Abstract

This research was to see the relationship of dysfunctional attitude and coping style with depression, and to explore how interaction of dysfucntional attitude and coping style influences depression by use of multiple regression analysis. Dysfunctional attitude and coping style have been known moderators for stress and depression. Subjects were 196 college students who attended introduction of psychology. The result was that dysfunctional attitude and passive coping style were found positively significant for depression. And active coping style and problem-focused coping style were found negatively significant for depression. It implies that higher dysfunctional attitude and more passive coping style increase depression, while more active coping style and more problem-focused coping style decrease depression. Interaction effects between dysfunctional attitude and both active and problem-focused copihg styles with depression were found significant. This explains the fact that if depression increases due to high dysfunctional attitude, active coping style and problem-focused coping style can buffer influence of dysfunctional attitude. In conclusion, it was found that partial interaction between dysfunctional attitudes and coping style influenced depression. Finally significances, limitations and suggestions of this study were also discussed.