Hope, Forgiveness and Loneliness among Old-age Adults

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Page: 605-610

Nandini R. and Anagha S. (Department of Psychology, ST PAULS COLLEGE, Bengaluru, Karnataka)

This study aims to contribute to understanding social, environmental, family, and economic factors that influence hope, forgiveness, and loneliness in old age adults by exploring the data. Most of the previous studies reveal that hope and forgiveness have a positive correlation with mental health, physical health, and subjective well-being. Loneliness has a positive correlation with depression and suicidal thoughts and impacts the immune system and cardiovascular disease in older adults. The purpose of this study is to investigate the levels of hope, forgiveness, and loneliness among older adults aged 60-80 years. The sample group consists of both male and female participants who reside with their families and in an old age home. Tools used are the Adult Hope Scale, Heartland Forgiveness Scale, and UCLA Loneliness Assessment. To understand the distribution of data, descriptive statistics will be used. Inferential statistics are used for data analysis. The results show that there is no significant gender difference in hope, forgiveness, and loneliness among old age adults, and there is no significant difference in hope, forgiveness, and loneliness among old age adults across residence. There is a positive relationship between hope and forgiveness, a negative relationship between hope and loneliness, and a negative relationship between forgiveness and loneliness.