Evaluation of Stress, Loneliness and Depression Among Residential and Non-Residential Students of Dhaka University: Case-Control Study

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the stress, loneliness and depression among residential and non-residential students of Dhaka University. The respondents were drawn from different halls and locations. A total of 80 participants were used as subjects in the present study. A Bangla version of three scales (Stress scale-Cohen, 1999, Loneliness scale-Russell, Dan, 1978 and Depression scale-Rahman and Uddin, 2005) was administered in this study. Analyzing t-test the findings (p<.001) revealed that the mean scores between residential and non-residential students of Dhaka University were significant.