International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 6 4 2017 04 14 Mental health status and quality of life among university students from West Turkey 11 17 EN Ukwatta Wijayantha 1 Department of Sociology, Wuhan University, China TOZUN Mustafa 1 Department of Public Health, Izmir Kâtip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey BABAOĞLU Asya Banu 2 Department of Public Health, Izmir Kâtip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey SÖZMEN Melih Kaan 3 Department of Public Health, Izmir Kâtip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey > Research Paper 2017 2 17 2017 04 14 This study’s aim was to evaluate the relations between mental health and quality of life among university students from West Turkey. The study group was 307 students (81.0% of the target population). A questionnaire form, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Scale (BAS), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), CAGE Test for Alcohol Dependence, World Health Organization Quality of Life Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF) were applied to self-report method. Qui square test, Student t test, Pearson and Spearman Correlation tests were used for statistical analyses. Statistical significance was accepted as p<0.05. The frequency of depression was 18.9%. The average points of BDI, BAS and BHS were 10.47±9.24, 31.81±10.21, 4.93±4.16, respectively. The frequency of the students with middle and low physical activity level was 82.7%. The frequency of high level nicotine dependence was 38.0%. The frequency of the students with alcohol dependence was 9.8%. Negative correlations were found that between the social domain in quality of life and depression, anxiety, hopelessness and alcohol using (for each one p<0.05). This study was shown that social domain in quality of life can be effective from some mental health problems among the university students. Copyright@ International Science Community Association