Psychological wellbeing among elderly retired working and nonworking persons -A comparative study Rekha S. M.1, Research Scholar, Ramaswamy C.2, Principal 1Dept of Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysuru-570 006 2University College of Fine Arts, University of Mysore, Mysuru-570 006 ABSTRACT: Psychological well-being studied extensively as there is a need to improve the state of mental conditions of people. Retirement tends to be perceived by society as a period characterised by passivity, social withdrawal, and physical and mental decline. The fact that retired people represent a largely untapped resource in local communities is generally ignored. These are the negative aspects of the overall picture. Keeping this as background an attempt made to assess the level psychological wellbeing in elderly retired working and nonworking persons. For the study purpose 309 elderly persons were included, 199 were male and remaining 110 were female. Among them retired working male were 99 and retired nonworking male were 100 and retired working female were 29 and retired nonworking female 81. Psychological wellbeing scale by D. S. Sisodia and PoojaChoudhary was used to measure the level of psychological wellbeing in retired working and nonworking persons. Scale measures 50 items namely satisfaction, efficiency, sociability, mental health and interpersonal relationship. Two-way ANOVA was employed to find out the influence of group and gender on psychological wellbeing. Results revealed that retired working persons have better PWB in all the five areas compared to retired nonworking persons. Apart from the area life satisfaction and efficiency, in all other areas male and female individuals males had higher PWB. The interaction effects between type of group and gender were found to be significant for the areas life satisfaction, sociability, and total psychological wellbeing. Top Key words: Psychological wellbeing, Retirement, Life satisfaction, Efficiency, Sociability, Mental health, Interpersonal relationship. Top |