Abstract:

The aim of this study is to compare the relationships between secondary school students' depression and coping levels. Gender, grade, socio-economic status, mother's education level, father's education level and parenting styles differences were also searched in this context. Descriptive statistics were used in this study. In order to collect data, 350 (175 girls; 175 boys) students are randomly recruited from five different secondary schools in Mugla. The instruments held to collect data were the "Information Gathering Form", "Children's Depression Inventory" and "Coping Styles Inventory". For data analyses were used SPSS for Windows. The group differences were analyzed by "t-test" and "F statistics". Correlational statistics was also employed to search for relationships among all variables. The findings showed that the gender, socioeconomic status and parenting styles differences exist on depression. There are also gender, grade and parenting styles differences exist on external help seeking and emotional disengagement; grade and father's education level on active planning of coping styles. The results are discussed in the light of previous findings and in the context of depression and coping styles conducting future research for implications as well. Key words: Depression, coping, secondary school students.

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