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@article{190406,
        author = {Parul Shantilal Devmurari and Dr. Arvindgiri K. Aparnathi},
        title = {A Psychological Study of Depression and Suicidal Tendency in General Stream Students},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {342-347},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190406},
        abstract = {She presents study aimed to examine depression and suicidal tendency among students of the general academic stream. A total of 120 students were selected as the sample using the simple random sampling technique. Depression was measured using the depression scale developed by Tiwari and Chauhan (1972), which consists of 40 items. Suicidal tendency was assessed using the suicidal tendency scale developed by Bhatt and Meghanathi (2000), comprising 40 items. A 2 × 2 factorial research design was employed in the present study. For statistical analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and karl parson’s product–moment correlation method was used. The results revealed that academic stream had no significant main effect on depression (f = 2.10), and gender also did not show a significant main effect on depression (f = 1.49). Moreover, no significant interaction effect of academic stream and gender on depression was found (f = 0.55). However, academic stream showed a significant main effect on suicidal tendency (f = 8.06), whereas gender did not have a significant effect on suicidal tendency (f = 3.18). The interaction effect of academic stream and gender on suicidal tendency was also found to be non-significant (f = 1.57). Further, a low positive correlation was observed between depression and suicidal tendency (r = 0.21), indicating that as the level of depression increases, suicidal tendency among students also increases. The present study was limited to students only; therefore, future researchers may extend the scope of the study by selecting employees from various organizations as samples and conducting research on a larger population.},
        keywords = {Depression, suicidal tendency, stress, arts and commerce stream},
        month = {},
        }