To Establish the Relationship Between Peer Relations and Depression Level of Adolescents

Abstract

■ The present study aimed at exploring the relationship between Peer-relation (bullying, victimization and pro-social behavior) and Depression. The participants of the study were 80 teenagers (40 males and 40 females) aged between 12 to 18 years selected from different secondary schools of Karachi, Pakistan. Teenage Depression was measured using The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) by Weissman, Orvaschel, and Padian (1998) while The Peer Relationship Questionnaire (PRQ) by Rigley and Slee (1993) was used to assess bullying, victimization and pro-social behavior among hypothesized that 1) there would be a relationship between t relationship between depression and participants of the study. It was depression and bullying. 2) There would be The results indicate that depression has a moderately positive correlation with both bullying (0.683) and victimization (0.445) and a moderately negative correlation (-.445,) with prosocial behavior. The results of the study conform to previous findings on the relationship between Peer-relations and depression. Recommendations of the study centre on the need to introduce a bullying prevention program in schools. 1