Home Emotional and Social Adjustment:The Predictors of Neurotic Tendency Among Elderly People

This article presents the relation between adjustment and neurotic tendency among elderly people. The old age is the natural process which starts from birth and ends at death. The old age or elderly is later part of the life of an individual also known as the closing period of the life. Indian society provides a congenial set of condition for physically conformable and emotionally satisfying old age. But, day by day the elderly people are facing psycho social problems due to the changing family patterns. Hence, the aim of this study was to predict the levels of the neurotic tendency of elderly people caused by home, emotional and social adjustment. The research population contained 300 respondents aged between 65 and 85 years. The neurotic tendency was measured using the PGI Health Questionnaire (PGI HQ) while adjustment was measured using Shamshad Jasbir Old Age Adjustment Inventory. The obtained data were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, stepwise multiple regression, and Student's t-tests. The results showed that the neurotic tendency of elderly people could significantly be predicted by looking at adjustment. The results further revealed that the mean level of the home, emotional and social adjustment in elderly males is higher than it is in elderly females. However, the neurotic tendency is higher in elderly females than it is in elderly males.