Perceived Stress, Self Efficacy, Coping Strategies and Hardiness as Predictors of Depression

By : Rupan Dhillon, Mehak Arora

Page No: 325-333

Abstract
Depression is a mood disorder characterized by a range of symptoms that may include feeling depressed most of the time, loss of pleasure, feelings of worthlessness and suicidal thoughts. The purpose of this study is to find out which of the variables i.e. perceived stress, self-efficacy, coping strategies and hardiness are significantly predicting high and low depression for the sample of adolescents belonging to the age group of 14-17 years. A sample of 500 adolescents is taken for the purpose with equal number of males and females. Discriminant analysis is applied and the results are interpreted on the basis of their discriminant coefficients in the two groups of low and high depression.

Authors :
Rupan Dhillon : Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143005, Punjab.
Mehak Arora : Research Scholar— Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143005, Punjab