A study on mental depression level among physical education students of Kashmir region

Abstract

Depression is a very prevalent mental disorder affecting 340 million people globally and is projected to become the leading cause of disability and the second leading contributor to the global burden of disease. For the purpose of the study 30 subjects were selected as Sample from Government College of physical Educating Ganderbal Jammu and Kashmir (Kashmir region) India. Random Sampling method was selected. The Age range of the subjects ranged between 19 to 23 years and mean of the age was 21.125±1.452. Mental depression was measured by the mental depression test constructed by Prof. L. N. Dubey. To know the nature of data mean and standard deviation (S.D), used and to study the mental depression level among physical education students in Kashmir region (Jammu and Kashmir). Qui square test was applied. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels.