RELATIONSHIP OF DEPRESSION AND LONELINESS INDEPRESSED AND NORMAL POPULATION. -

The present study was designed to explore the relationship among depression and Loneliness. The sample was consisted on 120 individuals, 60 from normal population and 60 from clinically diagnosed depressed patients. The normal sample i.e.60 individuals were further divided into 30 males’ and30 females. Similarly in the sample of clinically diagnosed depressed patients 30 were males and 30 were females. Depressed patients were selected from Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur and normal populations were selected from the different areas of Bahawalpur. Beck’s depression inventory was used to measure the level of depression and UCLA loneliness was used to measure loneliness. Result of the study reveals that there is a strong relationship among depression and loneliness. People who are depressed have strong feelings of loneliness. Which shows that people who are less assertive and lack social skills are more prone to depression which further leads to have loneliness feelings? - See more at: