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Well-Being in Relation to Cognitive Distortion, Resilience and Depression among Farmers of Punjab


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Farming is a physically and psychologically challenging occupation, so there is a dire need of understanding and developing interventions to promote well-being of farming populace. The present investigation aimed to study well-being in relation to cognitive distortion, resilience and depression amongst farmers of Punjab. The sample comprised of 250 farmers in the age range of 20-80 years (i.e., 20 to 40 years, 41 to 60 years, 61 to 80 years) randomly selected from various districts of Punjab. The subjects were administered Cognitive Distortions Scale, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Beck Depression Inventory-II and Friedman's Well-being Scale to assess the level of cognitive distortion, resilience and depression in relation to well-being respectively. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics i.e. Mean and SD and Pearson product moment correlation. Correlation analysis of the data showed that well-being was positively correlated with resilience and in contrast it was negatively correlated with cognitive distortion and depression.

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Well-Being, Cognitive Distortion, Resilience, Depression.
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  • Well-Being in Relation to Cognitive Distortion, Resilience and Depression among Farmers of Punjab

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Authors

Ravijot Kaur
Department of Agricultural Journalism, Languages & Culture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Hityant Rishi
Department of Agricultural Journalism, Languages & Culture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Sarabjeet Singh
Department of Agricultural Journalism, Languages & Culture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Abstract


Farming is a physically and psychologically challenging occupation, so there is a dire need of understanding and developing interventions to promote well-being of farming populace. The present investigation aimed to study well-being in relation to cognitive distortion, resilience and depression amongst farmers of Punjab. The sample comprised of 250 farmers in the age range of 20-80 years (i.e., 20 to 40 years, 41 to 60 years, 61 to 80 years) randomly selected from various districts of Punjab. The subjects were administered Cognitive Distortions Scale, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Beck Depression Inventory-II and Friedman's Well-being Scale to assess the level of cognitive distortion, resilience and depression in relation to well-being respectively. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics i.e. Mean and SD and Pearson product moment correlation. Correlation analysis of the data showed that well-being was positively correlated with resilience and in contrast it was negatively correlated with cognitive distortion and depression.

Keywords


Well-Being, Cognitive Distortion, Resilience, Depression.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2018%2Fv9i4%2F181017