A Study o n Mental Efficiency o f Rural Older Women

Journal Title: International Journal of Scientific Research and Management - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 8

Abstract

Old age is a precious period of every one’s life because they have an opportunity to reflect their life experiences. Freud has also mentioned that the behavior of the person is influenced by the childhood experiences. Old age is a stage, when people move away from previous to more desirable period to less desirable period. The social attitude s toward the el derly are more important because it reflects the social treatment of the senior citizens and it is every old person’s responsib ility to improve the self concept . The declination of mental ability of older persons depends on individual differences and envir onment. The present research study has focused on the female elderly with regard to their mental efficiency. The aim and objective s of the study is to identify the socio demographic profile of the older persons and to analyze the mental efficiency and to s uggest the suitable measures to enhance the mental efficiency of the older women. Interview schedule method was adopted to collect the required data from the respondents. This study was carried out at Asoor village of Perambalur district and purposive samp ling method was used to collect the data from 55 respondents. The major findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (74.5%) have mode r ate level of depression and mental efficiency .

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Mrs. A. Sivapriya

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Mrs. A. Sivapriya (2017). A Study o n Mental Efficiency o f Rural Older Women. International Journal of Scientific Research and Management, 5(8), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-314376