HOPE AS A PREDICTOR OF DEPRESSION AND STRESS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS OF KHYBER PUKHTUNKHWA PESHAWAR

The present study aimed to find out the impact of hope on depression and stress and to determine the correlation between hope, depression and stress among college students. The sample consisted of total nighty one participants (n=91). The sample was approached at different colleges of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. Depression Anxiety Stress questionnaire (DASS) developed by Lovibond & Lovibond (1995) and Adult Hope Scale developed by Snyder and colleagues (1991) were administered to measure depression, stress and level of hope among college students. Results clearly indicated the negative correlation between depression and hope and between stress and hope. The regression analysis also showed that depression is a predictor of hope though no significant relation was found between hope and stress