This study aimed to investigate the stress, the level of depression, and perception of family support in technical school students. Two-hundred students responded to the following instruments: Lipp's Stress Symptoms Inventory for Adults, Beck Depression Inventory, and Perception of Family Support Inventory. The results showed that stress was detected in 61.0% of the students evaluated, depression was detected in 28.5%, and 55.5% rated their family support levels as medium-low and low. There was positive a correlation between depression and stress and a negative correlation between depression and family support. These findings suggest the importance of investments public policies on Psychology in both social and educational areas.
Depression; Education, Professional; Stress; Family relations