Adjustment of Depressed Person
Keywords:
adjustment, depressed persons, genderAbstract
Adjustment is the behavioral process in psychology, which human and other animals maintain equilibrium among their various needs and obstacles of their environments. A sequence of adjustment begins when a need is felt and ends when it is satisfied. Depression is defined as group of conditions associated with the elevation or lowering of a person mood such as depression or bipolar depression. The purpose of the research was to examine the Adjustment of depressed persons. To find an Adjustment of high- and low-level depressed male and female persons. The sample consists of total 120 depressed persons. Out of that 60 depressed male (30 high and 30 low level) and 60 depressed female (30 high and 30 low level). Within age range of 20 to 50 years. Ratio for the male and female was 1:1. Researcher used purposive sampling method for data collection, its collect from various psychiatric clinics from Dhule city in Maharashtra. Depressed Scale (Personality Assessment Scale) was designed by Krug. Samuel E. and Laughlin James E. and Adjustment inventory was designed by Mahesh Bhargava and Dr. Singh R. L. were used for data collection. 2 X 2 factorial research design was used. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, i.e., Mean, SD, and “t” Test. The result revealed that there was significant mean difference between high and low level depressed male persons relate to Adjustment. Researcher also found significant difference between both levels of female. Researcher not found gender wise significant difference relate to Adjustment, depressed male shows slightly higher Adjustment as compare to female.
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