Abstract

Positive and negative moods, depression, anxiety and somatization were regressed on the total score of daily hassles, the appraisal of stressfulness, the types of stresses, and five kinds of coping strategies. Two-hundred and forty-seven college students served as subjects three times repeatedly. It was found that positive mood was meaningfully explained only by the positive reframing strategy(R² = .033) and negative mood by the total score of daily hassles, the appraisal of stressfulness and interpersonal stresses (R² = .338). Enduring effects of emotional experiences by the total score of daily hassles, the appraisal of stressfulness and the coping strategies such as compromise and distraction. The total score of daily hassles, the most powerful explanatory variable, explained 23.2% of depression, 26.0% of anxiety and 16.8%of somatization, respectively: taken all the other variable into account. 36% of depressions, 37% anxiety and 19.7% of somatization were explained. Among the five coping strategies, task-focused coping did not meaningfully explain emotional experiences: Only positive reframing related with positive mood was proved to be helpful. Compromise and distraction were positively related with depression, anxiety and somatization so that these strategies were not proved to helpful for adjustment. Coping strategies and adjustment problems were discussed.