Depression among Adolescents in Relation to their Socio-Economic Status

The present study examined the depression among adolescents in relation to their socio-economic status. The study was conducted through descriptive method of research. The sample in the study were 400 government school students of 9th class who were selected randomly. The tools used for the present study were Beck Depression Inventory by Beck and Steer (1996) and Socio-economic Status Scale by Meenakshi (2004). The descriptive statistics such as Mean, Median, Mode and three-way ANOVA was used. It was revealed from the present study that the adolescents of low socio-economic status have more depression than the adolescents of high socio-economic status. On the basis of results which depicts that there is significant interactional effect of location and gender on depression, it is suggested that the school administrators should provide proper facilities and congenial environment to lessen the depression among students.