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| Religious denomination as a symptom-formation factor of depression in older Dutch citizens | | Author(s) | Arjan W Braam, Caroline M Sonnenberg, Aartjan T F Beekman |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol l5, no 5, May 2000 |
| Pages | pp 458-466 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Nonconformist Church ; Roman Catholicism ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | As religion represents an important cultural resource for older people, it is hypothesised that religious denomination represents a symptom formation factor of depression in the older generation. This study focuses on older Dutch citizens, and compares Calvinists with Roman Catholics and non-church members. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was used to distinguish depressed and non-depressed; and the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) was used to assess major depressive episodes and criterion symptoms of depression. Depressed Calvinists, especially males, had higher scores of the vegetative CES-D subscale. The same was found for non-church members with Calvinist parents. Feelings of guilt were more prevalent for Roman Catholics. Religious denominations modified the type of symptoms in late-life depression. As a Calvinist background was associated with less depressive affect and more inhibition, there is a risk of underdiagnosis of major depression in older Calvinists in the Netherlands. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-000823218 A |
| Classmark | ENR: EX: TU: TSA: 76H |
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