Depression among athletes and non-athletes university students

Pages: 1565-1569
Parveen Banu R. (Department of Applied Psychology, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu)

The purpose of this study was to compare the depression rate among university athletic and non-athletic students. 250 of the male (n=148) and female (n=102) who were 21-25 old students of Pondicherry University were selected randomly. Beck Depression inventory (BDI) was demonstrated to assess the depression rate comprising 21 questions. In this research study, the internal validity of the questionnaire was determined as 0.81by using the coefficient alpha and Data were explored by student’s t-test and one way analysis of variance. By analyzing the designed hypotheses was showed significant difference in the rate of depression at the p≤0.01 between athletic and non -athletic university students. Further findings disclosed that students in Social Science and Arts have been found to be more depressed than science and management background students (p <.05). University first year students reported experiencing more depression (p<.05) and there is no significant difference observed between gender. The findings of this study speak in support or favor of institution-based physical as well as psychological well-being support services for the university students to facilitate them to overcome the depression.