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Assessing Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Levels Among College Students: A Descriptive Quantitative Investigation

Open Access
Journal Type:Research Article
Subject Field: Education, Culture and Society
Downloads:20
Publish Date:June 4, 2026 4:26 am
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Volume:198, Issue: 1, June, 2026
Subject:Social Sciences & Psychology
Pages:510-522

Abstract

Depression, anxiety, and stress are established psychological and physiological phenomena observed across the world, especially in students. This study aimed to determine the depression, anxiety, and stress levels among college students in a university in the Philippines. A total of 89 BSED-Values Education students were selected as respondents. The research instrument used has two parts. Part I was the profile of the respondents, such as sex and year level, while Part II of the research instrument was the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Survey (DASS) 21. Data were collected through an online survey that was administered using Google Forms. The college students’ levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were revealed according to their sex and year level. The level of severity of females in all three sub-scales (depression, anxiety, and stress) was higher when compared with the males, but the mean levels of both the males and females were all the same in each of the three sub-scales. Greater percentages in all the year levels belong to the “Normal” for the levels of severity ratings in depression. As to the level of anxiety, the different year levels belong to different anxiety levels. Regarding stress level, the vast majority of students are at the “Normal” level. There was no difference in the mean scores of male and female college students in all three subscales. Considering the year levels of the students, there is a difference in the mean scores of first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year college students across all three sub-scales. Only the first-year and second-year students were different in their mean level of depression. For the difference in mean anxiety level, there were differences between the first and second years, the second and third years, and the third and fourth years. When the mean stress levels across the year levels were compared, only first- and second-year students differed.

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