The Relationship of Social Support With Depression in College
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College have an early risk of experiencing depression. Several studies have proven a relationship between social support and the incidence of depression. This research provides a more detailed analysis because it was conducted at more than one university and with a larger sample size. This research design uses Cross sectional on 236 college at five randomly selected universities. The research instruments used DASS-21 and OSSS-3. The Spearman rank test is used to analyze the relationship between the two variables. Mean depression score: 5.08 and mean social support score: 5.63 which indicates low social support. The depression score is 5.08 (normal) with a score range of 0-19, which means college also experience mild to moderate depression. The social support score is 5.63 which indicates that the social support received by college is low. The Spearman rank test shows sig 0.001 and r -0.224. There is a negative relationship between social support and depression with low relationship strength. Universities are advised to create a mental health system that provides quality social support to college during their learning process.
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