Depression and anxiety in college students

Authors

  • Marisol Cynthia Vargas Orozco
  • Karla Villarreal Sotelo
  • Carlos Guevara López
  • Yadira Marlenne Andrade Trillo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1804/rpcc-uacjs.v5i1.11

Keywords:

Depression, Anxiety, College students, Gender

Abstract

In this research we present rates of depression and anxiety of students of Autonomous University of Tamaulipas campus Reynosa-Aztlan. The sample was composed by 500 students, classified by gender and academic program, we applied two standardized instruments, to measure depression used Beck Depression Scale and the Hamilton Anxiety Scale. Results show us that there is a higher score in tables of depressive female as well as female anxiety.

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Published

2014-05-30

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2014): Enero-Junio de 2014

Section

Investigación empírica y análisis teórico

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