Article archive / August 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 12. Source pages: 10.
Brandon Waits Coping Mechanisms, Meaning in Life Dr. Boyraz, Victoria Felix, Camille Baker, Danita Wynes
Brandon Waits, LaTech graduate student, is presenting “Coping Mechanisms as Moderators of Depression–Meaning in Life Relationship,” in the “Mental Health and Well-Being” poster session of the convention. Waits’ co-authors are Dr. Boyraz, Victoria Felix, Camille Baker, and Danita Wynes. Using measures from instruments for coping, depression, and a scale for Meaning in Life (the subjective perception that one’s life has meaning), the researchers preformed hierarchical regression analyses
“Our results suggested depression was negatively related to meaning in life for both those with high and low approach coping,” Waits noted. “… however, the relation between depression and meaning in life was weaker for individuals who reported high levels of approach coping (avoidant coping did not significantly moderate the depression – meaning in life relation).
Waits told the Times, “One of our hopes is that future research will explore how to help depressed individuals increase their utilization of approach coping skills.”
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