Low psychological resilience is associated with depression in patients with cardiovascular disease

Abstract

These findings show that low psychological resilience was related to depression in this cohort of cardiac outpatients, particularly affective symptoms such as anhedonia and hopelessness. The SOC13 scale offers a complementary measure of psychological status that could be used to monitor, and possibly predict, patient coping and response to treatment throughout the cardiovascular disease trajectory.

Psychosocial markers of pre‐hospital decision delay and psychological distress in acute coronary syndrome patients

“…Higher levels of resilience were related to lower psychological distress post‐ACS – a result that is also consistent with previous studies demonstrating the protective effect of this personality trait on mental health (Toukhsati et al , ). Suffering an ACS can be a traumatic experience for patients because of the fear and pain experienced during the episode and because of the lifelong sequelae such as the need to take various medications, change harmful habits, and adopt new healthier habits.…”

Effects of Envy on Depression: The Mediating Roles of Psychological Resilience and Social Support

“…17 This finding may be attributed to the fact that low social support will lead to less supportive resources and behaviors, 39 so that people recover from stress more slowly, in turn decreasing their level of psychological resilience, thus enhancing depression. 74 Based on the above analysis, we combined the results of two significant mediations to obtain a comprehensive path: envy → social support → psychological resilience → depression, which confirmed both hypothesis 4 and the resilience framework. 32 That is to say, the higher the individual's level of envy, the lower their level of social support which can decrease their psychological resilience by lowering their perceived supportive resources and behaviors, thereby indirectly enhancing their depression.…”

Does age matter? A mixed methods study examining determinants of good recovery and resilience in young and middle‐aged adults following moderate‐to‐severe traumatic brain injury

“…Responses are rated on a five‐item Likert scale (from not true at all to true nearly all the time) and total scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores reflecting greater resilience. Considering that depression may interfere with the process of resilience (Toukhsati, Jovanovic, Dehghani, Tran, & Hare, ), depressive symptoms were assessed using the second edition of the Beck Depression Inventory scale (BDI‐II: Beck, Ward, Mendelson, Mock, & Erbaugh, ). The BDI‐II contains 21 items listing symptoms of major depressive disorder including depressed mood and cognitive symptoms such as hopelessness, suicidal ideation, sleep disturbance, reduced appetite and poor libido.…”