Are university students more depressed than nonuniversity students?
Rimon's Brief Depression Scale was administered to examine the associations of university status and gender on depression among 1728 subjects ages 17 to 40 years and residing in Sydney, Australia. Analysis showed the 912 women were significantly more depressed than the 816 men; however, no significant difference was found between 744 university students and 984 nonstudents. These findings were interpreted in terms of various theories proposed in the literature.
Hong
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Department of Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
Faedda
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Zacharia
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014904:Western Australia