Depression, family support and hopelessness: A correlated study

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2014-01-01

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Baptista, Makilim Nunes
Carneiro, Adriana Munhoz
Cardoso, Hugo Ferrari [UNESP]

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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.

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Depressive symptoms, Family, Hopelessness, Psychological assessment

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Universitas Psychologica, v. 13, n. 2, p. 693-702, 2014.