Desrosiers Alethea, Miller Lisa
Department of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2007 Oct;63(10):1021-37. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20409.
This study examines the possibility that relational spirituality may be inversely associated with the relatively higher rates of adolescent depression found in girls as compared with boys. Subjects were 615 adolescents, representing a diverse range of religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Overall spirituality and depression were measured using The Brief-Multidimensional Measure of Religiosity/Spirituality and the Beck Depression Inventory, respectively. Overall, both level of depression and level of relational spirituality were higher in girls as compared with boys. Regression analyses conducted independently for boys and girls revealed that daily spiritual experiences, forgiveness, and religious coping were associated with less-depressive symptomatology exclusively in girls. This pattern in the findings suggests that uniquely in girls, depression may be associated with disruptions in a relational form of spirituality.
本研究探讨了关系性灵性可能与女孩中相较于男孩更高的青少年抑郁症发病率呈负相关的可能性。研究对象为615名青少年，他们代表了不同的宗教、种族和社会经济背景。总体灵性和抑郁分别使用《宗教/灵性简短多维量表》和《贝克抑郁量表》进行测量。总体而言，女孩的抑郁水平和关系性灵性水平均高于男孩。对男孩和女孩分别进行的回归分析表明，日常灵性体验、宽恕和宗教应对仅在女孩中与较少的抑郁症状相关。研究结果中的这种模式表明，仅在女孩中，抑郁可能与关系性灵性形式的中断有关。
