Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: With a sample of 65 mildly and moderately depressed undergraduates, the present study evaluated the effects of a spiritually integrated intervention as compared to a secular intervention and a no treatment control condition.The spiritual intervention and secular intervention were of equivalent length and were offered to participants via the internet.Participants completed criterion measures for psychological and spiritual well being at three time points during the course of the study: at the outset of the study, directly following the five-week interventions, and one month following the completion of the interventions.Results of statistical significance testing suggested that the explicit inclusion of spirituality in an intervention for depression does not offer resources that are unique to the problems of depression.More specifically, participants reported similar psychological improvement across all three conditions.However, follow-up and exploratory analyses suggested that participants who completed the spiritually integrated intervention reported less depression and more positive affect than other participants.Results from statistical and clinical significance testing are discussed.I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Kenneth Pargament, for his priceless support and guidance throughout the development of this project.It has been my absolute privilege to learn with and from him over the past few years.I could not say enough about how much I have enjoyed our partnership on this project and beyond.I would also like to thank my committee members, Dr. Annette Mahoney, Dr. Michael Zickar, and Dr. Michael Coomes, for their insight and valuable contributions to my project.Thank you for your commitment to me as your student, and for your support in fine-tuning
Author: Meryl Reist Gibbel
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W41236992