Effect of resilience on well-being of Kashmiri pandit migrants

Pages: 575-579
Meenakshi Chouhan and Sunita Gupta (Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab)

The purpose of the present study was to find out the effect of resilience on well-being of Kashmiri Pandit migrants. A sample of 88 (44 males and 44 females) Kashmiri Pandit migrants in the age group of 35 – 45 yrs, was derived from Jammu migrant camps through incidental sampling. The participants were assessed with Friedman well-being scale and 14-item resilience scale and they were classified as high or low scorers on resilience. A 22 ANOVA was used for the analysis of data. The results revealed that the migrants having higher scores on resilience had greater emotional stability, joviality, happiness, self-esteem, sociability and total well-being than the low scorers. Gender significantly affected the three components of well-being (joviality, happiness and sociability) but had no significant effect on emotional stability and self-esteem components as well as the total well-being scores. The interactive effects of gender and resilience for all components of well-being as well as the total well-being scores were statistically nonsignificant.