Gender and vulnerability to depression in adolescence

The purpose of this investigation was to study the gender difference and vulnerability to depression among adolescents residing in Karachi by administration of Beck's depression inventory [BDI]. The hypothesis for this research was the depressive symptoms would be severe among adolescence girls than in boys, with depressed being more prone to suicidal ideation. A total number of 100 adolescence, aged 15-18 years, belonging to 10[th] grade and O levels from four private schools of Karachi were selected for the study. Upon analysis the results proved the hypothesis at the significance leve1 of P< 0.05 with "t" value = 5.54.60% of depressed girls, whereas 40% of depressed boys were prone to suicidal ideation. The pressure of school, home and social life affects the personaI capacity of well being

Relationship of emotional indicators with academic achievement

The present investigation was an attempt to study the difference between high and low academic achievers with respect to their emotional problems. It was assumed that high academic achievers would have less emotional problems as compared to the low academic achievers. For the examination of this hypothesis the Human Figure Drawing [HFD] test was administered on 180 children enrolled in 3[rd] and 4[th] grades of a government school of Karachi The academic achievement of the participants was appraised in terms of their class grades of the previous exam given by them. Statistical analysis by computation of "t-test" revealed a significant difference in the emotional problems of high and low academic achievers