Antecedents of stressful experiences: Depressive symptoms, self-esteem, gender, and coping.

Numerous studies have identified depressive symptoms as antecedent to stressful experiences. However, the interrelations of depressive symptoms, personal resources, and coping as antecedents of stressful experiences are largely unknown. For this investigation, a prospective design was used to test a model estimating two categories of daily hassles at Time 2 in relation to depressive symptoms, self-esteem, gender, coping, and daily hassles at Time 1. Utilizing simultaneous equations, direct effects were observed for depressive symptoms, Time 1 hassles, gender, and avoidance coping in relation to category of hassles at Time 2. Depressive symptoms and avoidance coping were observed to be mediators for gender and self-esteem. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)