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| Published: September 12, 2023
Study on the Effect of Pre and Post Counselling among Old Aged Males and Females Suffering from Depression During the Covid-19 Situation
Guest Faculty Member, Department of Psychology, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.309.20231103
DOI: 10.25215/1103.309
ABSTRACT
The present study aims to investigate the effect of pre and post counselling among old aged male & females suffering from depression during the COVID-19 situation. The study further compared the level of depression on the basis of age. An honest attempt is made to examine whether there exists any difference of depression between old aged males and old aged females. The total sample for the study is comprised of 100 old persons selected randomly from the different sections of the society of the age group of 60-69 years and 70-79 years, in the area of Kolkata, Burdwan and surroundings. The self-scored Beck’s depression inventory developed by Aron T Beck is administered to the selected persons to assess their COVID-19 depression. The obtained data are then analyzed by calculating mean median, mode, standard deviation and applying ‘t’ test. Analysis of the results revealed that olderly females are more depressed than olderly males in the recent Covid-19 situation.
Keywords
Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (Covid-19), Pre and Post Counselling, Depression, Men, Median, Mode and Standard Deviation
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© 2023, Koner, D.
Received: August 31, 2023; Revision Received: September 08, 2023; Accepted: September 12, 2023
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.309.20231103
10.25215/1103.309
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Published in Volume 11, Issue 3, July-September, 2023