A STUDY TO ASSESS EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING IN MALKAPUR AREA, KARAD

Manda Shankar Mulik; Prof. Vaishali Mohite; Mr. Prabhuswami Hiremath; Anagha Katti

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2016

A STUDY TO ASSESS EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING IN MALKAPUR AREA, KARAD

Manda Shankar Mulik, Prof. Vaishali Mohite, Mr. Prabhuswami Hiremath, Anagha Katti

Abstract :

BACKGROUND: Ageing refers to a sequence of changes across a life span of an individual. Due to this ‘old age’ people may face number of psychological problems such as anxiety, depression, loneliness, stress, feeling of insecurity and social isolation etc. OBJECTIVES:–To assess the level of stress and depression experienced by senior citizens and coping strategies adopted by senior citizens. METHODS & MATERIALS:– a descriptive survey approach, non–experimental research design was adopted, 50 samples were included by Convenience sampling technique. RESULTS: – According to stress scale, majority of samples 39 (78%) are having stress sometimes & very few 2(4%) are there who is never getting stress. As per depression scale, majority of samples 27(54%) are always having depression and majority of the samples 29(58%) are using coping strategies sometimes where as minimum samples15 (30%) are using always. Association between demographic data and stress scale shows that only habits are associated with depression scale. CONCLUSION:–This study helps to assess the emotional problems& coping strategies among senior citizens and to prepare an information booklet on the management of emotional problems of senior citizens.