Depression of Secondary School Students and Correlates

Objective To explore the prevalence of depression among secondary school students and its correlates,Methods Five bundled mid fifty-eight secondary school students were surveyed with Chinese Secondary School Student Depression Scale, Adolescence Life Events Scale, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ), Parents' Upbringing Ways Scale and Coping Scale. Results The prevalence rate of depression among secondary school students was lower, but 32.9% of students had different degrees of depression. There were insignificant gender differences in depression, however, Depression was common among senior school students than among junior school students and was correlated with scores on items of life events, Parents' upbringing ways, personality traits and coping styles. Stepwise regression analysis revealed that negative emotion coping, extraversion, study stress, wince, neuroticism and father'understanding pattern were significant predictors of depression. Conclusions Depression is a problem among senior school students, problem-solving efforts should be made.