Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among depression, self-efficacy, life satisfaction and stress coping behaviors of university students. The survey was carried out on a convenience sample of 787 university students. The questionnaire consisted of each variables on this study. Collected data were analysed by using t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results are as followed. 23.2% of students had depression. Female students had significantly high depression, low life satisfaction and self-efficacy. Negative emotion-focused coping in depressed people and problem-focused coping in not depressed people were used significantly more. These results suggest that strengthening problem focused coping and developing constructive emotional coping are needed in intervening depression. (Korean J Str Res 2007;15:17∼25)

• Keywords: Stress, Depression, Self efficacy, Life satisfaction, Coping behavior, University student