A study of well-being among migrants and non-migrants of Jammu and Kashmir in relation to their coping and personality

Pages: 1008-1112
Vinod Kumar Bhardwaj (Department of Psychology, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana)

The movement by the people from one place to another with the intention to settle down temporary or permanently in the new location is called human migration. The present study is an attempt to make a comparative analysis of well-being, personality, and coping in migrants and non migrants. For this purpose a sample of 100 migrants who were the original residents of Kashmir but after forced migration moves towards various migrant camps in Jammu and 100 non migrants original residents of Jammu have been taken. Friedman well-being scale, Neo-FFI, and way of coping (Lazarus) were used the measure the above variables. Descriptive statistic (mean; standard deviations) t- ratios and Discriminant function analysis were computed to compare the two groups in terms of significance of mean differences. Results clearly shows that there are significant differences in well- being, personality and coping of migrants and non- migrants.