Depression, Family Support and Hopelessness: a correlated study

This study aimed to verify the relationship between depression, hopelessness and family support. to this aim, were applied the Escala Baptista de Depressão-Adulto EBADEP- A, The Beck Hopelessness Scale –BHS, Inventário de Percepção de Suporte Familiar- IPSF and a sociodemographic questionnaire on a sample of 198 undergraduate of Pharmacy and Psychology courses of a particular university at São Paulo state (Brazil) with mean age of 23.44 years (SD = 6.8), and with a prevalence of women (80.7%). Results showed significant and positive correlations between EBADEP- A and BHS and significant and negative correlations between EBADEP- A/ BHS and IPSF, indicating that the higher perception of family support the fewer depressive symptoms and hopelessness, agreeing with literature.

• Autores: Nunes Baptista, Makilim; Universidade São Francisco; Munhoz Carneiro, Adriana; Universidade São Francisco; Ferrari Cardoso, Hugo; Universidade São Francisco
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2013
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• Repositorio: Repositorio Universidad Javeriana
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.javeriana.edu.co:10554/33476
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/1725; http://hdl.handle.net/10554/33476
• Palabra clave: Síntomas depresivos, desesperanza, familia, evaluación psicológica.; Depressive symptoms, hopelessness, family, psychological assessment.
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional