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Abstract
The problem of depression in Kota coaching students have been reported by many social workers (Kumar and Agrwal) and students (Taboola, Virk, Ghosh etc.). The basic question arises as what are the basic personal and situational causes behind that.The present study was design to explore the role of personal (i e gender and perceived ability) and family factors (i.e. motivation type:self-motivated or parents-motivated) in determining depression among Kota coaching students. For this purpose, 308 Kota coaching students were taken as subjects of the study. Developed self Perceived Ability Scale and Beck Depression Inventory were administrated. To know the motivation type selected boys and girls wereasked to indicate whether they are coming Kota for coaching were based on self decision or parental desire.