The effectiveness of teachers to recognize the symptoms of depression for their depressive students

AbstractThis study evaluated the effectiveness of teachers’ recognizing the symptoms of depression in their students. The study was conducted with 209 teachers from four (high) schools in Eskisehir. For data collection using a two-stage procedure. The first was a short questionnaire designed by the researcher to elicit information about teachers’ individual attitudes towards adolescent depression. Secondly, teachers completed the “Student in Need Questionnaire”. Questionnaire presented to participants five brief vignettes of young people. Data were evaluated through frequencies, percentages, ratios, chi-square statistics. Teachers more likely make a ‘depressed’ diagnosis correctly on depressed vignettes