Kars, Veysel Diyarbakır Halk Sağlığı Müdürlüğü Bağlar Aile Sağlığı Merkezi, Türkiye , Arslan, Necmi Elazığ Halk Sağlığı Müdürlüğü Kooperatif Aile Sağlığı Merkezi, Türkiye , Erik, Leyla Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Aile Hekimliği AD, Türkiye , Avcı, Nuran Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Aile Hekimliği AD, Türkiye , Bucaktepe, Pakize Gamze Dicle Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Aile Hekimliği AD, Türkiye , Celepkolu, Tahsin Dicle University - Faculty of Medicine - Dept Family Medicine, Turkey , Şahin, Hüseyin Avni Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Aile Hekimliği AD, Türkiye

The problems during choice of profession and comparison of these problems with anxiety and depression in final year of high school students

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Objective: We aimed to investigate the relationship between prevalence of anxiety, depressive disorder symptoms and some sociodemographic variables in the final year of high-school students, secondly to determine the socio-economic and cultural factors which affect choosing professions among the high school senior students in the province of Van. Methods: In this context, the study was performed in the provincial center of Van in the second semester of 2011. Unpaired t test and one way Anova test were used for statistical analysis. Socio-demographic Information Form, Awareness of Career Choice Form, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were applied to a total of 412 students. Results: In this study BAI and BDI scores were 15.4±13.3 and 15.3±12.8 respectively. BAI scores of the students in Anatolian high school were found higher than the normal high school. Both the anxiety and depressive levels of female students were higher than the males. The mean age was 16,8 years, 73.8% of whom were male. In 58% of the students’ BAI point, in 66% BDI point were higher than 41; and in 37% BDI point were higher than 17. Female students had higher BAI points. There was a positive cor-relation between BAI and BDI points. Conclusion: It was noticed in our study that the great amount of anxiety discovered in last grade high school students affect. The student’s job choice negatively. We think that providing last grade high school students with guidance service about job selection will be useful.

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Student , Beck depression inventory , Beck anxiety inventory , guidance service

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