"مرونة الأنا" لدى المواطن اللبناني و دورها في الوقاية من الاكتئاب و الأفكار السوداوية

Abstract EN

Our study examined the impact of the economic, social and health situation (caused by the Corona pandemic) on the high rates of depression among Lebanese citizens and the role of "ego resilience" in preventing dark thoughts and suicide.

These variables are at the core of psychological and psychosocial theories, which formed the basis of our study.

The study has two main aspects:The theoretical aspect: it includes a presentation of the research methodology, in addition to the theoretical framework and the most prominent theories that dealt with the basic concepts of depression, suicide, and ego resilience.

Our study employs both quantitative and qualitative research techniques at the same In the study, we adopted the analytical descriptive approach that describes the phenomenon and then analyzes the relationship between variables.

We have chosen a sample that encapsulates all the variables of the study.

The sample includes 445 male and female respondents from all cultural and economic levels.

The questionnaire technique included three psychological measures: the Beck Suicide Scale, the Depression Scale, and finally, the Psychological Resilience Scale.

We tested the scales on an experimental sample after making sure of their validity and reliability through the Cronbag Alpha.

After collecting field data, they were analyzed through appropriate statistical operations that helped us determine the existence of a relationship between the independent variables: age - gender - education - work - financial status - marital status, and the dependent variables, which are depression and dark thoughts.

As for the psychological flexibility variable, it was a mediating variable in our study because it is affected by depression and affects dark thoughts.

So, through field work, we were able to document the phenomenon of high levels of depression among the Lebanese.

We found out that 79.3% of the sample have moderate and severe depression, which is a dangerous indicator of mental health deterioration.

And that there is an inverse relationship between the psychological resilience scale and the depression scale, the higher the depression rate, the lower the psychological resilience, which resulted in higher suicidal tendencies.

In addition to the relationship between research variables and the cultural and economic background of the individual, the research recognized that depression decreases with the improvement of the financial situation and the level of education, and resilience increases within the same groups.

Finally, the study found that the Lebanese citizen still enjoys a high degree of psychological flexibility,