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Life Satisfaction among Homosexual Men in India


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1 Department of PSW, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
2 Psychiatric Social Worker Department of Psychiatry PGIMS, Rohtak, India
3 Director, RINPAS Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
     

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Background: Homosexuality exits in across the culture and from the ancient time but it's have some stigma and discrimination from the community especially in Asian region. This stigma and discrimination cause several type of day to day life difficulties and also become a hurdle in peoples development and life satisfaction.

Aim: Aim of the present study was to assess the level of life satisfaction of this self defined homosexuals and heterosexual males.

Method: Sample selection was done through snow ball sampling and it was voluntary.

Result: people with homosexual orientation having poor level of life satisfaction in comparison to heterosexuals. It is very clear from the literature and present study findings that people with same sex orientation have gain access to the perso


Keywords

Life Satisfaction, Homosexual
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Authors

K. Praful
Department of PSW, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
E. Shahid
Department of PSW, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Manisha kiran
Department of PSW, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Bhupendra Singh
Psychiatric Social Worker Department of Psychiatry PGIMS, Rohtak, India
Amool Ranjan Singh
Director, RINPAS Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Abstract


Background: Homosexuality exits in across the culture and from the ancient time but it's have some stigma and discrimination from the community especially in Asian region. This stigma and discrimination cause several type of day to day life difficulties and also become a hurdle in peoples development and life satisfaction.

Aim: Aim of the present study was to assess the level of life satisfaction of this self defined homosexuals and heterosexual males.

Method: Sample selection was done through snow ball sampling and it was voluntary.

Result: people with homosexual orientation having poor level of life satisfaction in comparison to heterosexuals. It is very clear from the literature and present study findings that people with same sex orientation have gain access to the perso


Keywords


Life Satisfaction, Homosexual



DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2013%2Fv4i4%2F49998