Open Access"Depression among Late Adolescent College Students "
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Jasmine
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
artha journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-329X
DOI - 10.12724/ajss.12.4
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychology , coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , medicine , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
The purpose of the present study is to examine the presence of Depressve symptoms among the late adolescet college students(N=296) . Studies have found depression to be one of the leading causes for suicide among all age groups. Hence the present study aims to analyse the possible causal factors in depression and propose adequate intervention strategies based on the existing literature . This can be used for giving valuable suggestions/guidence to individuals who deal with this age group, by enabling them to meet the psychological needs of this group and thus prevent the occurrence of depression, or help in coping with depression.