▪ Abstract This chapter reviews recent research on the relationship between stressful life
experiences and depression. A distinction is made between aggregate studies of overall …

Compelling evidence for an association between major adverse life experience and
subsequent major depression is reviewed. Determining individual vulnerability to life stress …

Life stress, or closely allied concepts, have long been associated with depression.
Described under varied labels such as pressure, strain, tension, turmoil, conflict, reactivity …

A sample of 93 persons selected for diversity of initial depression levels was studied
longitudinally to explore the relation between stressful events and depression, both …

Although life events continue to be the major focus of stress research, recent studies suggest
that chronic stress shouM be a more central focus. An evaluation of this issue is presented …

Maintains that psychological factors (stressors) are responsible for the development,
maintenance, and reversal of depression--an unadaptive response. Clinical and research …

Attempts to evaluate the role or, indeed, the presence of stressful events prior to the onset of
depressive illness have been made for a number of years. The results of these studies span …

Research focusing on the relation of stressful life events to depression has increased
considerably over the past few decades. Whereas substantial documentation exists …

Major life events have been found to precede onsets of a 1st lifetime episode of depression
more commonly than subsequent recurrences. Despite general empirical support for this …

Background. The stress generation hypothesis proposed by Hammen (1991) holds that
depressed individuals generate stressful conditions for themselves, which lead to …