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Spirituality/religiosity, Personality and Recovery Rate From Depression- Follow up Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

S. Mihaljevic ,
B. Aukst-Margetic ,
S. Karnicnik  and
B. Vuksan-Cusa
S. Mihaljevic
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, General Hospital Virovitica, Virovitica, Croatia
B. Aukst-Margetic
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
S. Karnicnik
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, General Hospital Virovitica, Virovitica, Croatia
B. Vuksan-Cusa
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

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Introduction

The studies show that both spirituality and religiosity are protective for mental health. Personality is related with course and outcome of depression, as well as spirituality and religiostiy, and their relations towards to recovery from depression are underresearched. Aim: This study followed influence of spirituality and religiosity on course and outcome of depression in patients with depressive episode, controlled for personality dimensions.

Methods

The patients were assessed with self-report measures of depression (BDI), spirituality (WHOQOL-SRPB), religiosity (DUREL) and personality (TCI). Ninety nine patients finished a year long follow up.

Results

Higher spiritualiy influenced recovery of depression in patients with depressive episode, but religiosity that did not show to be significant predictor of recovery for depression. Dimension harm avoidance was significant predictor of improvement of depression in all points of measurement.

Conclusion

Spirituality and dimension harm avoidance are significant predictors of recovery of depression during a year long follow up.

Type
Article: 0372
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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