Loneliness And Depression Of Chittagong University Students

Abstract

The present study attempted an empirical investigation to explore the loneliness and depression of Chittagong university students. A total of 100 purposively selected and readily available respondents constituted the sample of the study. An adapted Bengali version of Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (Parveen 2007) and Depression Scale developed by Rahman and Uddin (2005) were used. Data were analyzed by Pearson Product Moment Correlation and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings of the present study showed that there is no significant difference between male and female students; and residential and non-residential students in loneliness. No significant interaction effect was found between gender and residence in loneliness. There is no significant difference between the males and females, however residential students have significantly more depression (F =14.06, df =1, p<0.01) than non residential students. No significant interaction effect was found between gender and residence in depression. Results also showed that loneliness is positively correlated (r=0.29, p<0.01) with the presence of depression among the respondents of this study. The Chittagong Univ. J. B. Sci.,Vol. 7(1 &2):175-189, 2012