الملخص

BACKGROUND: Various kinds of stressors and psychological problems have been reported in the adolescent student population. This study assessed and compared depression, anxiety, and various coping styles among high school students attending coaching classes for medical entrance examination (MEE) and those not. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Systemic random sampling technique was used to recruit 400 high school students with equal number of those attending (Group 1) and those not attending any coaching class for MEE (Group 2). They underwent screening for depression and anxiety through Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item. Coping styles were assessed through brief COPE inventory. Screening positive subjects were assessed in detail by a psychiatrist using ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases 10 th Revision), Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR). The severity of depression and anxiety was measured through HAM-D and HAM-A, respectively. RESULTS: Depression and anxiety were reported by higher proportion of Group 1 (36%) than Group 2 (22%), χ 2 (1) = 9.52; P = 0.002. In both the groups, depressive disorder was the most common, followed by generalised anxiety–disorder and mixed anxiety–depression. The severity of depression (HAM-D score) and anxiety (HAM-A Score) was significantly more Group 1. “Active coping” ( χ 2 = 4.79 P = 0.02) and “Humor” ( χ 2 = 30.90, P ≤ 0.01) were more commonly used by healthy students, while “Religious coping” ( χ 2 = 37.92 P ≤ 0.01) were the most common among those diagnosed with depression/anxiety disorder. CONCLUSION: Higher prevalence of the psychological problems in adolescent school students preparing for MEE highlights the importance of aptitude assessment, career counseling, and school mental health program before their exposure to the competitive academic atmosphere.

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المعرّف الرقمي
10.4103/jehp.jehp_1281_20
المجلة
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 10(1), 283
الناشر
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
وصول مفتوح
وصول مفتوح ذهبي
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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APA 7

Sharma, K. K., Meena, P. S., Jhilowa, C. S., Jhanwar, S., Rohilla, J. K., Tak, P., & Jain, M. (2021). A study comparing depression, anxiety, and coping styles between high school students attending and not attending coaching class for medical entrance examination. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 10(1), 283. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1281_20

MLA 9

Sharma, Krishan Kumar, et al. "A study comparing depression, anxiety, and coping styles between high school students attending and not attending coaching class for medical entrance examination." Journal of Education and Health Promotion, vol. 10, no. 1, 2021, pp. 283. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1281_20.

شيكاغو (المؤلف–التاريخ)

Sharma, Krishan Kumar, Parth Singh Meena, Charan Singh Jhilowa, Shubham Jhanwar, Jitendra Kumar Rohilla, Pinki Tak, and Mahendra Jain. 2021. "A study comparing depression, anxiety, and coping styles between high school students attending and not attending coaching class for medical entrance examination." Journal of Education and Health Promotion 10 (1): 283. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1281_20.

هارفارد

Sharma, K. K., Meena, P. S., Jhilowa, C. S., Jhanwar, S., Rohilla, J. K., Tak, P. and Jain, M. (2021) 'A study comparing depression, anxiety, and coping styles between high school students attending and not attending coaching class for medical entrance examination', Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 10(1), pp. 283. doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1281_20.

فانكوفر

Sharma KK, Meena PS, Jhilowa CS, Jhanwar S, Rohilla JK, Tak P, et al. A study comparing depression, anxiety, and coping styles between high school students attending and not attending coaching class for medical entrance examination. Journal of Education and Health Promotion. 2021;10(1):283. doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1281_20

IEEE

K. K. Sharma, P. S. Meena, C. S. Jhilowa, S. Jhanwar, J. K. Rohilla, P. Tak, and M. Jain, "A study comparing depression, anxiety, and coping styles between high school students attending and not attending coaching class for medical entrance examination," Journal of Education and Health Promotion, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 283, 2021, doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1281_20.