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The aim of this study was to investigate the role of religiousness in moderating the impact of stressors on depressive symptoms. n = 348 patients with either a depressive episode or adjustment disorder were assessed at referral to the liaison psychiatry services in three Dublin hospitals and n = 132 patients were followed up six months later. We assessed depressive symptoms, life events, social support, and religiosity, and used hierarchical and multiple linear regression for data analysis. The interaction of organised religious activity and the amount of life events was significant (\u03b2 = \u22120.19, p = 0.001) in the cross-sectional prediction of depressive symptoms while non-organised religious activity (\u03b2 = \u22120.23, p = 0.001) and intrinsic religiousness (\u03b2 = \u22120.15, p = 0.033) interacted significantly with life events in the longitudinal analysis. 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