Depression, anxiety and stress among adolescent students belonging to affluent families: A school-based study

Bhasin, Sanjiv Kumar; Sharma, Rahul; Saini, Narinder Kumar

doi:10.1007/s12098-009-0260-5

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“…The results obtained from the current study show that majority of the board exam going students (74%) experience moderate level of anxiety which is in agreement with previous studies conducted among school students [23]. Pressure from school and parents, the lengthy format of Indian state government board exams (3 h), and heavy subject contents are some important factors that contribute to increased anxiety among students [1].…”

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“…Pressure from school and parents, the lengthy format of Indian state government board exams (3 h), and heavy subject contents are some important factors that contribute to increased anxiety among students [1]. It is already reported that students from board exam going classes, the 10th and 12th, present significantly higher level of depression, anxiety, and stress compared to the students from 9th and 11th grade [23]. We further found that the anxiety levels manifested by 12th standard students are higher than students from 10th.…”

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Test Anxiety Levels of Board Exam Going Students in Tamil Nadu, India

Mary

Marslin

Franklin

et al. 2014

BioMed Research International

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The latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau has positioned Tamil Nadu as the Indian state with highest suicide rate. At least in part, this is happening due to exam pressure among adolescents, emphasizing the imperative need to understand the pattern of anxiety and various factors contributing to it among students. The present study was conducted to analyze the level of state anxiety among board exam attending school students in Tamil Nadu, India. A group of 100 students containing 50 boys and 50 girls from 10th and 12th grades participated in the study and their state anxiety before board exams was measured by Westside Test Anxiety Scale. We found that all board exam going students had increased level of anxiety, which was particularly higher among boys and 12th standard board exam going students. Analysis of various demographic variables showed that students from nuclear families presented higher anxiety levels compared to their desired competitive group. Overall, our results showing the prevalence of state anxiety among board exam going students in Tamil Nadu, India, support the recent attempt taken by Tamil Nadu government to improve student's academic performance in a healthier manner by appointing psychologists in all government schools.

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Test Anxiety Levels of Board Exam Going Students in Tamil Nadu, India

Mary

Marslin

Franklin

et al. 2014

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“…Findings of previous studies performed all over the world also indicate a large proportions of adolescents having these psychiatric disorders. [1213141516171819] Similar to the prevalences found in our study, the prevalences of depression, anxiety, and stress were 41.5%, 66.2%, and 52.5% in a study conducted in Saudi Arabia[14] among secondary school girls. Bayram and Bilgel[18] found that the prevalences were 51.4%, 66.05%, and 39.4% among University students, whereas the prevalences were 51.3%, 33.1%, and 53.0% in a study conducted among UG MBBS students.…”

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Depression, anxiety and stress among higher secondary school students of Imphal, Manipur

Kumar¹,

Akoijam²

2017

Indian J Community Med

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Introduction:Adolescence is a stressful period due to physical, psychological, sexual changes, and the presence of psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and stress at this stage of life is a matter of concern.Objectives:The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalences of depression, anxiety, and stress among higher secondary school students of Imphal and to determine the association between depression, anxiety, and stress and selected variables such as gender, standard, and religion.Materials and methods:From September 2014 to October 2014, a cross-sectional study was conducted among higher secondary school students of Imphal. The sample size was calculated to be 750. Seven schools were randomly selected, and all the students in that school were enrolled in the study. The study tool used was a questionnaire containing DASS (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale) and sociodemographic characteristics.Results:The prevalences of depression, anxiety, and stress among 830 valid respondents were 19.5%, 24.4%, and 21.1%, respectively. In total, 81.6% of the respondents had at least one of the studied disorders and 34.7% of the respondents had all the three negative states. The prevalences of depression, anxiety, and stress were high among females and were significant for anxiety (P = 0.00) and stress (P = 0.04). The prevalences of depression and stress were significantly higher among 12th standard students with P-values of 0.00 and 0.02.Conclusion:The prevalences of depression, anxiety, and stress were high with anxiety and stress significantly higher among females, whereas prevalences of depression and stress were significantly higher among 12th standard students. More studies are recommended to determine the factors leading to these mental disorders.

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“…They found that all three were significantly correlated and depression was more among females (p=0.03). 11 While in our study mean age was 16.7 yrs(0.66) and 197 (50.6%) were males. Even in our study all three were significantly correlated with each other.…”

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Assessment of Depression, Anxiety and Stress and It's Association with Suicide and Substance Abuse among Adolescents in Bangalore-A Cross Section Study

Chalageri¹,

Bhat²,

Sobagaiah³

et al. 2017

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INTRODUCTION: Adolescent accounts to one fifth of India's population. Investment in adolescent health will help India to reap the benefits of demographic dividend. Few of them are exposed to various health issues, out of which mental health is gaining importance. So the current study was designed to assess the burden of depression, anxiety and stress of PreUniversity college students of Bangalore and its association with suicide and substance abuse. METHODOLOGY: Cross sectional study conducted among 389 students of selected colleges of Bangalore through convenient sampling technique. Pre tested semi structured questionnaire was administered and analysed in SPSS 17. Depression, anxiety and stress among students were assessed through DASS score-21 scale. Fischer exact test and chi square test were applied to find the association. RESULTS: Mean age (±SD) of the students was 16.7 yrs(0.66) and 197 (50.6%) were males. Among 389 students 136 (35%) belonged to government college; 177 (45.5%) to private and rest to aided college. While 205 (52.7%) were in commerce branch, 133 (34.2%) were in science branch and rest belonged to arts branch. Prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress in past one week were 38.82%, 50.12% & 19.79% respectively. Anxiety was more common among females (p=0.001); private college students (χ 2 = 18.51, p<0.01) and among science branch (χ 2 = 17.88, p<0.01). Stress was

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Depression, anxiety and stress among adolescent students belonging to affluent families: A school-based study

Cited by 109 publications

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Test Anxiety Levels of Board Exam Going Students in Tamil Nadu, India

Test Anxiety Levels of Board Exam Going Students in Tamil Nadu, India

Depression, anxiety and stress among higher secondary school students of Imphal, Manipur

Assessment of Depression, Anxiety and Stress and It's Association with Suicide and Substance Abuse among Adolescents in Bangalore-A Cross Section Study

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