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 ...

El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la relación entre depresión y prácticas religiosas en internos de un Establecimiento Penitenciario de Cusco-Perú. Se aplicó, el Inventario de Depresión de Beck (BDI - II) (Beck et al., 2006) y la Escala de Prácticas Religiosas adaptada al contexto penitenciario (Hamann, 2003) a una muestra de 380 internos por distintos delitos. Los resultados indican que no hay una relación entre depresión y prácticas religiosas; sin embargo, se encontró relación con el indicador “Me comporto como Dios espera que lo haga”. También se obtuvo que el 71% de la muestra tiene algún nivel de depresión. De estos, 24.7% de internos tiene depresión leve, 22.45% depresión moderada y 24.2% depresión grave. Asimismo, se obtuvo que el 62.8% de internos tienen prácticas religiosas, las más frecuentes son: 61.1% reza a Dios para pedirle ayuda, 56.1% agradec...

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 ...