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| Article Name : | | | DEATH DEPRESSION, AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG THE AGED | | Author Name : | | | Pramod, S. K. | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3985 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Death is inevitable and the satisfaction with one's own life is the matter that all strive for.Thoughts or feelings associated with one's own or others death can create depression symptoms that may affect one's life satisfaction. The objectives of the study were to find out whether there exists any significant correlation between death depression and life satisfaction. The study also tried to find out whether there exist any gender difference in death depression; whether there exists any significant difference between the aged who are ill and who are not ill in death depression; and whether there existsany significant difference among the aged who stays in family, who stays alone, and who stays in old age homes in death depression. For this purpose the data were collected from 120 aged individuals by administering Death Depression Scale-Revised, Life Satisfaction Index, and Personal Data Schedule.The statistical techniques used were Correlation, the t-test, and one-way ANOVA. Pearson productmoment correlation results of the study indicated the existence of a significant negative relationship between death depression and life satisfaction. The results indicate significant difference mong the old in their death depression on the basis of gender, illness, and area of stay. | | Keywords : | | |
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