Original scientific paper

Prevalence of depression, anxiety and phobias in the student population of the Medical Faculty and Faculty of Law in Osijek

Vedran Lenz ; J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Medical Faculty
Mario Vinković ; Faculty of Law, Osijek, Croatia
Dunja Degmečić ; J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Medical Faculty

Abstract

The importance of researching the mental health of students is high due to the specific psychosocial
characteristics of this population and the numerous external factors that have an impact on the quality of
life among this group. The research goals of this cross-sectional study were to determine the prevalence
of depression, anxiety and phobia among a group of students of the Medical Faculty and the Faculty of
Law in Osijek, to determine the relationship with respect to these disorders regarding the two faculties,
academic failure among the repeaters and gender structure. The overall number of students was 200,
of which 100 were from the Faculty of Medicine and 100 from the Faculty of Law. Data were collected
using an anonymous questionnaire which included: a socio-demographic questionnaire, Beck’s Depression
and Anxiety Inventories and the Fear Questionnaire. According to the results, it was established that the
incidence of depression, anxiety and phobias is 2.6 times higher than the general population average.
Furthermore, it was concluded that law students have a higher incidence of anxiety and blood-injectioninjury
phobia, that students who repeated academic years twice or more times have a higher incidence
of anxiety and depression and that there is a statistically significant difference in the category of bloodinjection-
injury phobia among men compared to women.

Keywords

anxiety; depression; phobic disorders; students

Hrčak ID:

162825

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162825

Publication date:

3.6.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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