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Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students
Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/55832 Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students Makhubela, Malose Silas Maistry, Chanelle Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016. With the global and local incidence rates of depression and suicide being rapidly on the rise, efforts in research to identify casual factors which increase an individual’s vulnerability to depression have been widely undertaken. However, in South Africa there still remains a paucity of information in the area of cognitive-vulnerability or diathesis to depression. The present study investigated whether negative life events (i.e., stress) interact with negative cognitive style (i.e., hopelessness) to predict depressive symptoms in South African university students. Gender differences in the predictive associations between stress, hopelessness and depression were also included in the analyses. A survey was completed by 304 university students (mean age = 21.66 years; SD = 3.485). The research design is quantitative in nature and took the form of a cross-sectional study. Using path analysis (PA) the findings of this research study indicated that hopelessness moderates the relationship between stress and depression. It was also found that stress and hopelessness were more strongly associated with depression for male students than for female students. Recommendations for future studies and limitations pertaining to the present study are also discussed. Psychology MA Unrestricted 2016-07-14T07:11:53Z 2016-07-14T07:11:53Z 2016-09 2016 Mini Dissertation Maistry, C 2016, Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students, MA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/55832> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/55832 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students |
| title | Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students |
| title_full | Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students |
| title_short | Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students |
| title_sort | cognitive vulnerability stress model in predicting depressive symptoms amongst university students |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/55832 |