Abstract

NUNES BAPTISTA, Makilim; MUNHOZ CARNEIRO, Adriana  and  FERRARI CARDOSO, Hugo. Depression, Family Support and Hopelessness: a Correlated Study. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.2, pp.693-702. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.UPSY13-2.dfsh.

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.

Keywords : Depressive symptoms; hopelessness; family; psychological assessment.

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