Buppha Duangduen. The relationship of learned resourcefulness social support and depressive symptoms . Master's Degree(Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
The relationship of learned resourcefulness social support and depressive symptoms
Abstract:
This study was a descriptive research aiming to describe learned
resourcefulness, and social support in relation to depressive symptoms in depressive
patients.
The sample were 70 patients, aged between 20–60 who had received medical
services from the Outpatient Department of Galya Rajanagarindra Institute. Data were
collected by interview from October to December 2003. The research instruments
were the interview questionnaire consisting of questions concerning demographic
information, Thai Depression Inventory, Self–Control Schedule: SCS and Social
Support. The statistical analyses used were percentage, mean, and standard deviation,
Pearson’s product Moment Correlation Coefficient and multiple regression.
The results revealed that nearly 70 % of the samples did not have depression,
20 % had mild depression and 13 % had moderate depression. The overall learned
resourcefulness and social support of depressive patients were at fairly high levels.
Learned resourcefulness and social support were negatively correlated with depressive
symptoms. Learned resourcefulness was the influential variable on depressive
symptoms and it could explain the variance of depressive symptoms by nearly 40 %.
Learned resourcefulness and social support could co–explain the variance of
depressive symptoms by 54.5 %.
These findings suggest that psychiatric nurses and health personnel should
provide knowledge and training on learned resourcefulness skills for depressed
patients who have mild and moderate depressive symptoms. The training can be set as
either individual or the group training. Psychiatric nurses and the health personnel
should also encourage the family and the caregivers to provide the patients with social
support in all aspects