ArticleJournal of religion and health2015
Sense of purpose in life and escape from self as the predictors of quality of life in clinical samples.
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- Meaning in Life Moderates Relations between Personality and Temperament and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Hospitalized Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2022Article
- A prospective study of college student depressive symptoms, sense of purpose, and response to a COVID-19 campus shutdown.Personality and individual differences · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Community Gardening on Sense of Purpose for Persons Living with Dementia: A Cluster-Randomized Pilot Study.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2022Article
- Correlations between Quality of Life, School Bullying, and Suicide in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Exploring Relationship Between Spiritual Intelligence, Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Among Elderly Pakistani Muslims.Journal of religion and health · 2018Article
- Mechanisms of change for interventions aimed at improving the wellbeing, mental health and resilience of children and adolescents affected by war and armed conflict: a systematic review of reviews.Conflict and health · 2018Review
- Chassidic Teachings and Modern Psychology: Toward a More Unified Approach.Journal of religion and health · 2016Review
- Paving the Path to Wellness for Stroke Survivors: A Lifestyle Medicine Group Intervention.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
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Abstract
Depression is a leading mental disorder from which suffer Europeans and especially women. In clinical groups with elevated risk of suicidal tendencies, both the negative factors and psychological variables that can protect a person should be analyzed. The aims of the current study were analysis of purpose in life function in perceived quality of life-self-efficacy and life satisfaction among people suffering from depression in comparison with control group and analysis of escape from self (EfS)-function as an indicator of suicidal thoughts occurrence, for suicide attempt and perceived quality of life (life satisfaction). Two studies were conducted on two clinical groups. The first study consists of females, 20 of them with depression and 40 without depression disorder as a control group. Measures used in this study are Purpose in Life Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). The second study consists of 60 participants, including 20 who attempted suicide. Measures used in this study are SWLS Scale and an EfS measure. There is a significant meaning of the sense of purpose of life for well-being and self-efficacy. The ability to maintain the feeling of sense of one's existence seems to be a significant factor that protects from a decrease in life quality and keeps the feeling of being able to deal in difficult situations, as well as helps to accept depression symptoms.
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