Antenatal depression: A study on pregnant women of Tripura

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Page: 1304-1306

Nabanita Banik and Anjana Bhattacharjee (Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Tripura)

The aim of the present paper was to study the level of depression among pregnant women with respect to their living area (urban/ rural). A sample of 120 pregnant respondents was purposively selected from different hospitals of Tripura. Among them 50% were from urban areas and the rest 50% were from rural areas of Tripura. Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995) was used for data collection. Data were analysed with SPSS (15.0). Results indicated that pregnant women of rural areas were more depressed than urban pregnant women.