Abstract

BALANZA GALINDO, Serafín; MORALES MORENO, Isabel  and  GUERRERO MUNOZ, Joaquín. Prevalence of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in University Students: Associated Academic and Socio-Family Factors. Clínica y Salud [online]. 2009, vol.20, n.2, pp.177-187. ISSN 2174-0550.

The high frequency of anxiety and depression in university students is related to social and family factors, as well as academic stress. The goal of this paper is to analyze the prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders and associated academic and social-family factors. A research was carried out on 700 students who were administered the Goldberg’s Anxiety and Depression Scale. Variables assessing a myriad of stressful situations related to socio-family and academic factors were used. Results, 47.1% of the students suffered from anxiety disorders and 55.6% suffered from depressive anxiety. In the multivariate analysis, females showed a higher level of anxiety (OR: 2.30 IC 955 1.65-3.19) and depression (OR: 1.98 IC 95% 1.43-2.76) -they are students who commute on a daily basis and have other extra-academic duties, resulting in higher risk in law and business students.

Keywords : students; anxiety; depression; questionnaire; university; stress.

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