Development of a Student Depression Prediction Model Based on Machine Learning with Algorithm Performance Evaluation

This research explores the implementation of machine learning to predict depression among university students using a dataset of 2.028 responses containing PHQ-9 scores and academic-demographic attributes. The research implements a structured modeling process involving feature selection, normalizati...

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Main Authors: Penni Wintasari Simarmata, Putri Taqwa Prasetyaningrum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Informatics Department, Faculty of Computer Science Bina Darma University 2025-06-01
Series:Journal of Information Systems and Informatics
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Online Access:https://journal-isi.org/index.php/isi/article/view/1087
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Summary:This research explores the implementation of machine learning to predict depression among university students using a dataset of 2.028 responses containing PHQ-9 scores and academic-demographic attributes. The research implements a structured modeling process involving feature selection, normalization, the model’s efficacy was gauged through a suite of evaluate measures, encompassing accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, The support vector machine (SVM) model’s accuracy improved from 58.8% to 99.5% after hyperparameter tuning. This investigation lends itself to the advancement of a proactive identification framework, which hold potential for incorporation within collegiate mental well-being surveillance infrastructures. Future implementations may consider real-time models and expand data sources through digital counseling systems and behavioral analytics
ISSN:2656-5935
2656-4882