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Life Events, Stress and Depression: A Review of Recent Findings

Tennant, Christopher·2002·Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

DOI 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01007.x

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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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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
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01007.x
OpenAlex: W2108595350
Cited by: 478
References: 150
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FWCI: 1.88
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
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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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