Depression and religious practices in inmates of a prison in Cusco-Peru

• Autores: Yunguri Arias, Viki, Gutiérrez Suna, Elizabeth, Pacheco Sota, Vilma Aurora, Accostupa Quispe, Yeny Maritza, De La Torre Dueñas, Cleto, Velázquez, Tesania
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23119
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/23119
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Depression; Religious practices; Internal; Penitentiary establishment; Depresión; Prácticas religiosas; Internos; Establecimiento penitenciario; Dépression; Pratiques religieuses; Détenus; Établissement pénitentiaire; Depressão; Práticas religiosas; Interno; Estabelecimento penitenciário

The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between depression and religious practices in inmates of a Penitentiary Establishment in Cusco-Peru. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI - II) (Beck et al., 2006) and the Religious Practices Scale adapted to the prison context (Hamann, 2003) were applied to a sample of 380 inmates for different crimes. The results show that there is no relationship between depression and religious practices. However, a relationship was found with the indicator “I behave as God expects me to do it”. 71% of the sample has some level of depression: 24.7% of inmates have mild depression, 22.45% moderate depression and 24.2% severe depression. It was also obtained that 62.8% of inmates have religious practices. The most frequent are pray to God to ask for help (61.1%), thank God (56.1%), transmit their faith to people close to them (36.6%), read the Bible (25.5%) and attend religious celebrations held inside the prison (25%).