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A study of Prevalence of Depression among Adolescents

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Background: It is a mental health problem in adolescents worldwide with an estimated prevalence of 4-5% in mid to late adolescents. Adolescents these days have become prone to feelings of sadness, hopelessness because of the excessive use of technologies; internet, social networking sites and mobile phones. Objectives: To study the level of depression among adolescents. To work out gender differences among adolescents on depression and to examine school wise differences (Govt. & Private) as the level of depression. Materials and Methods: In demographic items; Depression Scale for Children and Adolescents by Anita Vulic-Prtoric (2005) was administered to a sample of (n=400) adolescents (boys and girls) both studying in Private and Govt. Senior Secondary Schools of Chandigarh and its surrounding areas. Data was collected on a standardized questionnaire of ‘Depression Scale with reliability of 0.71. Results: Depression scores demonstrated that 64 (16 %) adolescents were severely depressed. Among the adolescent population 64 (16 %), 40(10%) were girls and 24 (6%) were boys. The study further analyzed that the private school adolescents exhibit higher level of depression when compared with government school adolescents. The teachers and parents should be made aware of this problem with the help of school counselors so that the depressed adolescent can be identified early and helped rather than suffer silently.

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Depression, Gender, Adolescents

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"A study of Prevalence of Depression among Adolescents", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.435-440, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806755.pdf

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"A study of Prevalence of Depression among Adolescents", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp435-440, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806755.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR1806755
Registration ID: 184293
Published In: Volume 5 | Issue 6 | Year June-2018
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Page No: 435-440
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Area: Engineering
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
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