IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review

Sonali Jakar ¹, Pratiksha Sharma ¹, Tejendra Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajashtan, Jaipur, Rajashtan, IN

Abstract

The process of hospitalization is a very traumatic experience whether it's a male or female. People have to move their life setting from the familiar to unfamiliar environment, losing their privacy, and sense of security and individuality. There are several factors which can lead to stress. People who are having some physical or mental discomfort but are not hospitalized also experiences stress in some form or other. What is really important when it comes to stress is not what happens to you but how you perceive what happens to you. The level of stress we feel has a lot to do with our personality, and our subjective interpretation of what is happening. Different people when exposed to similar stressful stimuli may perceive them differently on the basis of their present situation and conditions. The present study is designed to see the difference between how stress is perceived in different situations. The situations considered here are hospitalization and non-hospitalization settings. Further the span of hospitalization is also taken under consideration. Comparison is made between patients admitted for less than and equal to/more than five days. The study is carried out on 60 participants, 30 in each group, selected by random sampling method. The tool used for the study is perceived stress scale by Sheldon Cohen consisting of 10 items. Independent t-test is used for statistical analysis. The result indicates that there is no significant difference in the way stress is perceived by hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients. Length of hospitalization also does not affect the perception of stress of inpatients.

Keywords

Stress, Perception, Hospitalization, Non-Hospitalization.

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Sonali Jakar ¹, Meena Jain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Life without stress cannot be imagined. Psychological stresses form an inescapable part of life and up to a degree might be required for adequate personality development. However if these stresses become too severe or too numerous, they may affect the physical equilibrium, producing maladaptive patterns and possibly mental disorder. The notion that major stressful Life Events can give rise to mental illness is prevalent since antiquity. Distressful events are event that require a significant adjustment in individual's life, for example, separation, shifting home, etc. when a significant change occur in a person's life, in family and in society known as traumatic events. Examples of Live Events include Wedding or partnership of multiple households, being mother, shifting home, including downsizing to a smaller home, Children transitioning out of the home, Parents transitioning into the home, Death of a family member. The present study was aimed to see the effect of distressful life events between prisoners of openjail and centraljail. A sample of the study comprised 80 prisoners of openjail and central, age 30 to 50 year, 2-year minimum punishment, literate including crime such as robbery, murder, rape, kidnapping, etc. The data was collected with The Distressful Life Events Scale (DLES) constructed by Verma and Asthana. The sampling was the purpose in nature and included only those who were interested to participate. It followed Mean and independent t-test to analyse the data. From the result of this study certain conclusion may be derived. The study shows a significant difference in Distressful Life Events between prisoners of openjail and centraljail.

Keywords

Distressful Life Events, Stress, Prisoners, Jail.

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