The Correlation Between People’s Age and Their Attitudes Towards People with Depression
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https://doi.org/10.61173/af0h5922Keywords:
—Depression, Age Difference, Attitudes, SurveysAbstract
This article will mainly focus on discovering the correlation between people’s age and their attitudes and understanding towards depression. This used a survey to capture participants’ background information and attitudes toward depression on a Likert Scale. With the sample size of 280, we concluded that as people age, their attitudes and understanding of depression demonstrate a positive correlation. It was also discovered that people will be more inclined to assist those who are depressed as long as depression-related subjects are discussed more frequently. Thus, there is a need to increase the amount of information about depression that is shared online.
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