Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Kr. Sajid Ali Khan ¹, Vijayshri ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, IN

Abstract

Alcohol is one of the most widely used drug substances in the world. For many people, drinking alcohol is nothing more than a pleasant way to relax. People with alcohol use disorders, however, drink to excess, endangering both themselves and others. In the mental health area alcoholism is caused mostly by depression, anxiety and stress, on the other hand it also leads to depression and stress. The present study aims to compare depression and anxiety among alcoholics and non- alcoholics. It was assumed that depression and anxiety may be the risk factors for alcoholism. A sample of 100 people (50 alcoholics and 50 non-alcoholics) was randomly selected from Delhi. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used to collect data on depression and anxiety. t-test was administered to compare two groups. The result of the study showed that alcoholic group was higher on depression as well as anxiety than the non alcoholic group, and it was also found that there is no clear cut casual relationship between alcoholism and depression and anxiety.

Keywords

Depression, Anxiety, Alcoholics, Non-Alcoholics

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K. R. Sajid Ali Khan ¹, Yasmeen Kausar ¹, Vijayshri ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, AMU, Aligarh, U. P., IN

Abstract

The present study aims to examine the relationship of spiritual well being (SWB) with achievement motivation (AM) among the students of science and commerce streams. The concept of spiritual well being is becoming very popular among the researchers and the present day psychologists. It may be conceptualized as an expression about the spiritual health of an individual, about what his inner thinking leads him to do and how he performs in his life. Achievement motivation is a phenomenon which is affected mostly by spiritual well being in present day population. Achievement motivation can be said to be a need for achievement. It is an important determinant of aspiration, effort, and persistence when an individual expects his performance to be the best. In the present study, the Spiritual Well Being Scale (Paloutzian and Ellison, 1982) was used to measure SWB and Achievement Motivation Scale (Siddiqui Z.U., 2013) for achievement motivation. Correlation analysis was done to find out the relationship between SWB and achievement motivation. The result showed a negative and significant relationship (r= -.418, p< 0.01) between the SWB and achievement motivation and the dimensions of SWB, (Religious Well Being and Existential Well Being) were also negatively related to the achievement motivation. It was found that the correlation between SWB and achievement motivation was stronger among science stream students (r= -.457, p < 0.01) than the commerce stream students (r= -.390, p< 0.01), and also that correlation between SWB and achievement motivation was stronger among males than females.

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Vijayshri ¹, Frah Sultana Farooqi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Mulsim University, Aligarh, UP, IN
2 Department of Sociology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, IN

Abstract

Depression and loneliness are the two crucial feelings in everyone's life; affecting the mental as well as physical health of an individual. Though individual of every age is affected and susceptible to the loneliness feelings and depressive symptoms, the existence of the two in old age is much more dangerous for the older adults. The present study aims to investigate the relationship of feelings of loneliness and depression in the late years of life. A total of 320 participants (age range from 60 to 85 years) were drawn randomly from Delhi, India. The sample consisted of 160 aged persons who were living with their families and 160 aged who were living alone. The prevalence of depression and loneliness was assessed using BDI (1996) and UCLA loneliness scale (1996) respectively. A significant positive correlation was found between loneliness and depressive feelings among aged population. The relationship was positive among aged persons living with their families while negative among those who were living alone at their late stage of life. When comparing the two groups, aged living with family and aged living alone, it was found that both the groups differed significantly on loneliness and depression.

Keywords

Depression, Loneliness, Old Age.

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