DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2026.v14i02.022

Pages: 269-277

Background of the Study: Adolescence is a critical phase characterized by distinct health and developmental requirements, as well as entitlements. It serves as a crucial period for acquiring knowledge, cultivating emotional intelligence, nurturing relationships, and developing the necessary qualities and skills to navigate adulthood successfully. Adolescents are the young people aged between 10 to 19 years. Adolescence (10-19) brings physical, emotional, social changes and challenges like academic stress, bullying, social media, and negative events, raising depression (20-50% prevalence) and anxiety risks (32.8% in high schoolers, higher in females), with symptoms of sadness, sleep issues, and long-term harms like self-harm/suicide. Factors include genetics, environment; prevalence varies. Social support buffers stress, reducing depression, and parental guidance promotes well-being. Aim: To assess the effect of perceived social support on the relationship between negative life events and depression among adolescents Methods: A quantitative, non-experimental descriptive co relational research design had used to conduct the present study and conducted at selected high school of Bagalkot. Data were collected using self-report method. Data were collected using self-report method. Tools used for data collection were; socio-demographic variables, Depression scale, Social provisional scale, Negative life events, Karl Pearson correlation coefficient used to find relationship between Deviation of social support on negative life events and depression. Chi-square test is used to the find the association between socio-demographic with Deviation of social support on negative life events and depression among adolescents. Results: The study revealed that most adolescents were aged 15–16 years (88%), males (57%), and from nuclear families (54%). Majority (83%) had moderate perceived social support, and 94% reported poor negative life events. No significant relationship between per