Proactive coping and vulnerability to depression in university environment - gender, age and learning context differences

This study aims to identify the gender, age and learning context (public vs. private university, working vs. nonworking, full-time vs. part-time work) differences in university students’ proactive coping and vulnerability to depression. Participants in this study were 300 university students, from two universities in Bucharest, Romania (a public and a private one), aged 19 to 55 years (M = 21,94, SD = 4,77). Data were collected with two self-report scale measuring assumed variables. The research results contribute to the development of an empirical database for a better understanding of coping resources of adults university students that have to work while completing their formal and professional education.