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PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE OF RURAL AND URBAN AGED PEOPLE
By: Umme Kulsuma Rashid, Biplob Kumar Dey, Tanzir Ahmmad Tushar, Mst. Sabiha Sultana
Key Words: Old people, Aged people, Psychological well-being, Self-acceptance.
JLES-Vol-13-No-P-65-69, December 2018
AbstractThe aim of the study was to investigate the psychological well-being and self-acceptance of rural and urban aged people. A total of 120 respondents constituted the sample of the study. Among them 60 were male (30 urban and 30 rural) and 60 were female (30 rural and 30 urban) old people in Chittagong district. An adapted Bangla version of psychological well-being scale (Huque and Begum 2005) and Bangla version of self- acceptance scale (Illyas 2001) were used to measure psychological well-being and self-acceptance of the subjects. The findings of the present study showed that male old people possess more psychological well-being than their female counterparts; and urban old people possess significantly more psychological well-being (F = 15.49, df = 1, p <0.01) than the rural old people. No significant interaction effect was found in gender and residence in relation to psychological well-being. On the other hand, male old people possess more self-acceptance than female old people; and urban old people possess significantly more self-acceptance (F = 16.65, df = 1, p <0.01) than rural old people. No significant interaction effect was found in gender and residence in relation to self-acceptance. Results also showed that psychological well-being was positively correlated with self-acceptance (r = 0.89, p < 0.01).
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Manuscript received on 19.11.2018 and revised on 08.09.2019.
Umme Kulsuma Rashid, Biplob Kumar Dey, Tanzir Ahmmad Tushar, Mst. Sabiha Sultana
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE OF RURAL AND URBAN AGED PEOPLE
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