An Investigation on the Depression, Hopelessness and Anxiety Levels of Final Year Students Attending the Faculty of Education

• Author: Ustun, A. - Haskilic, E. - Aslan, P. - Kazancioglu, K.
• Position: Department of Educational Sciences, Amasya University, Turkey
• Pages: 73-80

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 6 (55) No. 1 - 2013

AN INVESTIGATION ON THE

DEPRESSION, HOPELESSNESS

AND ANXIETY LEVELS OF FINAL

YEAR STUDENTS ATTENDING THE

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

A. ÜSTÜN1 E. HASKILIÇ

1 P. AS LA N1

K. KAZANCIOĞLU1

Abstract: The period in which a person passes from adolescence to the

young adult can cause anxiety, depression and hopelessness on the university

students as their responsibilities and roles change. These factors cause

negative effect on the mental health of the students. The aim of this study is to

investigate the depression, hopelessness and the anxiety levels of Education

Faculty students related to the different variables and to determine the

relations between these levels. This research is descriptive as it displays the

present situation. The reseach group is made up of purposive sampling. The

sample contains 144 students 55 of whom are boys and 89 of whom are girls.

For collecting the data, Beck depression scale is used to determine the

depression level, Beck hopelessness scale to determine the hopelessness level

and Beck anxiety scale is used to determine the anxiety level. In the analyses

of the obtained data, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used.

According to the data, there is no significant difference between the

depression and anxiety levels of the un iversity students related to their

gender and department, whereas the hopelessness levels display differences

related to their departments. The obtained data was discussed regarding to

the current studies.

Key words: depression, anxiety, hopelessness.

1 Department of Educational Sciences, Amasya University, Turkey.

1. Introduction

University years are those in which the

young make the transition to adulthood. It

is known that the young indicate a very

rapid change in this period. Particularly

those who get the chance to study at

university, as well as the joy of entering a

university also face many problems such as

separation from family, a new environment

and making friends, fear of being alone,

economic difficulties, adjusting to dorm

life and anxiety about future profession

and working life.

These social, cultural and economic

changes adversely affect young's

psychology. Specially, the depression

which is one of the most common