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The Relationship Between Chronic Pain And Stress, Anxiety, And Depression In College Students
The Relationship Between Chronic Pain And Stress, Anxiety, And Depression In College Students
Journal of Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research
The purpose of this study was to measure chronic pain levels as they relate to stress, anxiety, and depression in college students. This is a non-experimental, correlational research design, using a survey methodology. Eighty-four participants, over the age of 18, were recruited (men = 33.3%, women = 66.6%) to participate in this study. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire which was a compilation of the Chronic Pain Grade Questionnaire (CPGQ) (Von Korff et al., 1992), the Perceived Stress Scale (Wickrama et al., 2013), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (Beck et al., 1988), the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) (Beck …
You Depress Me! Quality Of Personal Relationships And Depressive Symptoms Among College Students, Hannah Zackrison
You Depress Me! Quality Of Personal Relationships And Depressive Symptoms Among College Students, Hannah Zackrison
Journal of Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research
Depression is the most common mental health disorder affecting adolescents and adults in the United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among depressive symptoms and college students’ self-reported quality of personal relationships with parents and peers. There were no significant gender differences in quality of relationship with parents, but there were differences with peers. The spirituality analysis suggested that a higher level of spirituality was related to better quality of personal relationships, as well as, fewer depressive symptoms. There were significant differences in depressive symptoms among various ethnicities in this sample. Future research with a …