Lise Öğrencilerinin Depresyon ve Olumsuz Otomatik Düşüncelerinin Cinsiyet ile Akademik Başarı Açısından İncelenmesi
An Investigation of High School Students' Depression and Negative Automatic Thoughts in Terms of Academic Achievement by Gender

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to determine the level of depression and negative automatic thoughts in high school students and to examine whether there are significant differences according to gender and academic achievement. Another aim of the study is to examine the relationship between students' depression and negative automatic thoughts. Beck Depression Scale and Developed Automatic Thoughts Scale were used as data collection tools in the research. The sample of the study consists of 485 high school students, 248 female and 237 male. Mean Analysis, Independent Sample t-test and Pearson Correlation Analysis techniques were used in the analysis of the data. When looking at the most important findings obtained in the study; it was found that the students had a moderate level of depression and a low level of negative thoughts. Depression score averages of female students are higher than male students, but no significant difference was found. Female students' negative attitudes were found to be higher than men. A highly positive significant relationship was found between students' depression levels and their negative automatic thoughts.

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