Intervention for depression among undergraduate religious education students: A randomized controlled trial

Abstract

Background: This research was designed to investigate the management of depression among undergraduate religious education students and identify the research implications for school-based religious intervention. Methods: This research is a randomized controlled trial. The treatment condition had 34 undergraduate religious education students but 33 undergraduate religious education students were in the control condition. The treatment process involved a 12-week application of religious rational emotive behavior therapy (RREBT). With Beck's depression inventory, version 2 (BDI-II), data collection was made possible. Results: Compared to students in the control condition, undergraduate religious education students in the treatment condition demonstrated a significant drop in mean BDI-II scores at post-test (F [1, 65] = 592.043, P