TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The role of religion in buffering the impact of stressful life events on depressive symptoms in patients with depressive episodes or adjustment disorder
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Lorenz, Louisa
A1  - Doherty, Anne
A1  - Casey, Patricia
SP  - e16071238
EP  - e16071238
VL  - 16
IS  - 7
N2  - 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. <i>n</i> = 348 patients with either a depressive episode or adjustment disorder were assessed at referral to the liaison psychiatry services in three Dublin hospitals and <i>n</i> = 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 (<i>β</i> = -0.19, <i>p</i> = 0.001) in the cross-sectional prediction of depressive symptoms while non-organised religious activity (<i>β</i> = -0.23, <i>p</i> = 0.001) and intrinsic religiousness (<i>β</i> = -0.15, <i>p</i> = 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071238
ID  - ref1
ER  -