Self-Efficacy, Family Environment and Depression among Adolescents

It is important to bear in mind that several factors contribute to an adolescent development. The interaction between the environmental factors and the personal factors help the adolescent to develop certain perceptions about his own self and his environment that in turn affects his social development. The present study examined the influence of gender and vocational stream on self-efficacy, family environment and depression among adolescents. Personal self-efficacy scale, family environment scale and depression inventory were administered to 100 students (50 males and 50 females) from Aligarh Muslim University. Results based on ANOVA revealed that the main effect of gender was found statistically significant on depression. Significant main effect of vocational stream was found on cohesion and organization dimensions of family environment scale.