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@article{186164,
        author = {Uma Nand Kumar and Dr. Vikash Kumar},
        title = {Mental depression among higher secondary students of Muzaffarpur district of Bihar},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {378-384},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=186164},
        abstract = {Mental depression is one of the major psychological issues in this world. Approximately 4.4% of world’s population experience depression. It is a common and serious mental disorder which is negatively affects the feeling, thinking and perceiving process of the person, so, it is the most relevant and important concept in the field of Psychology. This study investigates the level of depression among higher secondary students of Muzaffarpur district of Bihar using the mental depression scale developed by L. N. Dubey. The aim of this study was to study the impact of gender, residence and religion on mental depression of higher secondary students of Muzaffarpur districts of Bihar. A total 200 samples participate were selected from muzaffarpur district by using random-cum-purposive sampling techniques. The collected data were analysed by using t-ratio. This study shows that the no any significant difference between male and female high secondary students, rural and urban higher secondary students and Hindu and Muslim higher secondary students, that means both gender groups, both residential groups and both religious groups higher secondary students having similar level of academic stress.},
        keywords = {Mental depression and higher secondary students.},
        month = {November},
        }