Relationship between Pathological Guilt and God Image with Depression in Cancer Patients

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between pathological guilt and image of God with depression in cancer patients. Participants were 100 (50 females and 50 males) cancer patients selected by convenient sampling and answered to three questionnaires: Pathological Guilt Questionnaire (PGQ), Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) and God Image Inventory (GII). The results of the regression analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between depression and pathological guilt and also between the god image and depression. Moreover, the results of regression analysis showed that the pathological guilt has a significant role in predicting depression.