Psychological Wellbeing Among Elderly People

Abstract

The present research aimed to find the level of psychological wellbeing among elderly people. The total 60 sample were taken out which 30 were male and 30 female (above 60 years), further these two groups were divided into two more groups on the basis of religion (Hindu and Christian) with 15 subjects each. Ryff’s Psychological wellbeing scale was used for data collection; t-test was applied to check the difference in psychological wellbeing scores. Result reveals that significant difference in psychological wellbeing with respect to gender. Whereas insignificant difference is found among mean scores of Hindu and Christian subjects in respect to their psychological wellbeing.

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Aditya Chamuah, R. Sankar

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Aditya Chamuah, R. Sankar (2017). Psychological Wellbeing Among Elderly People. International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS), 4(2), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-31109