Psychosocial, Emotional problems and Development of Psychopathology among University Students

The present study was conducted to identify the psychosocial and emotional problems and development of psychopathology among university students.120 university students participated in this study i.e., (60 male and 60 female).The ''University student evaluation of psychosocial problem scale'' (USEPP), The Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL), were used to collect authentic data from the students.The alpha reliability of measures were ranged from 0.80 to 0.85 on the said population.The data was analyzed statistically by using SPSS (version 20) through computing reliability coefficient, correlation coefficient, regression analysis, t-test and anovas.According to the results, the psychosocial and emotional problems are significantly correlated with each other.Psychosocial and emotional problems were found to have a predicting role in psychopathology among university students.Neither gender nor income or age significant differences found in the manifestation of psychopathology.Findings may be useful to further understanding of the psychosocial and emotional problems and their role in development of psychopathology and determine possible interventions or rehabilitation programs at university level or in educational institutions.