• Dr Neeta Gupta

Depression is a common mental disorder, characterized by sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, feelings of tiredness, and poor concentration.The present study has tried to explore depression among female adolescents and also tried to explore the effectiveness of Self Management Therapy (SMT) in reducing depressive thoughts among female adolescents. It made use of purposive sampling in selecting 100 female adolescents. The sample responded to the valid and reliable instrument. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Construct by Beck, et al (1961) was used to measure Depression of the adolescents. The design which was used to conceptualize the study and analyze the data was pretest-posttest design. Results of the present study have revealed that SMT has significantly decreased the level of depression among female adolescents.

SMT, Depression and Female Adolescents.

"Reducing Depression via Self Management Therapy among Female Adolescents", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 10, page no.1480-1488, October-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701252.pdf

"Reducing Depression via Self Management Therapy among Female Adolescents", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 10, page no. pp1480-1488, October-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701252.pdf