Impact of Loneliness and Depression among school going students

Abstract:
Now a days, loneliness is spreading like a fire. It affects the each and every individual at some point. Due to this, depression increases day by day. And it results into some serious illness. Loneliness and depression definitely affect the life of school going students. This age of school going is very crucial for every child or we can say very important for every child because this time period is the only time when students can make their life and make their parents proud. But, if loneliness and depression symptoms occur then life of the students disturbed: their academic achievement, their friendship, their family members and social groups get disturbed day by day and they loss their interest in everything. They not only lose their identity but also not able to adjust in their environment. If they are not ready to adjust in society then how society will accept them and how they function their whole life with that society. The present study examines the impact of loneliness and depression among school-going students. The sample consisted of 100 school going students. For collection of data, UCLA Loneliness scale and BDI depression scale were utilized. For data analysis, correlation, t-test, mean, and standard deviation methods were used. The results demonstrated that there isn't a noticeable variation in loneliness and depression with respect to gender, residential status and family type. However, there is positive relationship between loneliness and depression.