Farhana Saba, Syeda Razia Bukhari, Amenah Rashid.
Relationship between emotionality and psychological distress in university students.
Pak J Med Res Jan ;57(1):29-32.

Objectives: To study the role of positive and negative emotionality in predicting psychological distress like depression anxiety and stress in university students. Study design, settings and duration: A cross sectional research conducted in different universities from November 2016 to January 2017. Subjects and Methods: The present research participants were selected by using purposive sampling technique from different universities of Islamabad. Depression anxiety stress scale-21 (DASS) and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) were administered on sample. After scoring, analysis of data was done on SPSS version 19. Results: The results of present study showed that positive and negative emotionality is significantly related to psychological distress (depression anxiety and stress) in university students. Conclusion: It is concluded that university students who have been facing more negative emotions are more prone to psychological distress (depression anxiety and stress) where as students having more positive emotions are less vulnerable to psychological distress (depression anxiety and stress).

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