title: Sources of stress and coping in American college students who have been diagnosed with depression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aims to explore the sources of stress in American college students who had been treated for depression and to discern their coping mechanisms.
  
  
  METHODS
  A phenomenological approach using Seidman's guide to in-depth qualitative interviews using a three-part approach was used in the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Online in-depth interviews utilizing e-mail with asynchronous communication were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sources of stress included roommate issues, academic problems, financial and career concerns, and pressure from family. Exercise, talking to friends, self-talk, deep breathing, journaling, marijuana use, and listening to music were common coping mechanisms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  College students who have been treated for depression are under increasing stress today from a variety of sources. Nonmedical methods of coping were often cited as more effective than medication therapy.
authors: Department of Nursing, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, USA. paselton@sjc.edu
authors: Pamela
authors: P
authors: Aselton
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005382:Financing, Personal; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009511:New England; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data