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Betsy Chakraborty
Asima Chakrabarti
Mahuya Karmakar
INTRODUCTION: Adolescent is a period of psychological turmoil manifested in terms of higher stress, depression and changes in subjective well -being. Many behavioural and psychological disorders often go undiagnosed and untreated for years. This study aims to assess depression and subjective well-being among school age adolescents. MATERIAL & METHODS: A descriptive co -relational approach was adopted and random sampling (lottery method) technique was used to enrolled 100 school going adolescents (14 - 17years) in the study. Information on p ersonal characteristics, depression and subjective well - being was sought by using socio-demographic profile sheet, modified Beck depression inventory and modified subjective well -being scale. Appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics was applied to generate results. RESULTS: Study findings show that majority (80%) of the sample had no depression followed by 18% who reported mild depression. Similarly, 81% adolescents reported moderate subjective well-being. Further, it was observed that level of de pression did not show any significant association with socio-demographic profiles of the subjects. Similarly, there was no significant co- relation was reported between depression score and subjective well-being score in adolescents. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: The study findings reported moderate level of subjective well-being; majority had no symptoms of depression but 18% reported mild depression. Still, study recommends devising effective psychological strategies to improve depression status and subsequently subjective well-being in adolescents.
Keywords: Depression, subjective well-being, adolescent, school