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Specificity in the relationships between stressors and psychological distress among Romanian adults: a longitudinal analysis
- Authors:
- BANCILA Delia, MITTELMARK Maurice B.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 9(4), November 2007, pp.4-15.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of this study was to test for specificity in associations between psychosocial stressors (interpersonal problems, worries about daily living) , distress (depressed mood, anxiety) and psychosocial resources (social support, self-efficacy). The data are from 402 Romania adults participated in a two-wave panel study. Structured equation models documented specific paths from a)interpersonal stress to anxiety, b) worries to depressive mood and to anxiety, mediated by self-efficacy, and c) social support to depressive mood. Neither gender nor self-efficacy moderated stressor-distress relationships. These results support the specificity hypothesis. In these data, psychosocial stress-distress relationships are specific, with temporal specificity demonstrated for both direct and resource-led