English abstract
The current study aimed to investigate post-graduation depression Career
and future concern among sample of graduate students from Sultan Qaboos
University and find out the differences in the levels of post-graduation
depression and Career future concern according to study variables (gender,
income level, C-GPA, and the year of graduation). It also aimed to
predicting the level of post-graduation depression through dimensions of
Career future concern among graduates, The study used descriptive
correlative approach and for the purpose of achieving the objectives of the
study, the Arabic version of Patient Health Scale-9 was used to measure
depressive symptoms, as well as Career future anxiety scale. The sample
included 534 Job seeker graduates of Sultan Qaboos University with a
bachelor's degree in Sultanate of Oman. selected between the years 2016
and 2021 using the available sampling method.
The data analyzed using SPSS Statistics, included means, SDs,
independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA and multiple linear
regression analysis. The results showed Moderate level of post-graduation
depression and Moderate level of Career future concern among the study
sample, the results also indicated no statistically significant differences in
the levels of post-graduation depression according gender at the level of
significance (α=0.05) while it was found that there were statistically
significant differences between males and females in the levels of career
future anxiety in favor of males.
It also showed Statistical significance of the levels of post-graduation
depression and career future concern due to the level of the graduation year
in favor of the years 2018 and less. There were differences due to the level
of the CGPA in favor of the CGPA to passable level (2.00 - 2.29), and there
are statistically significant differences in both post-graduation depression
and future career concern according to the income variable.
The results also indicated that there is a statistically significant correlation
between the two variables of the study, where post-graduation depression
can be predicted through the dimensions of career future concern (the
cognitive dimension, the physiological dimension and the behavioral
dimension) among the sample of Sultan Qaboos University graduates, and
that the three dimensions are responsible for 39% of post-graduate
depression, and 61% are represented by other factors that have the ability
to predict post-graduate depression. The study came out with a set of
recommendations and suggestions in the field of psychological counseling
and graduates looking for work in general.
