Resilience, Emotion Regulation and Life Satisfaction: A Comparative study of Institutionalized and Non- institutionalized Elderly of Uttar Pradesh
Keywords:
Elderly, old age homes, resilience, emotion regulation, life satisfactionAbstract
India like many other developing countries in the world is witnessing the rapid ageing of its population. With the emergence of industrialization and globalization there have been many transformations that have had an impact on different sector of society. Changes in family structure, economic compulsion of the children, neglect and abuse usually compel the elderly to live alone or to shift from their homes to some institution or old age homes. Keeping these changes in mind, present study is an attempt to find out whether these changes which occur globally do affect the elderly who are living in eastern part of UP in India. Adding to this, the present study also examines and compares the institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly with respect to their level of resilience, emotion regulation as well as life satisfaction. Furthermore, gender differentiation among elderly has also been assessed in terms of resilience, emotion regulation and life satisfaction. A cross- sectional study was conducted with elderly (N=400), aged 60 years and above. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Life Satisfaction Index were used to collect data. Data analysis has been carried out by using descriptive statistics i.e., mean, SD and t-test. Some significant results were reported.
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