Level of Anxiety and Depression among Postgraduate Psychology Students

Dr.arun Kumar Dr.Arun Kumar,Taniya Ahuja Taniya Ahuja

doi:10.25215/0202.058

Dr.arun Kumar Dr.Arun Kumar, Taniya Ahuja Taniya Ahuja

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https://doi.org/10.25215/0202.058

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Abstract

The authors examine the level of Anxiety and Depression among Postgraduate Psychology Students. The study was conducted using Hamilton Anxiety Scale in Clinical Evaluation (HAM – A) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The results elicit that the level of Anxiety is high as compared with the level of Depression. Among Social Drinkers, the level of Depression was found to be high and among Non – Social Drinkers the level of Anxiety was found to be high. The results elicits a significant positive correlation between Anxiety and Depression. From the HAM – A tool, the domains of Anxiety were also studied, viz., Psychic Anxiety and Somatic Anxiety, which infers in the study that the level of Psychic Anxiety is high as compared to Somatic Anxiety in both the groups.

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The relation between Anxiety and Depression, long the concept of controversy among clinicians, researchers and theorists, has come the subject of renewed interest
The data is collected using Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM – A) and Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) on the post – graduate psychology students in the present investigation to study the levels of anxiety and depression
The present piece of work has shown significant findings which concluded that majority of the students have higher level of Anxiety as compared to Depression, whereas among Social Drinkers, majority of students have higher level of Depression as compared to Anxiety

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The relation between Anxiety and Depression, long the concept of controversy among clinicians, researchers and theorists, has come the subject of renewed interest. It is characterized most commonly as a diffuse, unpleasant, vague sense of apprehension, often accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as headache, palpitations, perspiration, tightness in the chest, mild stomach discomfort, and restlessness indicated by an inability to sit or stand still for long. Depression: Mood is a pervasive and sustained feeling tone that is experienced internally and the influences a person’s behaviour and perception of the world. Healthy persons experience a wide range of mood and have an large repertoire of affective expressions, they feel in control of their moods and affects. It is the part of experience to feel unhappy at times of adversities. The symptom of depressed moods is a component of many psychiatric syndromes and is commonly found in certain physical diseases, for example, in infections such as hepatitis and some neurological disorders. The central features of Depression are depressed mood, negative thinking, lack of enjoyment, reduced energy and slowness

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