Depression, Stress Differential and Social Support among Catholic Religious in Nigeria
Keywords:
Catholic Religious, social support, depression, stress differentialAbstract
This study explored the relationship between depression, stress differential and social support among Catholic Religious. To carry out this study a sample of 186 Catholic Religious from different Congregations (religious institute) as well as different states were examined using the DASS (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale) and MOSS (Medical Outcome Study Social Support) scales. It was hypothesized that both gender and social support will have significant effect on depression and stress and also that there would be an interaction effect of gender and social support on depression and stress. Results using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that gender was not statistically significant on stress and depression, while social support was marginally significant on depression with f(1,178) = 2.771, p<0.05 the mean for male was 11.283 while the mean for female was 12.690. But social support was not significant on stress. An interaction effect also indicated that both gender and social support were statistically not significant on depression and stress. The results have important implications of the effects of social support on psychological wellbeing.
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