Depression, anxiety and stress among adolescent students belonging to affluent families: A school-based study.
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2010-02
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Objective. To study depression, anxiety and stress (DAS) among adolescent school students belonging to affluent families
and the factors associated with high levels of DAS.
Methods. 242 adolescent students belonging to class 9-12th selected for the study. DASS-21 questionnaire was used for
assessing DAS.
Results. The scores in the three domains (DAS) were found to be remarkably correlated. It was seen that depression was
significantly more among the females (mean rank 132.5) than the males (mean rank 113.2), p=0.03. Depression
(p=0.025), Anxiety (0.005) and Stress (p<0.001) were all significantly higher among the ‘board classes’ i.e., 10th and 12th as
compared to the classes 9th and 11th. All the three (DAS) were found to have an inverse relationship with the academic
performance of the students. Depression and Stress were found to be significantly associated with the number of adverse
events in the student’s life that occurred in last one year.
Conclusion. A significant proportion of the students were found to be having high levels of DAS and several important factors
were found to be associated with them. Proactive steps at the school-level and community-level and steps for improved
parent-adolescent communication are needed for amelioration of the problem.
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Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Adolescents, Students
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Bhasin Sanjiv K, Sharma Rahul, Saini N K. Depression, anxiety and stress among adolescent students belonging to affluent families: A school-based study. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2010 Feb; 77(2): 161-165.