The Correlation Between People’s Age and Their Attitudes Towards People with Depression

Abstract

This article will mainly focus on discovering the correlation between people’s age and their attitudes and understanding towards depression. This used a survey to capture participants’ background information and attitudes toward depression on a Likert Scale. With the sample size of 280, we concluded that as people age, their attitudes and understanding of depression demonstrate a positive correlation. It was also discovered that people will be more inclined to assist those who are depressed as long as depression-related subjects are discussed more frequently. Thus, there is a need to increase the amount of information about depression that is shared online.