Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01609
Title: The role of character strengths in depression: A structural equation model
Authors: Tehranchi A.
Doost H.T.N.
Amiri S.
Power M.J. 
Keywords: Character strengths
Depression
Dysfunctional attitudes
Happiness
Negative affect
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Citation: Tehranchi A., Doost H.T.N., Amiri S., Power M.J. (2018). The role of character strengths in depression: A structural equation model. Frontiers in Psychology 9 (SEP) : 1609. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01609
Abstract: The main aim of present study was to develop a model that specifies the predictive effects of some character strengths in depression. Two hundred individuals with major depression were recruited from clinical psychology centers. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires measuring dysfunctional attitudes, basic emotions, character strengths, and depression. Seven character strengths of critical thinking, emotional intelligence, gratitude, forgiveness, hope, spirituality, and zest were selected to measure the latent variable of character strengths. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Normed chi-square, comparative fit index, incremental fit index, and other indices demonstrated an adequate fit for the model suggesting that character strengths had an indirect effect on depression through the mediation of dysfunctional attitudes, negative affect, and happiness. Character strengths had negative effects on dysfunctional attitudes and positive effects on happiness. The findings of present study have implications for practitioners and researchers to develop an integrative model for the treatment of depression. � 2018 Tehranchi, Neshat Doost, Amiri and Power.
Source Title: Frontiers in Psychology
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/152023
ISSN: 16641078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01609
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