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Anxiety and Depression of Female Industrial Workers and Female College Students

The author studied on anxiety and dpression, using Zung’s self-rating scales, in 460 female industrial workers and compared the results with those of 755 female college students. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the means of total anxiety and depre ssion scores between the two groups. The anxiety scores in items of apprehension, sweating, dyspnea, restlessness and insomnia and the depression score in items of decreased libido, confusion, psychomotor retardation, indecisiveness and diurnal variation were relatively high in both groups. But the anxiety scores of dizziness and paresthesia and the de pression scores of irritability, hopelessness, decrea sed appetite, and crying spells were higher in industrial workers than in college student. And the anxiety scores of anxiousness, fear and facial flush ing were higher in college students. The scores of tremor, faintness, mental disintegration, suicidal rumination, psychomotor agitation, tachycardia, weight loss and sleep disturbance were lower in both groups, but scores in facial flushing and nightmare were lower in industrial workers and the scores of dizziness and paresthesia were lower in college students. One hundred and four industrial workers (22. 06 % ) showed rather serious anxiety level of score 50 or higher, while 72 college students (9.18%) showed the same score, and one hundred and fifty industrial workers (32.77%) showed rather serious depression level of score 50 or higher while 166 college students (21.99%), showed the same, score. Among the industrial workers, the high school graduates were more anxious than the primary school graduates, and those without religion were more depressed. Also, college students living in their homes than those who live in dormitory and older students； than the younger ones were more depressed.