title: Religious values in a group of psychiatric outpatients.
abstract: Religious values were investigated in a group of psychiatric outpatients using the Allport, Vernon and Lindzey Study of Values and the Revised Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Scores of 70 psychiatric patients were compared with those of a control group of 50 university staff and students. Analysis indicated that scores for religious values was significantly lower in the outpatient group than in the control group. There was a low significant correlation between religious values and anxiety (-.26) and depression (-.23).
authors.affiliation: Baghiyatollah Medical Center, Baghiyatollah Medical Sciences University, Tehran, IR Iran. Mirzamani2003@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirzamani
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012945:Social Values; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*