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Article Name :
MENTAL HEALTH AND DEATH ANXIETY AMONG INSTITUTIONALIZED AND NON- INSTITUTIONALIZED SENIOR CITIZEN IN RELATION TO GENDER.
Author Name :
Rasal P. V. , Hatekar Tanaji Krishna
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ROR-1825
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Abstract :
The aim of the present research was to study mental health and death anxiety among institutionalized and non- institutionalized senior citizen in relation to gender. The total sample consisted of 120 senior citizen of institutionalized and non- institutionalized. The sample was randomly selected from various areas and various old age home of Pune city. 2x2 factorial research design with 30 senior citizen in each cell representing different level of two independent variable like type of senior citizen(institutionalized and non- institutionalized) and gender (male, female). Mental health scale by Kamlesh Sharma and Death anxiety scale by G.P. Thakur used for data collection. To find out main and interaction effect of two independent variable on mental health and death anxiety two way analysis of variance was used. Results indicate that significant difference existed between institutionalized senior citizen and non- institutionalized senior citizen on their mental health. Significant difference existed between male senior citizen and female senior citizen on death anxiety.
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