LIFE SATISFACTION AND MENTAL HEALTH OF AGED WITH REFERENCE TO NORTH BIHAR (original) (raw)
The present investigation was undertaken to study the perceived life satisfaction and mental health of 60+ aged with particular reference to North Bihar. Total sample (N=200) comprising men (n=100) and women (n=100) were selected randomly from different area of locality of North Bihar. In this study the cities given priority for data collection were Darbhanga, Samastipur, Madhubani, Begusarai and Muzaffarpur. Life satisfaction Scale and Mental Health inventory were administered by contacting the subjects personally. Results revealed that life satisfaction was a function of mental health for both the group of aged men and women as positive correlations have been found. A significance of difference was also been found in terms of life satisfaction and mental health (dimensions-wise and overall) between the group of aged men and women, although, both the group have shown favourable inclination towards the degree of perceived reactions of life satisfaction. On the other hand, results also revealed that aged men had a higher degree of life satisfaction than aged women especially from where the sample has been drawn to undertake. The discrepancy in the results has been discussed in the light of exigency of situations prevailing in North Bihar. Keywords: Life satisfaction, Mental disorders. Mental health, INTRODUCTION
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