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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1421137

The Mediator Role of The Feeling of Personal Unaccomplishment in The Effect of Unemployment Anxiety on Depression: A Research on Business Faculty Students in Türkiye

Provisionally accepted
İbrahim G. Yumuşak İbrahim G. Yumuşak *
  • Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Türkiye

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    Background -This study aims to determine how the unemployment anxiety of university students affects their depression level. It also examines the mediating role of the feeling of personal unaccomplishment between these effects.The data was analyzed using the PROCESS method. The research was conducted on 843 students attending different public or foundation (private) universities in Türkiye. Random sampling was used to select the participants.Results -As a result of the analysis, it was determined that there is a positive, significant, moderate (R=0.509, p<0.01) relationship between unemployment anxiety and depression and a positive, significant and weak relationship between unemployment anxiety and feeling of personal unaccomplishment (R=0.102), p<0.01), there is a positive, significant, and weak (R= 0.184, p<0.01) relationship between feeling of personal unaccomplishment and depression. Unemployment anxiety of university students had significant and positive effects on their depression level and significant and positive effects on feelings of personal unaccomplishment of students.As a result of the mediating variable analysis, it was determined that the feeling of personal unaccomplishment has a partial mediator role in the relationship between unemployment anxiety and depression.

    Keywords: unemployment anxiety, Depression, feeling of personal unaccomplishment, University studens, türkiye

    Received: 23 Apr 2024; Accepted: 19 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yumuşak. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: İbrahim G. Yumuşak, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Türkiye

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