TY  - JOUR
T1  - Determining the Level of Depression Stigma of University Students: A Descriptive Study
TT  - Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Depresyon Damgalama Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi: Tanımlayıcı Çalışma
AU  - Açıkgöz Atay, Eda
AU  - Olgun, Nermin
AU  - Boztepe, Zehra
PY  - 2024
DA  - July
Y2  - 2024
DO  - 10.59312/ebshealth.1462815
JF  - Doğu Karadeniz Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
JO  - EBSHealth
PB  - Giresun Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2822-6445
SP  - 35
EP  - 44
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the level of depression stigmatization among university students.Method: This descriptive study was conducted with 929 university students. Descriptive Information Form and Depression Stigma Scale were used in the study. Mean and standard deviation were used for continuous variables; number and percentage were used for categorical data. The study data were evaluated with Independent t test for variables with two groups and One-Way ANOVA test for variables with more than two groups. Statistical evaluation of the data was performed using SPSS 25.0 Newyork package program.Results: It was determined that 42.2% of the university students who participated in the study were between 21-22 years of age, 56.6% were female, 21.9% had received psychiatric help at any time in their lives, 6.2% had a psychiatric illness, and 3.8% used a psychiatric drug. The mean total score of the depression stigmatization scale personal stigmatization sub-dimension was 14.52±7.08 and the mean total score of the perceived stigmatization sub-dimension was 20.76±8.88. It was found that female students had lower levels of personal stigmatization and higher levels of perceived stigmatization than male students (p
KW  - depression
KW  - stigma
KW  - university student
N2  - Amaç: Bu çalışmada üniversite öğrencilerinin depresyon damgalama düzeyinin belirlenmesi amaçlandı.Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çalışma 929 üniversite öğrencisiyle gerçekleştirildi. Çalışmada Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu ve Depresyon Damgalama Ölçeği kullanıldı. Sürekli değişkenlere ait verilerde ortalama, standart sapma; kesikli verilerin gösteriminde sayı ve yüzde kullanıldı. Çalışma verileri iki gruplu değişkenler Independent t testiyle, ikiden fazla gruplu değişkenler One-Way ANOVA testi ile değerlendirildi. Verilerin istatistiksel değerlendirilmesi SPSS 25.0 Newyork paket programında yapıldı. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılan üniversite öğrencilerinin % 42.2’sinin 21-22 yaşları arasında, %56.6’sının kadın, %21.9’unun hayatının herhangi bir döneminde psikiyatrik yardım aldığı, %6.2’sinin bir psikiyatrik hastalığa sahip olduğu ve %3.8’inin psikiyatrik bir ilaç kullandığı belirlenmiştir. Üniversite öğrencilerinin depresyon damgalama ölçeği kişisel damgalama alt boyutu toplam puan ortalaması 14.52±7.08, Algılanan Damgalama Alt Boyutu toplam puan ortalaması 20.76±8.88 bulundu. Kadın öğrencilerin kişisel damgalama düzeyi erkek öğrencilerden daha düşük iken algılanan damgalama düzeyinin daha yüksek olduğu (p
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.59312/ebshealth.1462815
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