Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

Loneliness and Depression among University Students

S. S. Srinithi, N. Radha Jeyalakshmi

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To explore the relationship between loneliness and depression among university students, a sample of one twenty under graduate and post graduate students from the ManonmaniamSundaranaruniversity belonging to age range17 to 23 were chosen using the method of convenient sampling to participate in the study. Adapting to survey method a total of 100 datawere collected using Beck depression inventory and UCLA loneliness scale. Correlational research design was used to full fill the objectives of this study. Correlation and t–test were applied. Results revealed that there is positive correlation between loneliness and depression; there is significant loneliness among sample who is single child compared to sample who are born with siblings and there is significant difference in the level of depression between males and females

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S.S.Srinithi, N. Radha Jeyalakshmi, Loneliness and Depression among University Students, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2018

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