Disabled teenagers and depression demonstration among their family members
Disabled teenagers and depression demonstration among their family members
Abolfazl Hashemzadeh1 Seddiq Asadi2
1) Tehran Islamic Azad Univerversity of Humanities Email:
2) Tabriz Islamic Azad Univerversity of Humanities Email:
Publication :
2nd.International Conference ON Humanities, Psychology and Social Science(2hpsconf.com)
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to investigate disabled teenagers and depression demonstration among their family members. Statistical population included the disabled female teenager between 14 to 18 ages. 60 disabled girls were selected by the use of convenience sampling method. Data was gathered by the use of Beck depression test. The research method was correlation and analyzed by Chi Square and ANOVA by SPSS. The results indicated there wasn’t a significant relationship between teenagers’ disability and depression of parents. (p<0.01). The findings indicated that disabled teenagers (predictive variables) didn’t predict and explain changes in depression demonstration among their family members (criterion variable). That is, the depression levels of families with disabled teenagers were not different from each other and the teenagers’ disability did not affect the level of depression in family members.
Keywords :
disabled teenagers
depression demonstration
family members