Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA.
J Behav Med. 2011 Dec;34(6):519-30. doi: 10.1007/s10865-011-9333-9. Epub 2011 Apr 13.
We examined the association between different types of prayer and depressive symptoms--with rumination and social support as potential mediators--in a sample of predominantly White, Christian, and female ambulatory cancer patients. In a cross-sectional design, 179 adult cancer outpatients completed measures of prayer, rumination, social support, depressive symptoms, and demographic variables. Type and stage of cancer were collected from electronic medical charts. Depressive symptoms were negatively correlated with adoration prayer (r = -.15), reception prayer (r = -.17), thanksgiving prayer (r = -.29), and prayer for the well-being of others (r = -.26). In the path analysis, rumination fully mediated the link between thanksgiving prayer and depressive symptoms (β for indirect effect = -.05), whereas social support partially mediated the link between prayer for others and depressive symptoms (β for indirect effect = -.05). These findings suggest that unique mechanisms may link different prayer types to lower depressive symptoms among cancer patients.
我们在一个以白种人、基督教徒和女性为主的门诊癌症患者样本中，考察了不同类型的祈祷与抑郁症状之间的关联，其中沉思和社会支持是潜在的中介因素。在横断面设计中，179 名成年癌症门诊患者完成了祈祷、沉思、社会支持、抑郁症状和人口统计学变量的测量。癌症的类型和阶段从电子病历中收集。抑郁症状与敬拜祈祷（r=-.15）、领受祈祷（r=-.17）、感恩祈祷（r=-.29）和为他人福祉的祈祷（r=-.26）呈负相关。在路径分析中，沉思完全中介了感恩祈祷与抑郁症状之间的联系（间接效应β=-.05），而社会支持部分中介了为他人祈祷与抑郁症状之间的联系（间接效应β=-.05）。这些发现表明，不同的祈祷类型与癌症患者较低的抑郁症状之间可能存在独特的机制。
