Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Previous studies have shown that students often experience depression. Depression among students often stay unidentified due to no screening has been done. The aim of this study is to describe depression phenomenon in students of University X in Jakarta. A cross-sectional survey with self-competion questionnaire was conducted among active students in X University. Two-hundred and one student completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) to measure depression. Result showed that 36.8% students indicated to have depression with further detail of 17.4% students with mild depression, 14.4% students with moderate depression, and 5% students with severe depression. The average score for BDI-II is 12.2 (SD = 8.11) with 0 minimum score and 37 maximum score. This result indicated that University X need to perform screening of depression on their students since there is still found students with depression. Students are encouraged to utilize counseling service provided by University X.
Author: Andri Setia Dharma
Institution: Tarumanagara University
Language: English
Topic: Student Stress and Coping
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3036620919