A comparative study of Negative Psycho- Social factors in Working and Non-Working Elderly Persons

Psychosocial means it relates to one's psychological development in, and interaction with, a social environment. The present research is focussed on A comparative study of Negative PsychoSocial factors in Working and Non-Working Elderly Persons of age 60-80 years of Jaipur city. The tool is designed by Ms. Savina Bishnoi (2012). The tool consist 65 items those divided into 13 dimensions which measures the psycho-social characteristics of Elderly people in different areas regarding self-esteem, pertaining to cognitive capacity, meaningful roles in ourselves and others life, physically deterioration, social relations and social contacts with friends and relatives, about financial condition and resources, different moods like Loneliness, insecurity, dependency physically and mentally, about how much capable of caring a chronically ill person, health status, social support from spouse, friends and family, life events of individual life.. The sampling population of this research includes 80 Elderly persons living in Jaipur out of which 40 are Working and 40 are Non Working. The sample was collected by simple random sampling method. The population belonging to age group of 60-80 years was taken in study. The result revealed that There is significant difference between the psycho social factors scores of Working and Non-Working Elderly