Depression among Islamic School (Madrasah) Students in Marang and Setiu District, Terengganu Syahada H. Ain1, Hajar A.R. Siti1,* 1Lecturer, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, 21300, Terengganu, Malaysia *Corresponding author: Siti Hajar A. R, E-mail: cthajarrauf@gmail.com
Online published on 6 April, 2019. Abstract DASS stand for the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale. The DASS questionnaire is a set of three self-report scales designed in order to measure the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress. The main objective of this study is to determine the depression's level between male and female students in Madrasahs selected in Marang and Setiu district, Terengganu. The research instrument used to collect data are 448 sets of DASS questionnaire. The participants in this study consist of 448 respondents (177 male, 271 female) regardless of their status either an orphan or non-orphan. The analysis used was Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Chi-Square test. There are 7 questions (items) about depression in DASS. The validity of the items tested by using ANOVA and it shows a high validity and reliable to use in this study. Results from the chi-square test show that gender does affect the level of depression with the value of p = 0.001 which are smaller than the value of α = 0.05. In this research, it shows that gender does affect the level of depression between male and female respondents. Hence, a precaution steps need to be taken in order to avoid any unwanted accidents. Top Keywords DASS, Depression, Mental health, Madrasah, Islamic school. Top |