Relationships of High School Seniors' Coping Strategies Used to Handle Examination Stress with Levels of Depression -In Relationships of Additional Life Event Stress-

고3 청소년의 시험스트레스에 대한 대처전략과 우울증 수준과의 관계 -복합적 스트레스와의 관계를 중심으로-

This study examined whether specific coping strategies for the university entrance examination stress are related to high school seniors' depression and whether these strategies moderate the relationship between additional life event stress and depression. A sample of 358 high school seniors reported their level of additional life event stress, coping strategies they were using to handle examination stress, and their levels of depression. Problem-focused coping strategies and affective-regulation coping strategies were found to be related to reduction in depression. And, coping with examination stress was found to be related to depression independent of the level of additional life event stress.