Religiosity and resilience in persons at high risk for major depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-519

  Kasen, S ^a,b   Wickramaratne, P ^a,b,c   Gameroff, M J ^a,b,c   Weissman, M M ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

High risk; longitudinal; major depression; religiosity; resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856031669     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711001516     Document Type: Article

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