@article{rpbs2017514,
author={{Makelele, Basile Mulwani and Wewirhu, Christian Barhigenga},
title={Measure of the Depression at Psychology Students},
journal={Research in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences},
volume={5},
number={1},
pages={22--29},
year={2017},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/rpbs/5/1/4},
issn={2333-438X},
abstract={<i><b>Background</b></i><b>:</b> The University of Lubumbashi doesn¡¯t have the culture to evaluate the mental health and the humor¡¯s state of psychology¡¯s students who will be confronted with the multiple realities of the suffering patients with diverse psychiatric disorders, among whom in particular the disorders of the humor. <i><b>Aims of the Study</b></i>: The present study (i) measures the depression of students in psychology at University of Lubumbashi and (ii) analyzes the prevalence of gender and age to their depression. <i><b>Instruments</b></i>: Having made appeal to Beck Depression Inventory, we evaluate 60 first-year students of graduate in psychology who composing our sample, 30 women and 30 men from 18 to 23 years old. <i><b>Results</b></i>: It emerges from our investigations that 73.3% of students were depressive (5% of grave Depression and 1.67% of extreme Depression), with the depression¡¯s prevalence of men (80%) and of less old students (75%). <i><b>Conclusion</b></i>: The mental health of the students in psychology at University of Lubumbashi would thus be measured at least once during their academic program.},
doi={10.12691/rpbs-5-1-4}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}