The relationship between depression and student performance among

undergraduate of UAE University

By: Alia Y. Albalooshi
ID: 201515310
Supervised by: Dr. Salma Daiban Literature Review:
1. A longitudinal cohort study to explore Research Questions
Abstract: the relationship between depression,
anxiety and academic performance
∎The purpose of this study to find out the among Emirati university students
effect of depression on student performance. What is relationship between
2. EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION ON STUDENTS'
depression and student performance
it aims to examine depression in UAE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
3. The impact of anxiety and depression on among undergraduate of
University. Many student sufferings of
depression. academic performance in undergraduate UAE University?
medical students.
4. Impact of depression on the academic
∎ The Data was collected using Beck’s performance of international students in The Background of the Study:
Depression Inventory Scale. The survey was
Udayana University.
online; the items of survey uploaded in Docs ∎ Depression is one of the mental
Google Survey. The sample was selected disorders that gives a person lots of
randomly from different majors of the negative impacts on individual’s life.
Purpose and
students. that’s effect on student performance,
Significance
emotional, physical and social
∎ The result of this study investigated the environments.
causes that produce the depression in order to
decrease or prevent the depression among the ∎ As university student it affect on student
student in UAEU. performance which is everyone have to
o The main purpose of this study was to find
perform in all cultures has become an
out the rela@onship between depression and
important goal of educational process,
student performance in UAE Universi.
Method o The result of the study will significantly
student’s personality and education.
Participants contribute to existing literature with regards ∎ It may decrease the ability to do the
to depression among university students and work and attending in university and
The target population of its effect on performance. disrupts a student’s thinking process,
this study was
undergraduate student in Materials Results & discussion
United Arab Emirates, a
sample of (n=31) including The measurement used in
3 males and 28 females this study is Beck’s - The ages were from 17-29 but most student
Depression Inventory. answered the survey was their ages
Design from 21-23.
- its self-reporting
design of this study is questionnaire - 15 students indicated minimal depression; their
correlational , and its - - 21 items on a 4-point final score range from 0-13. And 6 students their
non-experimental - scale from 0 (symptom scores were ranged from 14-19 that’s mean they
research because it study absent) to 3 (severe are mild depressed and there were 6 participants
were moderate depressed their scores were indicate minimal depression
the relationship between symptoms).
around 20-28 while 4 students served depressed mild depression
of depression on student moderate depression
performance based on that was above 28 to 63 that it can affect their
severe depression
performance in university.
research question.