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PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS AMONG STUDENTS OF CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Abstract
Background: Psychosocial problems have been identified as the vital among university students at particular times when they enter the university, examination stress, personal and family life events. Psychosocial problems occur in a wide variety of settings they often negatively impact on students’ mental health. There were very few studies have been conducted on psychosocial problems among university students. The aim of the study is to find out the psychosocial problems of university boys and girls students.
Methods: The study is a cross-sectional study with a between group research design. The sample consists of 25 boys and 25 girls. The convenient sampling method is used to select the participants. Moreover, the tool used is general health questionnaire.
Results: Results of the study indicated that there were no significant difference in the psychosomatic, anxiety/insomnia, and social dysfunction domains. But, in the dimension of Depression University boys found to have more depression than university girls.
Conclusion: From the results, it was found university boys and girls significantly differed in the dimension of depression. It is very important to emphasize on the contributing factors of these problem to formulate the intervention strategies.
Key words: Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Psychosocial problems, Social dysfunction