Resilience in midlife

Pages:199-201
Jayanthy P. Nair (Department of Social Work, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala)
M. I. Joseph and Anjana K.A. (Department of Psychology, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala)

Recently, the field of mental health has seen shift in focus from a deficit oriented approach to a strength- based approach associated with healthy adjustment mechanisms ,such as resilience. Although stress affects people of all ages, it is during midlife that the effects become most apparent. When faced with small scale set-backs, some people pick themselves up and get on with life. Little focus is given to the positive outcomes, how people manage their stresses, how will they adjust to their adversities. The present study examined the relationship between resilience, anxiety and depression among middle aged. A sample of 100 middle aged people were randomly drawn from Aluva Taluk (50 males and females). The age of the respondents ranged from 40-60.The results revealed significant negative correlations between resilience, anxiety and depression and there was significant gender difference for resilience.