scholarly journals Depression and Anxiety Symptoms, Social Support, and Demographic Factors Among Kenyan High School Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom L Osborn ◽  
Katherine E. Venturo-Conerly ◽  
Akash Wasil ◽  
Jessica L. Schleider ◽  
John Weisz
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
School Students

Objectives: Depression and anxiety are leading causes of youth disability worldwide, yet our understanding of these conditions in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) youths is limited. Research has been sparse in SSA, and prevalence rates and correlates of these conditions remain scarcely investigated. To help address these gaps, this cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of adolescent depression and anxiety symptoms in a community sample of high school students in Kenya. We also examined associations between those symptoms and psychosocial and sociodemographic factors. Methods: We administered self-report measures of depression and anxiety symptoms, social support, gratitude, growth mindsets, and life satisfaction to 658 students (51.37% female) aged 13 – 19.Results: Only the measures of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screen-7), and social support (Multidimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support Scale) showed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach alpha > 0.70) in the study sample. Findings with these measures among Kenyan youths showed high levels of depression symptoms (45.90% above clinical cutoff) and anxiety symptoms (37.99% above clinical cutoff). Older adolescents reported higher depression and anxiety symptoms, as well as lower social support than younger adolescents. Females reported more anxiety than males, and members of minority tribes reported more anxiety than members of majority tribes.Conclusions: This study highlights the high prevalence of adolescent internalizing symptoms in Kenyan high school students, identifies important correlates of these symptoms, and illustrates the need for culturally appropriate assessment tools.

The relationship between childhood traumas and depression and anxiety in high school students in Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S440-S440
Author(s):  
G. Sezer ◽  
G. Hızlı Sayar ◽  
H. Gulmez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
School Students ◽  
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Childhood Traumas ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between childhood traumas and depression and anxiety levels of high school students in Sakarya. The sample of the present study consisted of 145 students 79 are girls and 66 are boys are chosen from five different school. To measure depression levels of students “Beck Depression Inventory” is used. To measure anxiety levels “Beck Anxiety Inventory” is used. To collect data about childhood traumas “Childhood Trauma Questionnaire” is used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.00. In result of this study, 86 people had symptoms of depression. And also there is a relationship between depression symptoms and anxiety symptoms. However, there is no relationship between childhood traumas and anxiety symptoms and depression symptoms.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Depression and Anxiety Symptoms, Social Support, and Demographic Factors Among Kenyan High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 1432-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom L. Osborn ◽  
Katherine E. Venturo-Conerly ◽  
Akash R. Wasil ◽  
Jessica L. Schleider ◽  
John R. Weisz
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals Psychological Status of High School Students 1 Year After the COVID-19 Emergency

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Zhou ◽  
Rongqin Li ◽  
Mingchuan Yang ◽  
Shanshan Duan ◽  
Chuanming Yang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
School Students

Background: With the control of the epidemic, adolescents' mental outlook might have improved. However, little evidence existed with regard to the psychological status of adolescents in post-COVID-19 era. This present study aimed to explore the psychological status of high school students after the epidemic getting eased.Methods: A web-based cross-sectional survey was used to obtain data from three high schools, including the demographic information, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), the Self-Rating Scale of Sleep (SRSS), and self-designed general recent-status questionnaire. Correlation analysis was performed to explore potential associations between the depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep status. The PHQ-9 and GAD-7 differences between nowadays data and the data enrolled 12 months before were also compared.Result: A total of 1,108 qualified questionnaires were obtained. The prevalence of depressive and anxious symptoms was 27.5 and 21.3%, respectively, from mild to severe in all students, while 11.8% of these high students got sleep disturbances. Both the rate and the severity of depression, anxiety and sleep problems of female students were higher than male students. Grade three students suffered higher prevalence and severer mental disturbances than the other two grades. There were significant correlations between the depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep status. The psychological status has been improved in nowadays high school students compared with the sample enrolled 12 months before.Conclusion: As a supplement to our former study, this present research provided a perspective on the psychological status of high school students 1 year after the COVID-19 pandemic being well controlled. We should pay attention to the psychological status of high school students, and should also notice the progresses made by this special group after the epidemic.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms of High School Students in Shandong Province During the COVID-19 Epidemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeng Zhang ◽  
Ailing Zhai ◽  
Mingchuan Yang ◽  
Junqing Zhang ◽  
Haotian Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Special Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Mental Symptoms

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) has brought physical risks as well as psychological challenges to the whole world. High school students are a special group suffering from both the academic pressure and the threat of the epidemic. The present study aims to conduct an online survey to investigate the psychological status of high school students in Shandong Province.Methods: Using a web-based cross-sectional survey, data was collected from 1,018 voluntary high school students assessed with demographic information, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and a self-designed online-study effect survey. Correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationships between depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and study effect.Result: The prevalence of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and a combination of depressive and anxiety symptoms was 52.4, 31.4, and 26.8%, respectively, among high school students in Shandong Province during the COVID-19 epidemic. And from moderate to severe severity level, the rates of depressive symptoms and anxious symptoms were 17.6 and 4.6%. Female students exhibited a higher rate and severity of mental symptoms than male, and grade one senior high school students got a higher rate and severity of mental symptoms than the other two grades. Nearly half of the students were not satisfied with their online-study effect. The PHQ-9 score had a strong positive correlation with the GAD-7 score. Both the PHQ-9 score the GAD-7 score had a negative correlation with the study-effect survey score.Conclusion: Quite a number of high school students suffered from depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 epidemic. Sufficient attentions should be paid, and necessary supports should be provided, to protect the mental health of this special group.

scholarly journals Support Related to Schools and School Well-Being: Self Esteem as Mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammmad Ahkam Alwi ◽  
Dewi Retno Suminar ◽  
Nur Ainy Fardana Nawangsari
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quantitative Correlational Study

<p>School well-being is hope for students, they can survive in school. However, many students experience low levels of school well-being which has an impact on students' psychological and academic outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine social support related to schools that can affect school well-being in high school students in Surabaya. The approach of this research is quantitative correlational study. Data collection using self-report questionnaires to measure school well-being, support related to schools, and self-esteem. Participants were 220 high school students. Path analysis procedures were performed to address the hypothesis.  The results found that the teacher's social support and friend social are related to direct and indirect school well-being mediated self-esteem. This study suggests that students can improve their well-being with support related to schools and self-esteem. Policymakers in schools, mainly school principals and teachers, can improve school well-being for students Limitations and implications of the findings are discussed for future research.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Exploring the Association Between Sport Participation and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in a Sample of Canadian High School Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Jessica Murphy ◽  
Karen A. Patte ◽  
Philip Sullivan ◽  
Scott T. Leatherdale
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
School Students ◽  
Behavior Study

The mental health benefits of physical activity may relate more to the context of the behavior, rather than the behavior of being active itself. The association between varsity sport (VS) participation, depression, and anxiety symptoms was explored using data from 70,449 high school students from the Cannabis use, Obesity, Mental health, Physical activity, Alcohol use, Smoking, and Sedentary behavior study. The model adjusted for potential covariates; interactions by sex and participation in outside of school sport (OSS) were explored. Overall, 70% and 24% of respondents met or exceeded cutoff values for depression and anxiety, respectively. Students participating in VS had lower symptoms of anxiety and depression compared with nonparticipants. Results were consistent regardless of OSS participation; associations were strongest among students who participated in both VS and OSS and males. Participation in VS may prove beneficial for the prevention and/or management of depression or anxiety symptoms, particularly among males. An additive beneficial effect of OSS on depression and anxiety scores may exist.

scholarly journals Forekomsten av angst- og depresjonssymptomer hos samiske og ikke-samiske elever i videregående skole i Finnmark i 1994 og 2014

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siv Kvernmo ◽  
Ronja Sæterhaug Bye
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
School Students ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Older Adolescents

Kvernmo S, Bye RS. The prevalence of anxiety- and depression symptoms in Sami and non-Samihigh school students in Finnmark county in 1994 and 2014. Nor J Epidemiol 2019; 28 (1-2): 15-25.ENGLISH SUMMARYAs much as 15-20% of children and adolescents in Norway, aged 3-18 years, are suffering from anxiety,depressive or behavioral problems. Recent studies have shown an increase in the prevalence of emotionalproblems among adolescents during the last decades. The aim of this study is to examine the prevalenceand the sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of anxiety and depression symptoms in IndigenousSami and non-Sami adolescents in 1994 to 2014.Data from 1655 high school students in the Young in North (Ung i Nord) study from 1994 was comparedto data from 1856 high school students in Ungdata, conducted in 2014 in the same area. Similar andcomparable measures were applied in the two studies with SCL-12 as the main measure. The resultsshowed an increase in the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms from 1994 compared to 2014,but a decrease in behavioral problems. At both years females reported more problems. No significantethnic differences occurred in rates of problems between indigenous Sami and non-Sami adolescents at anytime point. Across gender and ethnic groups, self-esteem and the students' relationship to the school werethe two strongest predictors.Conclusion: This study confirmed findings from other studies of an increase of rates of anxiety anddepression symptoms in older adolescents over the last decades, but also in types of significant predictors.Our findings entail a future need for prevention and treatment offers to adolescents suffering from anxietyand depression problems.

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