Effect of perceived stress on mental health of spouse of army personnel

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Lovely Yadav (Department of Psychiatry, Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital, Udaipur(Raj.)
Shikha Sharma (Department of Psychiatry, Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital, Udaipur(Raj.)

Stress is a normal term in today’sera. Women’s are more likely to have stress as compared to men’s. Army is a felid where anything can happen at a moment of time so spouses of army personal are likely to have more stress. Aim: To Assess the effect of perceived stress on mental health of spouse of army personal. Method: 60 samples were selected by using purposive random sampling and the data was collected using Perceived Stress Scale and Mental Health Inventory-18.Result: The result shows that there is no correlation between perceived stress and mental health and shows a significant difference between the perceived stress and mental health. Conclusion: Perceived stress is not the factor responsible for the deteriorated mental health of spouses of army personal, there are some factors which may be responsible for their mental health.