This study examines the correlation among a number of personal and environmental resources that can reduce depression.

These are: religiosity, happiness, social support, and self‐control. The participants in the study consisted of 219 Arab students

from teacher training colleges in the Triangle region in central Israel. The findings indicate that all the resources that were

examined contribute to reducing the level of depression; in other words, significant negative correlations were found

between the level of religiosity, happiness, social support and self‐control on the one hand, and the level of depression on the

other hand. These findings are consistent with those of other studies conducted elsewhere in the world on different

populations (Christian and Jewish, as well as Muslim). The present study and its findings are, however, the first to address the

understanding of depression among the populace in question. The findings were discussed in accordance with a number of

different theories.

Title

Sociology Study

Publisher

David Publishing Company, Inc.

Publisher Country

United States of America

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

3

Year

2013

Pages

721‐738