Differences between Christian cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy as measured by depression and resiliency

Problem. It was the problem of this study to determine the relationship between depression as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II), and resiliency, as measured by the Resilience Scale (RS), in adult inpatients diagnosed with clinical depression by a hospital psychiatrist, using criteria from the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR).; It was further the problem of this study to determine the difference in depression scores and resilience scores between two adult inpatient treatment groups. Group one received Christian Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT), group two received Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).; Procedures. Seventy Psychiatric inpatients diagnosed with depression were divided into two groups. Group one received CCBT. The second group was treated with CBT. Patients completed pretests and posttests measuring depression, using the BDI-II, and resilience, using the (RS) self-report measures.; Findings and conclusions. A significance difference was found in the correlation between BDI-II and RS scores using the Pearson's Product Moment Correlation r, r = (-.559), p 0.01 (2-tailed), N = 70. As depression decreased, resilience increased. No significant differences were found in BDI-II and RS scores between the CCBT and the CBT groups with the significance level set at alpha = .05, using a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Both treatment modalities were effective in reducing depression and increasing resilience.