Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Anugraha Merin Rajan ¹, J. Romate ², G. Srikrishna ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, IN
3 Department of Rehabilitation Psychology, National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad, IN

Abstract

Resilience is an important phenomena explains the parental process of making quality adaptations involved in raising a child with intellectual disability. The present study examined the resilience of parents having children with intellectual disability and analysed it across the demographic variables related to parents (age, gender, education, years lived with the child after diagnosis) as well as children (age, gender, intelligence quotient). Sixty parents (30 fathers and 30 mothers; mean age: 38.93±8.06) having children with intellectual disability recruited through purpose sampling were assessed using Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (2003).Parents displayed qualities of resilience with half of them reporting high resilience. Among the demographic variables, t test revealed that education made a significant difference in their experience of resilience. However resilience was found to be functioning independent of parental age, gender, and years lived with the child after diagnosis; child's age, gender and IQ.The study highlighted the internal strengths possessed by the parents in the midst of hassles associated with raising a child with intellectual disability. Utilizing these strengths in the rehabilitation process can improve the quality of life of them as well as the child with intellectual disability.

Keywords

Resilience, Parents, Children with Intellectual Disability.

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K. S. Sijin ¹, J. Romate ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, IN
2 Department of Psychology, Central University of Karnataka, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess, compare and examine the inter relationship between the level of spiritual well-being and general mental health of alcoholics and non-alcoholics. The age of the sample population ranged between 20 and 60 years (M=42.4). The sample was consisted of 60 alcoholics and 60 non-alcoholics drawn from three districts in Kerala. The two groups were identical in the aspects of age, educational qualification and socio-economic status. General Health Questionnaire-28 (Goldberg, 1978), Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-sp (Bredle et al., 1990) and Audit questionnaire for measuring screen for alcohol misuse (Saunder et al., 1993) were used for assessment. Data were analysed using independent sample t-test and Pearson's product moment correlational analysis. Results revealed that the group of alcoholics and non-alcoholics differs significantly on the level of spiritual well-being and general mental health indicating the group of non-alcoholics possessed better level of spiritual well-being and general mental health as compared to alcoholics. The level of spiritual well-being is significantly correlated with the general mental health of the participants and both the spiritual well-being and general mental health is inversely correlated with level of alcohol dependence.

Keywords

Spiritual Well-Being, General Mental Health, Alcoholics, Non-Alcoholics.

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