Mental well-being, depression & anxiety among male and female: a comparative study

Abstract

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity. It can affect a person’s thoughts, behaviour, motivation, feelings, and sense of well-being. It may feature sadness, difficulty in thinking and concentration and a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping. Mental well-being is an integral part of our overall health. Society often thinks of health as something biological and physical: the condition of our bodies, how healthy we eat, the physical exercise we do. A key component of health is missing from this, though. It is mental well-being, which encompasses our inner workings and the way we describe how we are in our lives. Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination. It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events. The aim of the current study is to study the effect of male and female on mental well-being, depression and anxiety. For collecting the data, a sample of 100 participants belonging to age group 18-25 years those who are male and female were taken. Data was analysed with the help of t-test. Following questionnaire were given for the collection of data i.e. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale, beck depression inventory and self-test for anxiety. There would be significant difference among male and female in relation mental well-being, depression and anxiety.