A STUDY OF DEPRESSION AMONG FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS:PROFESSIONAL AND NON PROFESSIONAL

Zeenat Fatima; Dr. Shahina Maqbool

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

A STUDY OF DEPRESSION AMONG FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS:PROFESSIONAL AND NON PROFESSIONAL

Zeenat Fatima, Dr. Shahina Maqbool

Abstract :

Introduction: Depression is one of the major psychiatric disorders in all over the world and the annual occurrence of depression is 6.6% in general population. There is also a high prevalence of depression in university students. Depression greatly affects the academic performance and health of university students. Depressive people have low academic achievements and have frequent academic failure. The objective of the present study is to examine the predictive relationship of depression and academic performance, and difference in the level of academic performance and depression among female university students (professional and non professional). Material and Methods: 75 female students enrolled in various professional courses (MBBS, BDS and B.Tech) and 75 female students enrolled in various non professional courses (B.A, B.Sc) were selected randomly from Aligarh Muslim University. Centre for epidemiological studies scale for depression and demographic form was administered. Result: Female students enrolled under professional courses score high on CES–D scale as compared to the female non professional students. Professional students are at high risk of depression in comparison to non professional students.