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Evaluating a Spiritually Integrated Intervention for Depressed College Students

Gibbel, Meryl Reist

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology.
With a sample of 65 mildly and moderately depressed undergraduates, the present study evaluated the effects of a spiritually integrated intervention as compared to a secular intervention and a no treatment control condition. The spiritual intervention and secular intervention were of equivalent length and were offered to participants via the internet. Participants completed criterion measures for psychological and spiritual well being at three time points during the course of the study: at the outset of the study, directly following the five-week interventions, and one month following the completion of the interventions. Results of statistical significance testing suggested that the explicit inclusion of spirituality in an intervention for depression does not offer resources that are unique to the problems of depression. More specifically, participants reported similar psychological improvement across all three conditions. However, follow-up and exploratory analyses suggested that participants who completed the spiritually integrated intervention reported less depression and more positive affect than other participants. Results from statistical and clinical significance testing are discussed.
Kenneth Pargament (Advisor)
Annette Mahoney (Committee Member)
Michael Zickar (Committee Member)
Michael Coomes (Committee Member)
129 p.

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  • Gibbel, M. R. (2010). Evaluating a Spiritually Integrated Intervention for Depressed College Students [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1274920865

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gibbel, Meryl. Evaluating a Spiritually Integrated Intervention for Depressed College Students. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1274920865.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gibbel, Meryl. "Evaluating a Spiritually Integrated Intervention for Depressed College Students." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1274920865

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)