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The Role of Religion in Buffering the Impact of Stressful Life Events on Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Depressive Episodes or Adjustment Disorder.
Lorenz, Louisa Doherty, Anne Casey, Patricia
Lorenz, Louisa
Doherty, Anne
Casey, Patricia
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2019-04-08
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intrinsic religiousness
non-organised religious practice
organised religious practice
religiousness
social support
RELIGION
STRESS
DEPRESSION
COPING
RESILIENCE
non-organised religious practice
organised religious practice
religiousness
social support
RELIGION
STRESS
DEPRESSION
COPING
RESILIENCE
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Most studies into the role of religiousness in relation to depression severity have mainly found an inverse relationship between greater religiousness and lower levels of depressive symptoms. There is reason to assume that religiousness has a buffering effect on the relationship between stressful life events and depressive symptoms. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of religiousness in moderating the impact of stressors on depressive symptoms. n = 348 patients with either a depressive episode or adjustment disorder were assessed at referral to the liaison psychiatry services in three Dublin hospitals and n = 132 patients were followed up six months later. We assessed depressive symptoms, life events, social support, and religiosity, and used hierarchical and multiple linear regression for data analysis. The interaction of organised religious activity and the amount of life events was significant (β = -0.19, p = 0.001) in the cross-sectional prediction of depressive symptoms while non-organised religious activity (β = -0.23, p = 0.001) and intrinsic religiousness (β = -0.15, p = 0.033) interacted significantly with life events in the longitudinal analysis. This study demonstrated that various dimensions of religiousness buffered the impact of life events on outcome.
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en
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1660-4601
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10.3390/ijerph16071238
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30965549