Evaluation Of Depression Level And Its Impact On Academic Matters Among College Students: A Quantitative Study

Abstract

Depression has become very prevalent in today’s generation. This might be due to various reasons like generation change, increasing value towards education, stress regarding the future and many more. Every individual, be it a teenager, a college going student, an adult or a parent, everyone in today’s world is facing one or the other sort of mental health disorder, or depression in common. This Study mainly focuses on college or university students who are much more prone to be the victims of depression and are mostly forced to take wrong decisions with respect to their lives. The study puts forth various aspects for comparison such as gender, students type etc. and concludes who is susceptible to suffering more. The data was collected using convenience sampling where a standard questionnaire called Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was shared among 700 students out of which 342 responded. The questionnaire had two parts, demographic information part and the actual questionnaire. We depicted statistics with the use of ANOVA test for much more elaborated detail. We also delved on the impact of depression on academic matters among college students using quantitative analysis.