The present study was aimed at examining the relationship between Irrational Beliefs and Depression among the late adolescent college students (N=502). Studies have found depression to be one of the most crippling disorders and the leading cause for suicide among all age groups and that this state is primarily being caused by wrong thinking and belief patterns such as irrational beliefs and further irrational beliefs are being maintained due to the depressed state of the individual. Hence the present study apart from analyzing the directions of possible relationship of Irrational Beliefs with Depression, reviews the existing literature to showcase how one causes and maintains the other.

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.