Symptoms of Depression in Emerging Adults - Abstract
The period of emerging adulthood is considered as the period of instability and fluctuation, with more transitions and life-decisionsthan at any other stage of life, since changes in this period are usually more rapid. Thus present study examines the symptoms of depression in university students of biological and social sciences. 300 undergraduates, aged 18-25, were taken as a sample and CESD scale was used to examine the symptoms of depression. The symptoms of depression were more prevalent in students of social sciences as compared to biological sciences and maleswere more depressed than females, while symptoms of depression were more prominent in students of social sciences between 18-20 years of age, this might be due to more uncertainty regarding future prospect of social sciencesstudents.
Hence it may be concluded that apart from the over whelming burden of education and uncertainty of future prospects in university students in the ages between 21- 25 triggers stress which if continued can lead to depression.