• Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani
• Akansha Chaudhary
• Sweta Kumari Pathak

Adjustment to college life and attending a college and a university for the first time can be a stressful experience for most college students. The current societal challenges and cut throat competition adds to the existing challenges and put a psychological stress on college youths. Increasing unemployment and observation of such psychosocial events often lead to a cognitive set of hopelessness and clinical condition of depression among college youths. The aim of the current research was to a) Examine Depression among the students and b)Examine hopelessness in students. The measures used were a) Beck Depression Inventory ( Beck, 1961) to examine Depression and b) Beck Hopelessness Scale (Beck, 1963) to examine hopelessness. After having sought the written permission from the management, the data was collected in group and individually using convenient sampling technique. Descriptive statistics like mean and SD and Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationship between hopelessness and depression. The findings of the current investigation revealed that students reported mild depression on BDI and significant positive correlation between hopelessness and depression. The current research highlights the need for mental health evaluation and interventions for the college going students especially those pursuing professional courses. The colleges and the Universities need to set up mental health clinics in colleges and universities and employ trained mental health counselors and clinical psychologists to cater the emerging mental health needs of the students.

Depression, hopelessness, college youths

"Hopelessness and Depression among College Students: Empirical Analysis", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.364-375, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812E72.pdf

"Hopelessness and Depression among College Students: Empirical Analysis", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp364-375, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812E72.pdf