A comparative study of the level of depression among students of the Faculty of Social Science of Jawzjan University in 1401

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study of the level of depression and compare it among male and female students of social sciences. The method of conducting the present research is of a causal-comparative type and its statistical population consists of students of Social Sciences Department of Jawzjan University who are studying in the academic year of 1401, their number was 624 adults and among them A total of 234 people were selected based on Morgan's formula using a simple random sampling method, 117 male students and 117 female students were selected by gender. The research tool is the Zong depression scale questionnaire, which was created to measure the level and severity of depression. Data analysis was done using descriptive method, t-test and analysis of variance using spss software. The results of the research showed that 35.04% of the students were not depressed, 24.36% of the students were mildly depressed, 14.53% of the students were moderately depressed, and 26.06% of the students were severely depressed. In total, 64.06% of them have symptoms of depression. 38.46% of male students do not have depression, 26.50% of male students have mild depression, 16.24% of students have moderate depression and 18.08% of students have severe depression. Also, this research showed that 31.62% of female students have no depression, 22.22% of female students have mild depression, 12.82% of female students have moderate depression, and 33.33% of female students have severe depression. Likewise, there is a significant difference between both genders in the rate of depression at the 99% level (p<0.01).