Presvedčenia o príčinách depresie u laickej verejnosti
Lay beliefs about causes of depression

Author(s): Silvia Aziriová, Kristína Krajčírovičová
Subject(s): Psychology of Self, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: lay beliefs; causes of depression;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research was to find out the lay population beliefs about the causes of depression and whether it has an impact on the assessment of the seriousness of the causes of depression professional interests, experience with a person with mental disorder, age and sex. The sample consists of 131 respondents (98 women and 33 men). Beliefs about the causes of depression we investigated 77-item questionnaire evaluation single cause of depression in severity by Likert scale. Results were statistically processed using One-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test. For the major causes of depression respondents considered serious life events related to loss and trauma and the least serious grounds related to lifestyle. To assess the severity of the individual causes of depression had the largest effect of experience with a man with a mental disorder.

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