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Life Events, Stress and Depression: A Review of Recent Findings
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Objective To review recent empirical prospective studies on the relation between life event stressors and depression. Method A systematic literature search focusing on predictive studies was carried out from 1980 to early 2001 using Medline, Embase and PsychInfo. Results The empirical findings for the most part support clinical impressions of the relation of stressors to depression but at the same time provide some clearer understanding in relation to differences of stressor impact on depression type and on index episode, relapse or recurrence. Twin studies now provide the strongest evidence of the relative magnitude of effect of environmental stressors and genetic factors: the former explains at least as much of the variance in depression as our genes. Conclusions Continuing research into life events and depression have been fruitful especially those studies assessing the effect of stressors in combination with other aetiological variables such as genetic factors.
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“Stressful life events (SLEs) are environmental factors that increase the risk of depression (Kessler, 1997; Tennant, 2002).”
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“SLEs that occur during childhood, adolescence and adulthood are all associated with an increased risk of depression (Sjöholm, Lavebratt, & Forsell, 2009; Tennant, 2002).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tennant, C.
- Affiliations
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Tennant, Christopher
- ORCID
- Tennant, Christopher
- Venue
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2002-04
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 173-182
- ISSN
- 0004-8674 (ISSN-L)
- 1440-1614
- OpenAlex
- W2108595350
- Cited by
- 478
- References
- 150
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- life events, stress, depression, prospective study, twin studies, genetic factors, environmental stressors, depression recurrence, relapse, etiology of depression
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Stress, Physiological
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