Religiosity and Depression Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in India: Results of a National Survey in 2017–2018

Clinicians’ Emotional Reactions toward Patients with Depressive Symptoms in Mood Disorders: A Narrative Scoping Review of Empirical Research

“…After exposure to the vignettes, the clinicians rated the severity of depression of the patients and completed the TRQ. The results showed that patients without religion were rated as less depressed than those with religion, seemingly contradicting part of the literature on religiosity as a support/coping resource/protective factor [97,98]. Furthermore, the psychiatrists' ratings presented a positive linear relationship between depressive symptomatology scores and protective CT, a negative linear relationship between depressive symptomatology scores and overwhelmed CT, and a nonlinear but significant relationship between depressive symptomatology and positive and disengaged CT reactions.…”

What Do We Know About the Influence of Believers’ Religiosity on Happiness and Gratitude? – A Perspective for Clinical Practice

“…With depression, a 2019 study investigating associations between depressive symptoms and religiosity in young adults conducted by Gwin et al 71 showed intrinsic religiosity is higher associated with lower risks of depressive symptoms. Another recent study by Pengpid and Peltzer 72 based on data from more than 70,000 Indians aged 45 years and older also showed that high intrinsic religiosity was inversely associated with depressive symptoms.…”