Spirituality and religious coping in African-American youth with depressive illness

The research team completed a secondary data analysis of primary data from a 2-phase depression treatment engagement behavioural trial to assess African-American adolescents' reported experiences of spiritual and religious coping when dealing with depression. The team utilised data collected fr...

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Published inMental health, religion & culture Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 330 - 341
Main Authors Breland-Noble, Alfiee M., Wong, Michele J., Childers, Trenita, Hankerson, Sidney, Sotomayor, Jason
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Routledge 28.05.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
adolescent depression
African Americans
African-American youth
health disparities
Mental depression
Mental health care
Qualitative research
Religion
Spirituality
Teenagers
treatment engagement
Religion
health disparities
treatment engagement
spirituality
African American youth
adolescent depression
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Summary:The research team completed a secondary data analysis of primary data from a 2-phase depression treatment engagement behavioural trial to assess African-American adolescents' reported experiences of spiritual and religious coping when dealing with depression. The team utilised data collected from 28 youth who participated in focus groups or individual interviews. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic techniques for transcript-based analysis to identify the key patterns and elements of the study participants' accounts and to extract six primary themes. The main themes are reported in this manuscript and include; "Religion as Treatment Incentive", "Prayer & Agency", "Mixed Emotions", "Doesn't Hurt, Might Help", "Finding Support in the Church", and "Prayer and Church: Barriers to Treatment?" Overall, the data suggested that religion and spirituality play a key role in African-American adolescents' experiences of depression. As well, it is surmised that these factors may be important for improving treatment-seeking behaviours and reducing racial mental health disparities in this population of youth.
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ISSN:1367-4676
1469-9737
DOI:10.1080/13674676.2015.1056120