Prevalencija anksioznosti, depresivnosti i stresa kod studenata i razlike u razini simptoma s obzirom na spol i dob
Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression and Stress among Students and Differences in Symptom Levels with Respect to Gender and Age

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research was to examine the prevalence of unpleasant emotional states among students. An online survey was conducted in the month of April, 2023, and the participants were students of public universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (N=170). Among the measuring instruments used was the DASS-21questionnaire (The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21, Lovibond and Lovibond 1995) and a sociodemographic questionnaire, constructed for the purposes of this research. It is expected that students will experience unpleasant emotional states such as anxiety, depression and stress, and that there will be certain differences in the manifestation of symptoms with regard to gender and age. The obtained findings showed that 34.3% of the subjects are in the category of moderate, severe and extremely severe depressive symptoms, then 49,9% of the subjects feel moderate, severe or extremely severe anxiety, while 38.2% of the subjects show moderate, severe and extremely severe symptoms of stress. As for gender and age differences, the results show that female students are more susceptible to the prevalence of unpleasant emotional states, while the hypothesis related to age differences was not confirmed. Namely, the findings indicate that there are no age differences in the manifestation of unpleasant emotional states. Considering the obtained findings, we believe that it is necessary to raise awareness about the significant growing problems of mental health among students and to highlight the need for preventive and intervention programs at universities.

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