Course of life satisfaction in patients with depressive and addictive disorders after therapeutic intervention

Arndt Büssing, Peter Heusser and Götz Mundle

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2012, vol. 58, issue 3, 239-245

Abstract: Background/Aim: To analyse the course of life satisfaction during the clinic stay of patients with depressive and/or addictive disorders. Methods: In a cohort study, 199 patients with depressive and addictive diseases were asked to complete a series of questionnaires at the start and the end of their psychotherapeutic treatment (on average 4.2 ± 2.3 weeks later). The questionnaires were the Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale (BMLSS), the Positive Life Construction/Contentedness/Well-Being Scale from the ERDA (Emotional/Rational Disease Acceptance) questionnaire, Beck’s Depression Inventory and the revised Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R). Results: The psychotherapeutic interventions improved the clinical situation of the patients and resulted in strong effects with respect to positive life construction ( d = 1.07) and moderate effects on life satisfaction ( d = 0.71). Stronger effects were noted in patients with depressive disorders ( d = 0.80) than in patients with addictive disorders ( d = 0.69). Regression analyses revealed that pre-treatment life satisfaction can be explained negatively by an escape-avoidance strategy (Escape from Illness), and positively by positive life construction. In contrast, post-treatment life satisfaction can be explained negatively by psychological distress and depression, and positively by positive life construction and living with a partner. Conclusion: The hypothesis that life satisfaction changes are associated with the clinical situation of patients was confirmed. In particular, patients with depressive disorders profited from the psychotherapeutic interventions.

Keywords: life satisfaction; depression; addiction; intervention; disease acceptance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764010390498

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