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| Published: March 25, 2015

Level of Anxiety and Depression among Postgraduate Psychology Students

DIP: 18.01.058/20140202

DOI: 10.25215/0202.058

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The authors examine the level of Anxiety and Depression among Postgraduate Psychology Students. The study was conducted using Hamilton Anxiety Scale in Clinical Evaluation (HAM – A) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The results elicit that the level of Anxiety is high as compared with the level of Depression. Among Social Drinkers, the level of Depression was found to be high and among Non – Social Drinkers the level of Anxiety was found to be high. The results elicits a significant positive correlation between Anxiety and Depression. From the HAM – A tool, the domains of Anxiety were also studied, viz., Psychic Anxiety and Somatic Anxiety, which infers in the study that the level of Psychic Anxiety is high as compared to Somatic Anxiety in both the groups.

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Taniya Ahuja @ ataaniyaa@yahoo.in

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.058/20140202

10.25215/0202.058

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Published in   Volume 02, Issue 2, January-March, 2015