DEPRESSION AMONG MALE & FEMALE TEACHERS OF UNIVERSITY OF SINDH, JAMSHORO

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate depression among male & female teachers of the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. The sample composed of 100 respondents (i-e 50 male teachers and 50 female teachers). The Siddique-Shah Depression Scale (SSDS) was used to collect data for this research. Statistical analysis revealed the mean of male teachers score on SSDS at 21.88 and the mean of female teachers score on SSDS at 18.9. The standard deviation of male teachers score was 9.993. The standard deviation of female teachers' score was 8.539. The scores among the male & female teachers were found to be at below average range of depression. There was non-significant difference (t-value 0. 137, P > 0.1 ) of the depression scores of male and female teachers.

Teachers are essential for inmprovement of education system and quality of learning in present and future generations. Teachers are part of those great people who built and furnish the personality of students to develop them into prominent figures in any society. Teaching is a demanding, as well as, a challenging job. In teaching profession, teachers face multiple challenges and complex demands from their authority. Teachers experience depression and stress due to working excessive works, supervising students in their projects, lesson planning, course work development and checking students' assignments, such pressures from work environment leads to health problems for teachers.