The relationship between social support, spiritual well-being, and depression in Christian clergy: a systematic literature review

Abstract Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disease with disabling consequences. Social support is an important aspect of performance among patients and attention to perceived social support as a factor influencing health promotion is essential. Therefore, this study was performed with the aim to determine the relationship between spiritual well-being and perceived social support in patients with MS.Methods: This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted on 120 patients with MS. The participants were over 18 years of age and referred to the MS Clinic of Kashani Hospital, Isfahan‎, Iran. The subjects were selected using convenience sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS software. P-values of less than 0.05 were considered significant.Results: The mean (SD) disease duration and age of participants were 8.1 (5.9) and 33.67 (8.7) years, respectively. Moreover, 75.9% of the participants were women and 76.1% were married. The mean score of spiritual well-being was 87.08. The mean score of perceived social support was 61.52 (14.9). Pearson correlation test indicated a direct relationship between spiritual well-being and the total score of perceived social support (r = 0.415, P < 0.001) and the emotional (r = 0.328, P = 0.004) and informational (r = 0.311, P = 0.006) dimensions, but not the instrumental dimension (r = 0.197, P = 0.081). Multiple linear regression analysis showed a significant correlation between spiritual health and social support in the emotional dimension (P < 0.05)Conclusion: This study confirmed the relation between perceived social support and spiritual well-being of people with MS. Thus, it is necessary that perceived social support, as a strong predictor of spiritual health status, is considered in the designing of health promotion interventions for patients with MS.

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The Multiple Mediating Effects of Perceived Social Support and Spiritual Well-being on the Relationship Between Spiritual Needs and Quality of Life Among Patients With Advanced Cancer

10.21203/rs.3.rs-948082/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Quying Wen ◽

Miaorui Jiao ◽

Huailin Wang ◽

Yanli Hu

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Well Being ◽

Spiritual Needs ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Spiritual Well Being ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Aims: The purpose of this study was to test the associations between spiritual needs, perceived social support, spiritual well-being, and quality of life (QoL) and examine the multiple mediating effects of perceived social support and spiritual well-being on the relationship between spiritual needs and QoL among patients with advanced cancer.Methods: Spiritual needs, perceived social support, spiritual well-being and QoL were assessed using self-report questionnaires among 286 cancer patients in a tertiary oncology hospital. The mediation model was analysed using the SPSS PROCESS procedure, and indirect effects were evaluated with bootstrapping.Results: QoL was positively correlated with spiritual needs (r=0.315, p<0.01), perceived social support (r=0.451, p<0.01) and spiritual well-being (r=0.636, p<0.01). The relationship between spiritual needs and QoL was mediated by perceived social support (indirect effect: 0.063, confidence interval (CI) (0.018, 0.118)) and spiritual well-being (indirect effect: 0.068, CI (0.001, 0.155)) and serially mediated by spiritual needs and QoL (indirect effect: 0.072, CI (0.041, 0.113)).Conclusions: The results emphasize the importance of spiritual well-being and social support for cancer patients, especially those with more spiritual needs. They suggest that healthcare providers should develop strategies to enhance perceived social support and spiritual well-being when caring for cancer patients to improve patients’ QoL.

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Investigation of the relationship of perceived social support and spiritual well-being with postpartum depression

Journal of Education and Health Promotion ◽

10.4103/jehp.jehp_56_20 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 174

Author(s):

Zohre Khalajinia ◽

Valiollah Akbari ◽

Parvin Rahmatinejad ◽

MohammadMahdi Shater ◽

Mostafa Vahedian

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Postpartum Depression ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Well Being ◽

Spiritual Well Being ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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Spiritual Well-Being, Social Support, and Financial Distress in Determining Depression: The Mediating Role of Impact of Event During COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.754831 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Hamid Sharif Nia ◽

Ozkan Gorgulu ◽

Navaz Naghavi ◽

María Auxiliadora Robles-Bello ◽

David Sánchez-Teruel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Financial Distress ◽

Online Survey ◽

Well Being ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Spiritual Well Being ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This study investigates the relationship between spiritual well-being, social support, and financial distress with depressive symptoms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A path analysis was used to analyze data collected from 1,156 Iranian participants via an online survey. The results showed that spiritual well-being and social support were negatively related to depressive symptoms and financial distress. The impact of COVID-19 events showed negative associations with depressive symptoms. In addition, the link between spiritual well-being and financial distress with depressive symptoms was partially mediated by the impact of events.

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