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Subject: Human Development and family studies × Author: Kiranpreet Kaur × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Life satisfaction and self-perception among differently abled adults
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2021-08) Kiranpreet Kaur; Duhan, Krishna
    The present study was conducted in Hisar and Sirsa districts of Haryana and Ludhiana and Amritsar districts of Punjab. From each district urban area was taken purposively based on maximum availability of the sample. List of differently abled working and non- working adults with age range of 18-40 years along with 40 and above percentage of disability was prepared. Out of list 40 each differently abled working and non-working adults were taken randomly from selected districts of Haryana and Punjab. Therefore, a total of 160 differently abled persons from both states were included in the study. Life satisfaction of respondents was assessed by Life Satisfaction Scale by Alam and Srivastava (2001). Self- Perception Measuring Scale developed and standardized by Agarwal (2008) was used to assess the adults’ self-perception. . Psycho-social problems of differently abled adults was explored with help of self-structured questionnaire Maximum percentage of differently abled adults were male with age of 26-33yrs and were graduate or post graduate. It also illustrates that more number of respondents had no special education and they were disabled since birth with locomotor disability. Further, maximum adults had more than 80 percent of disability. Majority of respondents were unmarried and married had 0-2 children. Socio-economic profile of respondents showed that maximum percentage of adults belonged to general cast category, nuclear families with medium family size and had annual family income up to Rs.3, 50,000. The research findings illustrated that majority of respondents had high level of health satisfaction, personal satisfaction and social satisfaction. Whereas, maximum adults had average level of economic satisfaction, marital satisfaction and composite life satisfaction. However, greater number of respondents had low level of job satisfaction. Further, majority of differently abled adults had average level of self-acceptance, self-regard and overall self-perception. Majority of differently abled adults had medium level of psycho-social problems in all sub-scales i.e. home and personal life, social life, work/institution life and emotional life. The study found significant association between caste, occupation, family structure, family income and organization member with life satisfaction. There is need to build self-confidence among differently abled persons and to promote inclusion in main stream of social and cultural program. To create a disabled-friendly environment, more awareness activities for all sections of the community must be organized. Policies and programmes should be implemented effectively, and job opportunities for differently abled adults should be enforced in accordance with Persons with Disabilities Act. The formation of self-help group and Federation of persons with disability will assist them to come together and fight for their rights and be self-sufficient and self-reliable.