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

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 university 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.