Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Princy ¹, Tejpreet K. Kang ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, IN

Abstract

General well bemg may be defined as the subjective feeling of contentment, happiness, satisfaction with life experiences and one's role in the world of work, sense of achievement, utility, belongingness, and no distress, dissatisfaction or worries etc.. Happiness is a nebulous term, which to date has different meanings to different people. To some it is synonymous with "joy" while others accept the standard dictionary definition that happiness is a state of well beingg or contentment-a condition dominated by pleasurable satisfaction. The aim of the present study was to find out the relationship of subjective well bemg with state of happiness among elderly males and females. For this purpose 360 elderly (180 males and 180 females) of Punjab state, ranging from 65 and above were taken as sample. To measure subjective well being, Cornell Medical Health Index questionnaire by Wig, Parshad and Verma was used and Oxford Happiness Inventory developed by Argyle was used to measure the happiness among elderly. Results indicated that significantly more happiness is perceived by elderly males as compared to their female counterparts. In case of Subjective Well Bemg gender differences were found to be nonsignificant but females were facing greater health problems in comparison to the males. Subjective well being was negatively and significantly correlated with happiness indicating as the problems related to well being increases, happiness decreases.

Keywords

Subjective well Being, Happiness and Old Age.

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Prachi Shukla ¹, Tejpreet K. Kang ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Loneliness is an unpleasant and distressing, subjective experience that results from deficient social relationships. Loneliness is a common emotion in adolescence and early adulthood. The present study is an attempt to study the difference in perceived loneliness of rural and urban male and female adolescents of Ludhiana district. The study was based on a sample of 300 adolescents equally distributed over gender (150 girls & 150 boys) and locale (150 rural & 150 urban). Loneliness was assessed by using Perceived Loneliness Scale developed by Jha(1971). Results clearly demonstrated that there exists a significant difference in perceived loneliness of male and female adolescents. Female adolescents perceived higher loneliness than male adolescents. Locale wise significant difference also existed. Results showed that rural adolescents experienced more loneliness as compared to urban adolescents.

Keywords

Loneliness, Adolescents, Gender, Locale.

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