FAMILY MEMBERS ATTITUDE TOWARDS STRESS MANAGEMENT OF AGED ELDERLY

Pages: 463-465
Shabnam Ansari (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Punjab)
Tejpreet Kaur Kang (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Punjab)

The present study was conducted in Kanpur city, of Uttar Pradesh State. The purpose of the study was to know the children attitude towards reasons of their aged parental stress and its management. Four wards were selected randomly for the study. Self structured Interview Schedule was used for assessing attitude towards their aged elderly parents which consisted of both open ended and closed ended questions. A total of 150 family members were interviewed in which maximum 137 were children and rest 13 were daughter in law of aged elderly. The data was analyzed in terms of frequency and percentage. The study found that majority (78%) of the children reported that the main cause of stress in their aged parents was economic hardship and maximum (70.66%) suggested that positive thinking, such as accepting the changes, appreciating one’s achievements and strengths was effective stress management strategy for aged elderly.