Prevalence of Academic Negligence and its Relationship with Student's Mood DisordersatKerman University of Medical Sciences

Educational negligenceis a dominant and continuingtendency withinlearners for Postponing academic activities that itis associatedwithmood disorders.Hence, the presentstudy was done to explore prevalence ofstudies onacademic negligence and its relationship with mood disorders amongMedical Sciences Students of Kerman. This Cross-sectional study was a descriptive- correlationalresearch.Statistical population of this study was 5285 members that only 338 students were participatedbased on cluster sampling method. Moreover,data collection tool was consistedof two parts; academic negligence and Mood disorders.Validity was subsequently evaluated by the professors and was approved;also Cronbach's alpha coefficient ofstress disorder questionnaires 0/82, anxiety 0/81, and depression 0/83 have been assessedrespectively. Afterwards, data was analyzed throughdescriptive and analytical tests;mean score in three domains of academic negligence fromhighest to lowest order was accounted 2/37(±0/72) for Lack of planning domain , 2/24 (±0/66) for Intentional domain, and 2/18 (±0/67) for Fatigue domain. In addition, most students even didn’t have any mood disorders or had mild mood disorder. Comparisonof total score and scores ofthree domainsof academic negligence with psychological disorders of students (Stress, Anxiety, and Depression) showed a significantdifference (P