Stress, social support and depression among school going adolescents
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between social support, Stress and depression among school going adolescents. It adopted a correlation research design. A sample of 100 adolescents both boys and girls aged between 13 –20 years were selected by use of simple random technique. Data was collected by use of self-administered questionnaire and was analyzed using the statistical package for social scientists (SPSS), version 23. Spear man correlation coefficient (rs) was used to test the significance of the hypotheses. Results revealed that there is a significant relationship between stress and depression, as well as social support and depression among school going adolescents which is negatively significant. Additionally,results also revealed that there is no significant relationship between social support and stressamong school going adolescents