Stress, Anxiety & Depression among Flood Affected People in Kerala

Authors: [1] Pooja V. K. [2] Dr. K. Nagalakshami

Pages: 78-80

Abstract:

In the present research paper researcher attempted to find the level of stress, anxiety and depression among flood affected people in Kerala, for this purpose the sample of 158 subjects [96 (60.8%) Male and 62 (39.2%) Females] were selected through simple random sampling technique in Karla. 21 itemed Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) constructed by Fernando Gomez was used for the assessment purpose. For data analysis and hypothesis testing mean and t-test and Pearson’s correlation was applied through SPSS 20 version. The finding shows that female and respondents living in joint families are having high stress, anxiety and depression than male and those living in nuclear families. Further it is also revealed that (1.27%) are having moderate, (7.59%) sever and (91.14%) of respondents are having extremely sever level of anxiety. Also (8.86%) respondents are having mild, (31.65%) moderate and (59.49%) respondents are having severe level of stress respectively. Similarly (1.26%) have mild, (48.10%) moderate, (41.78%) severe, and (8.86%) respondents are having extremely sever level of depression. The results also revealed that respondents anxiety and stress are significantly differs with respect to their gender and family type. Also positive relationship was found between the stress, anxiety and depression.