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Thisstudyaimedtoidentifytherelationshipbetweensocio-economicstatusandpersonalitytypeinrelation
to the occurrence of depression in adolescents. The samples of this study were high school students, as many
as 248 persons. The study was carried out in six high schools in Bukittinggi City, Indonesia. This study
appliedamixedmethodologyusingasequentialexploratorydesign.Thequantitativestudywasconducted
usingquestionnaireswithacorrelationaldesignandthecross-sectionalapproach.Thequalitativestudyused
an in-depth interview as the data collection method. The independent variables in this research were the
personality type and socio-economic status. Meanwhile, the dependent variable was depression. The data
wasanalysedusingChi-squareanalysis.Theoddratiowasappliedtoidentifytherelationshipsignificanceof
theindependentanddependentvariables.Theresultsshowsthatthereweresignificantrelationshipsbetween
socioeconomic status and depression (p=0.002; OR 2.241) and between personality type and depression
(p=0.000; OR=1.935). The incidence rate of depression within adolescents relates closely to the factor of
socioeconomic status and personality type. Therefore, adolescents are expected to understand themselves
further to not trigger depressive incidents.