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Sub-Pathological Depression among University Students, Its Prevalence, and Its Most Important Manifestations

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Mohammad Ahmad Mahmoud Hammouri*
PhD, Psychological Counseling, Ministry of Education, Jordan
Volume: 16 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 460-469 | September 2024-|-https://doi.org/10.54940/ep14141019-|-PDF
Received:-21/12/2022-|-Revised:-12/2/2023-|-Accepted:-13/2/2023
*Corresponding Author:[email protected]


Abstract
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of subthreshold depression among the university students. And determine the most important common features. To achieve the objectives of the study, data were drawn from a sample of (214) participants by using Beck Depression Inventory-second edition (BDI-II). the results shown that the prevalence rate of subthreshold depression within the participants were (11.2%). the most important common features were respectively (loss of interest, loss of pleasure, concentration difficulty and crying), on other hand the undergraduate were significantly higher than graduate students, there are no differences in the dimensions of gender or even the college. So, the researcher recommend to conduct an exploratory research to investigate the causes of subthreshold depression, in addition to intensify preventive and therapeutic intervention.

Keywords
Subthreshold Depression, Depression Features, Mood Disorders, Subclinical Depression, Subthreshold Depression Prevalence.

How to Cite
Hammouri, M. (2024) Sub-Pathological Depression among University Students, Its Prevalence, and Its Most Important Manifestations,-Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Educational and Psychological Sciences, 16(3),-460-469.-https://doi.org/10.54940/ep14141019

License
1658-8177/© 2024-by the Authors. Published by-J. Umm Al-Qura Univ. for Edu. and Psychological Sci.-This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of thehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/-Creative Commons License

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