2013 Year 10 Psychology Depression Survey Results

The following questions relate to feelings of depression. Depression is a lasting feeling of sadness or
disinterest or being overwhelmed to the point where you feel like you can’t cope. Please answer these
questions honestly by ticking 1 box per question.

Question 1: Do you ever just feel sad for no real reason? (23%)
 Yes
Question 2: Do you ever feel like whatever you do, nothing changes (for better or for worse)? (7%)
 Yes
Question 3: Do you ever feel angry for no reason at all? (30%)
 Yes
Question 4: Have you ever gone a couple of days when you didn’t feel like eating anything? (27%)
 Yes
Question 5: Have you ever been with a group of friends and they are all having a good time but you just
can’t seem to join in and have fun? (20%)
 Yes
Question 6: Have you ever felt like you just can’t do anything right? (27%)
 Yes
Question 7: Do you ever have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? (73%)
 Yes
Question 8: Have you ever lost interest (romantically) in girls/boys? (17%)
 Yes
Question 9: Have you ever felt like life has no meaning? (27%)
 Yes
Question 10: Have you ever suffered from insomnia (had trouble sleeping)? (33%)
 Yes
Question 11: Do you ever feel really stressed out and tired to the point that you just can’t cope? (30%)
 Yes
Question 12: Do you ever feel unmotivated and lethargic (have no energy)? (43%)
 Yes
Question 13: Do you think that you have ever experienced depression? (23%)
 Yes
Question 14: Do you think there is enough awareness of what depression is and places where people can go
for help if they are experiencing depression? (29%)
 Yes
These results were collected from 30 Year 10 students at FSC in 2013.
 Depression Research Analysis
When we conduct research we usually follow a series of steps. These steps help us define what problem we
are going to investigate and assist us in discovering the truth about or the cause of the problem. In analysing
this research please follow these steps.
Step 1
 Define depression.
 Identify the symptoms
 Find out what percentage of young people suffer from depression.
Step 2
 From the questionnaire percentages, identify 3 interesting results and suggest what percentage of
FSC Year 10 students may have been experiencing the symptoms of depression.
Step 3
 List how many students I surveyed
 Identify ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of questionnaires (p.144 of the text will help)
Step 4
 Display the results in a table showing the percentage for each question
Step 5
 Answer the following questions regarding the results
1. Do these results support the research you have done on adolescent depression statistics? Explain.
2. Is there another explanation for the results achieved? Choose an answer to ONE of the questions and
explain.
3. What improvement(s) would you suggest to the questionnaire? Modify an existing question OR add an
additional question and explain.
4. What conclusions can be drawn regarding depression and adolescence from this research?
Step 6
 List all of the references you used in gathering your information