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P-315 - Anxiety Levels and Awareness of god in Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

R.P. Pascanu ,
O.A. Rus ,
R. Cozma ,
L. Coman  and
B. andreica
R.P. Pascanu
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
O.A. Rus
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
R. Cozma
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
L. Coman
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
B. andreica
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract

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Introduction and objectives:

Spirituality and mental health have always been in a very dynamic relationship. One can wonder if spirituality should be taken out of psychiatry or if psychiatry lost its faith.

Aims:

The goal of this research is to analyze how anxiety levels are influenced by religious beliefs and practices in children and adolescents.

Methods:

72 respondents participated in our study. They were pupils in the eighth grade at Scoala Generala Horea, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. the exclusion criteria was any psychiatric disorder diagnosed prior to the research.

We used the questionnaire for anxiety, S.T.A.I. - State Trait Anxiety Inventory (Charles D. Spielberger Ph.D., 1970). the questionnaires about religious beliefs, behaviors and personal motivation: SAI -Spiritual Assessment Inventory (Todd W. Hall, Ph.D&Keith J. Edwards, Ph.D, 1996) and two questions from DUREL - Duke University Religion Index (Koenig HG, Meador K, Parkerson G., 1997). These questionnaires are adapted for a monotheist religion.

To analyze the results, we used SPSS, a Business Intelligence software which includes statistical analysis modules, version 17.

Results:

The results identified a valid statistical correlation between anxiety levels and the degree of awareness of God in religious practices and beliefs. (Pearson correlation −0.227, p = 0.05). Depending on the results from SAI questionnaire concerning the level of awareness, we formed 2 groups and we studied the anxiety levels. the analysis of these 2 groups sustained the prior association.

Conclusions:

The anxiety levels are lower in children with high degree of spiritual awareness and religious practices and beliefs.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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