Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Characteristics associated with low resilience in patients with depression and/or anxiety disorders.

Guess who has trouble dealing with anxiety and depression? Take a guess.

Now read this study's findings:

RESULTS:

In the final regression model, low spirituality was revealed as a leading predictor of lower-resilience groups. Additionally, low purpose in life and less frequent exercise were associated with the low- and medium-resilience groups, respectively. Severe trait anxiety characterized the low- and medium-resilience groups, although it was not included in the final model.

CONCLUSIONS:

Spirituality, purpose in life, and trait anxiety contribute to different levels of resilience in patients with depression and/or anxiety disorders.

I would also suggest that if you have no purpose in life, that would contribute to depression.