Gender differences in depression and suicide ideation

Pages: 1012-1016
Renu Soyal and Mukta Singhvi (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur)

Generally depression was connected a state of low mood but also depression is influencing person feelings, behavior, psychosocial and other activity. Some symptoms of person with in depressed mood feel sad, worried, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, angry and restless. Suicide was doing something with purposely one’s own death. The aim of this study compare between women and men in depression and suicide ideation. Depression is a major factor to related form suicide and gender difference. In this present study has been undertaken to verify if these differences do exist for girls and boys. The sample chosen comprised of 50 male and 50 female from Jaipur city. Tools used were Back Depression inventory II and suicide ideation scale by Back et al. (1996, 1979). The findings significant difference in depression between men and women and also found no significance difference in suicide ideation. In conclusion women are more suffer from psychological problem, to experience suicide thought.