Clinical Perspective

Level of depression among adolescents of religious minorities and their dominant counterparts in Pakistan

Published in: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Volume 24 , issue 2 , 2012 , pages: 163–171

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2012.735506

Author(s): Shahid Iqbal Department of Psychology, Pakistan , Riaz Ahmad Institute of Clinical Psychology, Pakistan , Nadia Ayub Department of Business Psychology, Pakistan

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Abstract

Objective: This study investigated the level of depression among religious minority adolescents (Christians and Hindus) in comparison with their dominant counterparts (Muslims) in Pakistan. For this purpose, based on literature available, we hypothesised that adolescents of religious minorities would have a higher level of depression than their dominant counterparts.

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