Effect of depression on life satisfaction among elderly

Pages: 746-749
Arisha Salman (Independent Scholar, Psychology, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
P. K. Khattri (Department of Psychology, National P.G. College, Lucknow, UP)

The present study is been done to see the effect of depression on life satisfaction among elderly living in an old age home and those living with their families, The sample of present study consists of 30 male respondents aged between 60 years to 80 years approximately, out of which 15 were residing in an Old age home and 15 were residing with their families. All the respondents were administered on T.S Depression scale and Life satisfaction scale (LSS), with the objective to see the significant difference and relation between depression and life satisfaction. The results showed that the obtained t-value on the scores of depression is 9.8 and on life satisfaction is 5.57 which is greater than the table value at 0.01(2.76) and 0.05(2.05) level with df of 28 and thus indicated the significant difference in the depression and life satisfaction level of elderly living in an old age home and those living with their families. The correlation between depression and life satisfaction among elderly in an old age home is -0.18 i.e. negative correlation and that among elderly living with their families is +0.15 i.e. positive and low correlation. Thus, residents of old age home showed high depression and low life satisfaction, whereas, elderly residing with their families showed low depression and high satisfaction from life.