Factors impacting depression severity among Turkish college students

Kaya, Cahit

doi:10.1007/s12144-020-01018-2

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“…Similar findings have been presented in other studies that used the 10-item PSS tool to examine students' perceived stress, and many confirmed the correlation with depression measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) tool [58] or Beck's Depression Inventory [59]. Regarding the research in this study, the findings of Kaya [60] should be highlighted, as these findings show that students with higher levels of depression, as measured by the 9-item version of the PHQ tool, had significantly higher levels of perceived stress, as measured by the 10-item PSS tool. Thus, the author [60] identified perceived stress as the most important determinant of depression in college students.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Regarding the research in this study, the findings of Kaya [60] should be highlighted, as these findings show that students with higher levels of depression, as measured by the 9-item version of the PHQ tool, had significantly higher levels of perceived stress, as measured by the 10-item PSS tool. Thus, the author [60] identified perceived stress as the most important determinant of depression in college students. This statement is also consistent with the findings of Zajenkowska and her research team [61], who revealed that Korean college students reported higher levels of depression (PHQ 9) due to higher levels of perceived stress (PSS 10) compared to Polish students.…”

Section: Perceived Stressmentioning

confidence: 72%

“…Hajduk et al [78] also found that Slovak students suffer from mild depression (mean = 8.54). Thus, Slovak students are comparable to students from Croatia (median = 6) [81], Germany (mean = 6.77), China (mean = 6.99) [80], Turkey (mean = 7.39) [60] or Malaysia (mean = 8.10) [79], who also reported mild depression. Again, female students acquired a slightly higher score than male students, but the significant difference was not confirmed, which is in line with the results of the Japanese study [82].…”

Section: Prevalence and Levels Of Stress Depression And Alcohol Use mentioning

confidence: 78%

“…All of these findings are consistent with the findings of many international studies focusing on the mental and behavioural disorders of college students and the identification of their perceived stress, depression and alcohol use disorders using the PSS, PHQ 9 and AUDIT tools. Specifically, Kaya [60] and Zajenkowska and her research team [61] confirmed that the PSS score of college students is a significant predictor of depression measured by the PHQ 9 diagnostic tool. Our findings regarding the relations between depressive disorders and alcohol use disorders can also be compared with other studies, in which a significant correlation between the AUDIT score and the PHQ 9 score was confirmed [92,93].…”

Section: Effects Within the Analysed Mental And Behavioural Disordersmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…These authors [78] also emphasized that Slovak students are characterized by a higher prevalence of depression than anxiety and, simultaneously, students with higher scores tend to perceive their mental health as less satisfactory. When comparing the mean PHQ 9 scores obtained in international studies, mild depression of college students was found in many countries, such as Malaysia [79], Turkey [60], Germany, China [80], Croatia [81], Japan [82] or Colombia [73]. Using this depression-screening tool, female students acquired higher scores than male students [83].…”

Section: Depressionmentioning

confidence: 94%

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Perceived Stress, Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socio-Economic Dimension

Gavurová¹,

Ivankova²,

Rigelský³

2020

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The objective of the study was to examine the effects of perceived stress on depression and subsequently to examine the effects of depression on alcohol use disorders. The data were obtained by an electronic questionnaire survey during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (n=1523 Slovak college students). Descriptive, regression and correlation analysis were used in the analytical processing, while the analyses included students' scores in three diagnostic tools (Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Patient Health Questionnaire for depression (PHQ 9) and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)), as well as gender and income characteristics. The PSS identified an increased level of perceived stress in female students, in contrast, the AUDIT showed an increased level of alcohol use disorders in male students. Differences in mental and behavioural disorders between the gender and income categories were significant in most of the analysed cases. In terms of gender-income characteristics, it was possible to confirm a significant positive effect of the PSS score on the PHQ 9 score, as well as a significant positive effect of the PHQ 9 score on the AUDIT score. As a result, efforts to reduce stress will be reflected in a reduction of depressive disorders as well as a reduction of excessive alcohol consumption among students.

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Section: Perceived Stresssupporting

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Section: Perceived Stressmentioning

confidence: 72%

Section: Prevalence and Levels Of Stress Depression And Alcohol Use mentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: Effects Within the Analysed Mental And Behavioural Disordersmentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Depressionmentioning

confidence: 94%

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Perceived Stress, Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socio-Economic Dimension

Gavurová¹,

Ivankova²,

Rigelský³

2020

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Perceived Stress, Hope, and Life Satisfaction Among College Students: A Two-Wave, Half-Longitudinal Study from Turkey

Hatun,

Kurtça

2024

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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The relationship between depression, healthy lifestyle behaviors and internet addiction: a cross-sectional study of the athlete university students in Turkey

Çelik

Haney

2023

Front. Psychiatry

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IntroductionMental health research exists for university students in the areas of prevalence and association of depression, internet addiction and healthy lifestyle behaviors. However, the studies examining prevalence rates and these relationships in athlete university students are needed. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between depression, healthy lifestyle behaviors and internet addiction among athlete university students in Turkey.MethodsA cross-sectional design was conducted, measuring depression using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, healthy lifestyle behaviors (HPLP-II), and internet addiction (YIAT-SF). Predictive factors associated with depressive symptoms were estimated using binary logistic regression.ResultsOf the 501 participants, 61.3% were male, with a mean age of 21.45 years (SD: 3.19). Student-athletes were at risk of depressive symptoms (76.4%), internet addiction (34.4%) and had moderate healthy lifestyle behaviors (130.41 ± 22.93). No significant differences were found for age, smoking, time spent on social network, number of sports days, number of social networks use for depressive symptoms (p > 0.05), however significant differences were found for depressive symptoms by sex and living with family status (p < 0.05). Pathological internet addiction (OR: 12.74, 95% CI: 2.91–55.77) and low spiritual growth (OR: 0.854, 95% CI: 0.79–0.92) were found to be predictors of depressive symptoms within the athlete university students (p < 0.001).ConclusionThe athlete university students are at increased risk for depressive symptoms and internet addiction and decreased healthy lifestyle behaviors. It is essential to establish programs to improve the mental health of students in universities and to strengthen the psychological counseling services offered to students. These findings can assist universities in establishing effective measures to improve mental health outcomes.

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Factors impacting depression severity among Turkish college students

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

Perceived Stress, Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socio-Economic Dimension

Perceived Stress, Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders in College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socio-Economic Dimension

Perceived Stress, Hope, and Life Satisfaction Among College Students: A Two-Wave, Half-Longitudinal Study from Turkey

The relationship between depression, healthy lifestyle behaviors and internet addiction: a cross-sectional study of the athlete university students in Turkey

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