Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Mohd Shoiab Mir ¹, R. Sankar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Mental health is defined as a state of well being in which people realizes their own potential, can cope with the every day's normal stresses and work productively as well as fruitfully and is able to make contribution to her or Ms community. The purpose of the present paper is to assess the level of mental health among alcohol abusers. The present study consisted the sample of 60 subjects which were equally divided into three groups on the basis of age (15-25 years & 25-35 years), occupation (employed & unemployed) and duration of intake (1-3 years & 3-5 years). Mental Health Inventory designed and developed by Viel and Ware (1983) was used for data collection. Mean, SD, t-test and correlation were applied for statistical analysis. Results indicate that there is significant difference between the mean scores of 15-25 and 25-35 years old alcohol abusers. Similarly there is a significant difference found between the mean scores of employed and unemployed alcohol abusers. Further there is a significant difference found between the mean scores of alcohol abusers with alcohol intake duration 1-3 and above 3-5 years. And there is a significant relationship between mental health, age, occupation and duration of intake. On the basis of the findings in the present study we may conclude that age, occupation and duration of intake are influential factors in mental health.

Keywords

Mental Health, Age, Occupation and Duration of Intake.

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Mohd Shoiab Mir ¹, R. Sankar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

The investigator attempted to study the level of emotional stability experienced by the alcohol abusers. The present study was conducted on 400 alcohol abusers selected through snow ball sampling technique. Emotional Stability Questionnaire developed and designed by Sanjay Vohra (Revised, 2013) was used for the collection of data in the present study. The investigator applied frequency analysis, t-test and regression for the statistical treatment of the collected data. Findings of the study revealed that majority of the alcohol abusers had low level of emotional stability. Also there is significant difference between alcohol abusers belonging to 15-25 and 26-35 age groups and alcohol abusers belonging to nuclear and joint family with respect to their emotional stability. Further the findings demonstrated that age and family type had a significant influence on the emotional stability of alcohol abusers.

Keywords

Emotional Stability, Alcohol Abusers, Age, and Family Type.

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Mohd Shoiab Mir ¹, Mohanashri Aswarya ², Rabina Debbarma ³, S. Sridevi ³, R. Sankar ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Department of Clinical Psychology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, IN
3 Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

The present study aimed to assess the level of psychological well-being among religious practitioners. Present study was conducted on 250 subjects, selected through random sampling technique. For statistical analysis 't'-test, ANOVA and Pearson's Correlation were applied. Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale (1995) was used to assess the level of psychological well-being among practitioners. Findings indicate that male and daily practitioners have higher psychological well-being than female and occasionally practitioners, also above 45 years age group have higher psychological well-being than 15-25 and 26-45 years age group. Further the findings indicate that Muslim practitioners have high psychological well-being than Christian and Hindu practitioners respectively. Results also revealed that there is significant relationship found between variables.

Keywords

Psychological Well-Being, Age, Gender, Practice and Religion.

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