Background: Patients with depression often experience a feeling of disconnectedness
as a consequence of the symptomatology of the disorder. Resilience may offer the link for
those with a mental illness to move from disconnectedness to connectedness. The aim of this
study was to evaluate the effect of resilience training based nursing intervention on
depressive
symptoms,
coping
styles,
and
resilience
among
patients
with
depression. Design: Quasi-experimental design two groups study and control was used to
achieve the aim of this study. Subjects: A purposive sample of 64 patients with depression
was selected for this study. Results: there was a negative significant correlation between the
total score of depressive symptoms and with both resilience, and adaptive coping styles
respectively, pre-intervention. There was also a statistically significant difference in the
reduction of both severe and moderate depressive symptoms post-intervention compared to
the control group. There was a statistically significant difference in increasing of the mean
total score of resilience and adaptive coping post-intervention compared to the control
group. Conclusion: Resilience training based nursing intervention was effective in
improving depressive symptoms, resilience, and coping styles. Recommendations:
resilience training-based nursing intervention should be applied for all depressed patients and
other psychiatric disorders to improve their resilience and adaptive coping leading to
improvement of symptoms severity in return