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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, UP, IN
2 Ch. Charan Singh University, University Campus, Meerut, UP, IN
Source
IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, Vol 2, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 43-45
Abstract
The present research paper has been focused on the study of depression among male and female arthritis patients. The data collected from an accidental sample of 100 persons in which 50 Arthritis patients (i.e. 25 females and 25 male) and 50 from normal population (i.e., 25 females and 25 male) residing at Bhiwani and Rohtak, were analysed using 2 x 2 analysis of variance. The obtained results indicated that arthritis and gender had significant effect on depression. The arthritis patients were found to be more depressive as compared to normal persons. The females were found to be more depressed as compared to males. The interaction effects of both of the independent variables were found to be non-significant.
Keywords
Arthritis, Gender and Depression.
