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  • Depression recurrence risk increases with each episode.
  • Early identification of risk factors is crucial for depression prevention.

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  • Examine the relationship between coping strategies, executive functioning, and depressive symptom trajectories.
  • Investigate these factors in young adults with and without a history of depression.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed coping mechanisms (primary control, secondary control, disengagement) and executive functions (inhibition, cognitive flexibility).
  • Tracked depressive symptom changes over time in remitted-depressed and never-depressed young adults.

Main Results:

  • Less problem-solving and more avoidance predicted increased depressive symptoms in never-depressed individuals.
  • Greater acceptance predicted decreased depressive symptoms.
  • Executive functions like inhibition and cognitive flexibility moderated these effects.

Conclusions:

  • Coping strategies and executive functions are potential targets for preventing depression relapse.
  • Interventions should consider enhancing both adaptive coping and executive functions.