A comparison of depression, anxiety, stress levels and coping styles between university students who live with their parents and university students who do not live with their parents

The purpose of this study is to compare depression, anxiety, stress levels and coping styles of university students who live with their parents to university students who do not live with their parents. In addition depression, anxiety, stress levels and coping styles of university students are examined depending on their class level and gender. The location of the study is the Haliç University Sütlüce Campus in Istanbul. The sample of the study consists of 208 students studying at the Psychology Department of Haliç University. Sociodemographic Form, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Stress Coping Styles Scale were used as assessment tools. SPSS software program was used for data analysis. The data set is normally distributed and parametric tests were applied. Pearson correlation analysis was used for correlation analysis; Independent Sample t-test and One-way ANOVA were used for difference between groups. As a result, depression, anxiety and stress levels of university students living separately from their parents were higher than those living with their parents. University students who live apart from their parents use the helpless and the submissive styles to cope with stress. The depression, anxiety, stress levels and use of helpless and submissive coping styles of students who live in dormitory are higher than students who live with their parents. Students who live in a house without their parents did not differ in any subscales. A negative significant relationship was found between the students' depression, anxiety, stress levels and the self-confident and optimistic approach and a positive significant relation was found between students' depression, anxiety, stress levels and the helpless and the submissive approach. No significant relationship was found between students' depression, anxiety and stress levels and seeking social support. Depression, anxiety, stress levels and coping styles did not differ in terms of gender. The first-year students had higher levels of depression than third- and fourth-year students and had higher levels of anxiety and stress than third-year students. There was no significant difference between the students' class levels and their coping styles.