DEPRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDENTS

In the present study the investigator adopted the descriptive survey method to find out the level, significant difference if any in the depression of adolescent students in terms of variables like gender, locality of college, mode of stay and private tuitions. The investigator used the simple random sampling technique. The sample consisted of 200 science group intermediate students of age between 16-17 years from 10 Junior college of rural and urban Vijayawada. Data was collected by face-to-face interview method. Tools used for data collection were the Beck depression inventory (BDI–II; A. T. Beck, R. A. Steer, & G. K. Brown, 1996) and personal information schedule. The study found that the depression of adolescent girls was higher than the adolescent boys. There is no significant difference between rural and urban adolescent students in their depression. There is no significant difference between day-scholar and hosteller adolescent students in their depression. There is no significant difference between private tuition going and non-going adolescent students in their depression.