Volume : V, Issue : I, January - 2015

Depression in Relation to Affective Dysregulation and Family Environment among Adolescents

Dr. Ibadat Khan, Dr. Vandana Sharma

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The present study examined the relationship of depression with affective dysregulation and family environment in a sample of 100 adolescents (50 males and 50 females) studying in Government Schools of Chandigarh. For the collection of data Zung Self–Rating Depression Scale, Affective Dysregulation Inventory and Family Environment Scale were used. Statistical techniques like Pearson product moment correlation and stepwise multiple regressions were used. Results of the study revealed that depression was found to be positively correlated with affective dysregulation among male and female adolescents. Independence dimension of family environment found to be negative correlate of depression among males but in females, organization, active–recreational orientation, expressiveness and intellectual–cultural orientation were all significantly and negatively correlated with depression. In case of male adolescents, affective dysregulation emerged as the best predictor of depression but in female adolescents, affective dysregulation and organization were found to be predicting depression independently as well as conjointly

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DR. IBADAT KHAN, DR. VANDANA SHARMA Depression in Relation to Affective Dysregulation And Family Environment Among Adolescents Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 1 January 2015

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