Exploring Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Science and Social Science College Students

Abstract

Students nowadays have been suffering from various psychological problems due to unfavourable outcomes of life such as insecurity, lack of affection, rejection, loneliness, depression, stress, aggression and suicidal ideation. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between depression and suicidal ideation among college students. They ensured accurate and meaningful results by measuring the relationship between variables separately in each group. For this purpose, 200 college students from different colleges in Bihar were selected. Out of which 100 were science students and 100 were social science students. The Beck depression inventory measured depression of college students and the Suicidal Ideation Scale measured suicidal ideation in college students. The t-test and Pearson correlation were applied to find out the relationship between variables. The results indicated that the science college students had significantly greater mean scores than social science students on the Beck depression inventory. Similarly, science college students had significantly greater suicidal ideation than social science college students. A significant positive relationship between depression and suicidal ideation of college students was obtained. The review concludes with a summary of major research findings, as well as a consideration of future directions and implications for practice and policy.