Prevalence of Depression among College Students

Depression revealed itself in the form of many symptoms: mood swings, loss of interest, anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure), feelings of worthlessness, fatigue and weariness and guilt, and difficulty concentrating and making decisions. On the physical level, these changes are followed by appetite, disturbed sleep and psychomotor disorders. In this study, it was aimed to know the depression among college students with reference to male and female. A simple random sampling method was used on 400 undergraduate arts college students, out of which 200 students were male and 200 students were female. The Beck’s Depression Inventory Scale was used.  The data was scored and analyzed as per the manual. The ‘t’ test was being calculated. The male students are having more depression than female students. There is significant difference between the mean score of the depression among male and female.