STUDY OF THE LEVEL OF STRESS AND DEPRESSION AMONG STUDENTS
Rusudan Beridze
Email:r.beridze@bsu.edu.ge
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Associate Professor
Georgia, Batumi
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5374-2815
Ketevan Beridze
Email:k.beridze@bsu.edu.ge
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Associate Professor
Georgia, Batumi
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6268-7037
Eteri Varshanidze
Email:eteri.varshanize@bsu.edu.ge
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Assistant
Georgia, Batumi
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-2733
Shorena Meskhidze
Email:shorena.meskhidze@bsu.edu.ge
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Assistant
Georgia, Batumi
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9801-5347
Sofiko Chinba
Email:sofia.chinba@gmail.com
Master's student of clinical psychology
Georgia, Batumi
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0329-3908
Modern life is full of stressful situations, so the study of the level of stress in various social groups has become especially relevant in recent years.
The main purpose of our study was to study the level of stress in today's youth. We also found it interesting to compare and determine whether there would be a difference in the level of stress among working and non-working young people who are only engaged in studies. In addition, we wanted to study the situation of young people living in urban and mountainous areas. According to the existing hypothesis, the level of stress among the inhabitants of the highlands should be significantly lower than that of the inhabitants of the city. We also found it interesting to study depression rates, here again on the assumption that depression rates would be significantly higher among urban youth than those living in the regions.
The results obtained allow us to conclude that students who are employed during their studies have an overall stress score almost twice as high as students who are not employed.
As the second stage of the study showed, our assumption that city dwellers would have a significantly higher level of stress was not confirmed. There is a difference, but a minor one.
As for the study of the level of depression, the results showed that the percentage of depressive states among students living in the city and region is very small. However, this study once again confirmed the link between stress levels and depression.
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