration was given to the modifying effects of social class (Langner & Michael, 1963). More recent research has broadened this focus to consider a much larger range of individual differences and processes that might play a part in modifying the effect of stress on mental health, including personality (Cohen & Edwards, 1989), social support (House, Landis, & Umberson, 1988) and coping (Eckenrode, 1991).

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    Ronald C. Kessler

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    William J. Magee

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Kessler, R.C., Magee, W.J. (1994). The Disaggregation of Vulnerability to Depression as a Function of the Determinants of Onset and Recurrence. In: Avison, W.R., Gotlib, I.H. (eds) Stress and Mental Health. The Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1106-3_9

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