| Abstract: | The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of depression on
students’ academic achievement with regard to difference between sex, age
with depression as well as it’s determinants of depression and its effect on
students academic achievement in Wollega university college of education
and behavioral science. The study was carried out among 185 students (88
female and 97 male) from this 40 sample size were selected from the age
range of18-26 years. The instrument used for data collection was close and
open-ended questionnaire. The analysis of the data used frequency and
percentage. The result showed that almost all students are depressed the
only difference is in the magnitude. Depression interferes with daily life
activities of an individual. It is a common and serious illness. There are
many factors that contribute to depression. These include:s lack of social
support from family, peers, and neighbors and financial strain, stress due to
studies. As analyzed data indicated that most students have faced depression
due to stressful experience of trying to balance social life and class work,
uncertainty about money, leaving ones family, poor sleep habit, alcohol drug
abuse, eating disorder and socialization problems. Most respondents have
used many coping mechanisms of depression among them listening to music,
calling friends, exercising and watching a humorous TV station. Most
respondents have reported that they always have feeling of sadness, feeling
of hopelessnesses, loss of interest in activities, appetite change, lack of
motivation and concentration when they are depressed. they also mentimed
that there is relationship between depression and academic achievement. |
