Project Director

Guo, Zibin

Department Examiner

Cleaveland, Clifton; Roberts, Warren; Chatzimanolis, Stylianos

Department

Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

This study focuses on the perceptions and beliefs of a population of students from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga toward depression and the contributing cultural factors behind its high prevalence. The study is broken into eight sections that contribute to the overall understanding of depression in Tennessee. First, the current literature on depression and stigmata related to mental illness is examined to catalogue the findings ofresearchers with similar interests. Following this the data collection methods I took to gain the data used in this study are explained as well as the demographic elements of the study. Next the data collected from a quantitative survey is analyzed and placed into five categories: perceptions of depression, personal experiences of depression, attitudes towards depression, perceptions of treatment, and stigma-related discrimination. This section is followed by a discussion of the results and correlations from the data.

Degree

B. S.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science.

Date

3-2013

Subject

College students--Mental health--Tennessee--Chattanooga; Depression, Mental

Discipline

Social and Cultural Anthropology

Document Type

Theses

Extent

i, 45 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.5 .B767 2013

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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