Career Decidedness and Emotion Regulation as Predictors of Depression among Students

Authors: [1] Davender [2] Sandeep Singh

Pages: 5-9

Abstract:

Present investigation was intended to explore the relationship among career decidedness, emotion regulation and depression among adolescents. The study was conducted on six hundred senior secondary school students’age ranging from 15 to 19 years with a mean age of 17 years. These subjects were further sub divided on the bases of gender into male and female participants. They were selected from various schools of Haryana state following randomized technique. They were tested by administering Career Decidedness Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and Beck Depression Inventory-II. The obtained data were analyzed by using hierarchical multiple regression in order to test the stated speculations. It was observed that career decidedness and emotion regulation were found to be the predictor of depression among subjects belonging to both the sexes. These reported findings were discussed in the light of relevant literature.