Abstract

The paper highlights one of the most severe mental problems of our time and specifies, the importance and relevance of research on the topic. Mental health problems are on the rise worldwide. Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the world. The research used data from 29 and 30 European countries from 2014 and 2019. Pearson’s linear correlation was used to examine the relationship between the proportion of participants with a higher level of education and the proportion of participants with current depressive symptoms. A positive weak-medium and almost significant correlation may be found (in the case of no change in the trend, this can be demonstrated using a larger sample size) of r=0.252; p=0.054. There is no clear causal relationship between the two variables, and co-occurrence is likely – the effect of a third or more variable(s) is involved in the correlation. Further research should support the investigation of the influence of associated factors on depression.

Keywords: Depression, Education, Mental health, Psychology, Health science, Well-being