A Study On Depression, Anxiety And Stress Among Higher Secondary School Students

Abstract

Adolescence typically describes the years between ages 13 and 19 and can be considered the transitional stage from childhood to adulthood. This transitional period can bring up issues of independence and self –identity. Peer groups, romantic interests and appearance tend to naturally increase in importance for some time during a teens journey towards adulthood. World health organisation (WHO 2017) estimates that a total of 300 million people living in this world suffer from depression. Similar is the case of anxiety, which affects 264 million or 3.6% of the global population. similar number of individuals suffer from a range of anxiety disorders. Nearly half of the individuals affected live in the South-East Asian region and the Western pacific, which includes India. The present study aims to describe the socio demographic characters, depression, anxiety and stress among higher secondary girl students. Descriptive research design was adopted. The universe of the present study was the girl students from a higher secondary in Ernakulum district Kerala. From the universe of the study by adopting disproportionate stratified simple radom sampling method data, was collected from 100 students. The researcher adopted questionnaire which consisted of personal data and DASS scale was to measure depression, anxiety and stress. Nearly half of the respondents (49%) experienced severe level of depression, anxiety and stress. More than one fourth (26%) of the respondents experienced mild level and one fourth (25%) experienced moderate level of depression, anxiety and stress.As per the findings Suitable suggestions were made.