Archives of Mental Health · Published 2025-07-01 · DOI 10.4103/amh.amh_243_24
Introduction: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a genetic endocrine disorder. Parents of CAH children experience stress due to long-term doubts about the child’s gender. Depression can arise if parents are incapable of coping with stress. The study aimed to determine the relationship between coping strategies and depression in parents of children with CAH. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 83 parents of CAH children. Subjects were requested to complete the Beck Depression Inventory-II, Brief Cope, and Brief Religious Cope questionnaires. The data were processed using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis. Results: The prevalence of depression among parents was 13.2%. Behavioral disengagement, self-distraction, self-blame, negative religious coping, spiritual discontent, self-directed religious coping, religious doubt, and anger at God had a significant positive relationship to depression (P < 0.05). Religious doubt was the most dominant variable in regression analysis (P = 0.02). Conclusion: Certain coping strategies had a significant positive relationship with depression.
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