ArticleJournal of adolescence2018
Taking on the stress-depression link: Meaning as a resource in adolescence.
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- Positive parenting style and academic burnout in physical education teacher education students: a chain mediating model of physical activity and meaning in life.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Longitudinal Associations of Experiential and Reflective Dimensions of Meaning in Life With Psychopathological Symptoms.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2024Article
- Parent-adolescent conflict and problematic internet use among Chinese adolescents: the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of school climate.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Shifting and Persisting in the Face of Life Stressors: Consequences for Adolescent Health.Applied developmental science · 2024Article
- Everyone is searching for it and those who acquired it enjoy better mental health: a latent profile analysis of Chinese adolescents' meaning in life.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The chain mediating effects of resilience and perceived social support in the relationship between perceived stress and depression in patients with COVID-19.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Relationship of Family Functioning and Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Defeat and the Moderating Role of Meaning in Life.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The influence of gratitude on pre-service teachers' career goal self-efficacy: Chained intermediary analysis of meaning in life and career calling.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The relationship between anxiety and depression under the pandemic: The role of life meaning.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Perceived Stress, Positive Resources and Their Interactions as Possible Related Factors for Depressive Symptoms.Psychiatry investigation · 2021Article
- Meaning in Life Predicts Decreased Depressive Symptoms and Increased Positive Affect over Time but Does Not Buffer Stress Effects in a National Sample of African-Americans.Journal of happiness studies · 2020Article
- Declining health risk exposure among Chicago public high school students: Trends from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey 1997-2017.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Coping With Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults: Perceived Social Support Protects Against Depressive Symptoms Only Under Moderate Levels of Stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
We investigated how meaning in life affects the link between stress and depression symptoms in adolescents. Adolescents (N = 177; 58.4% female, mean age = 14.75 years) reported on their meaning in life, exposure to stressors, and depression symptomatology. Higher meaning in life predicted lower depression symptoms. Importantly, meaning in life moderated the relationship between stress exposure and depressive symptoms: stress exposure was associated with higher depression when meaning in life was low, when meaning in life was high, there was no association between stressors and depression. These findings indicate the importance of having a sense of meaning in life adolescence. A positive relationship was found between stress exposure and depression symptomatology levels at a time-point seven months earlier. This lends a longitudinal perspective; meaning in life moderated a relationship that had been present for seven months. Therapeutic implications for protecting at-risk youth are discussed.
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