Lifestyle as a mediator in the relationship between depression and psychological alienation

This study amid to detect if there is a relationship between psychological alienation and depression, as the study sample will reveal. In addition, does the lifestyle chosen by the individual moderate this relationship? The study was applied to a random sample of 414 Saudis (241 males and 173 females). In this study, by using both the Beck Depression Scale (21 items) and the psychological alienation (60 items), where the scale measures five dimensions of psychological alienation: (social isolation, helplessness, non-normality, meaninglessness, rebellion), as well as a questionnaire of the lifestyle scale prepared by the researcher. Using both the Pearson correlation coefficient, the one-way analysis of variance and the analysis of the Scheffe dimensional comparisons test, the results revealed that depression and alienation were linked with a positive, statistically significant relationship, with a probability value less than the significance level (0.01), and the value of the coefficient of determination was (R2 = .045). This indicates that lifestyle explained 45% of the variance in depression, and it was found that lifestyle contributes to predicting the occurrence of psychological alienation; Where the calculated "t" value was (5,000) with a probability value less than the significance level (0.01), and the value of the coefficient of determination was (R2 = .091), and this indicates that the lifestyle explained 90% of the variance in psychological alienation.