Dimensions of Ageing : Indian Studies
Contents: I. Quality of life: 1. Rolf of life review in enhancing the quality of life of the elderly/Audrey Pinto and Indira Jai Prakash. 2. A survey of the happiness and unhappiness in old age/K.L. Sharma. 3. Subjective well-being in old age/Saroj Rathore. 4. Life satisfaction in the older years/P.V. Ramamurti. 5. Some predictors of satisfaction with present life in an Indian sample/P.V. Ramamurti and D. Jamuna. 6. Time structure and well-being among retired persons/S.P. Sinha and Richa Singh. 7. Hopelessness, alienation and life satisfaction among aged/N.K. Chadha, Vandana Aggarwal and A.P. Mangla. II. Personality and adjustment: 8. A study of some personality factors and contributors to old age adjustment/Shamshad Hussain and Priyadarshini Narain. 9. Life stress and personality adjustment among aged persons/S.K. Srivastava and Anshika Gupta. 10. Life stress and personality adjustment among aged persons/Saraswati Mishra. 11. Some factors related to adjustment among the rural aged/M. Easwaramoorthy. III. Attitude towards the elderly: 12. Attitude towards personal futurity: a cross-sectional analysis of age span 20-70/P.V. Ramamurti. 13. A study of students' stereotypes towards ageing/K.L. Sharma and Prabha Bhandari. 14. Images of ageing/K.L. Sharma. 15. A comparative study of retired and pre-retired elderly on life attitude profile/Akbar Husain, Meena Arya and S.M. Ashrafimam. 16. Attitudes towards helping elderly people: an Indian study/Indira Jai Prakash. IV. Problems of the elderly: 17. A survey of the problems of retired persons/Vidya Raghani and Narendra K. Singhi. 18. A comparative study of emotional problems in old and middle-aged men/Saroj Rathore. 19. Domestic abuse among the elderly/S. Ushasree and S. Azmal Basha. 20. Family relations of the elderly after retirement and widowhood/Renu Malhotra and N.K. Chadha. 21. Economic condition of the old aged persons and their pension holding status/A.L. Srivastava. 22. Influence of age on mental stress/R.K. Gunthey and Sarita Mathur. 23. Retirement and ageing: leisure activities and health ailments/Priya Kanwar and N.K. Chadha. V. Social status and social support: 24. A study of aged 60 years and above in social profile/C.K. Purohit and Rameshwar Sharma. 25. Changing status of elderlies in rural India: a case study/A.P. Mangla. 26. Elderly women of Kachhi Basti: a socio-psychological profile/K.L. Sharma. 27. Scenario of segregated seniors: a case study of the inmates of old age homes/Saraswati Mishra. VI. Successful ageing: 28. Factors related to successful ageing in medical men/Harinder Kaur Paintal. 29. Self-concept and life satisfaction among aged/N.K. Chadha. 30. The life scale: the development of a measure of successful ageing/N.K. Chadha and John Van Willigen. 31. Physical activity among the elderly: an exploratory study/Indira Jai Prakash and M. Sreenivas. 32. Leisure time activities of retired persons/K.L. Sharma. 33. Religiosity and fear of death in young and retired persons/K.L. Sharma and U.C. Jain.
From the preface: "This book, Dimensions of Ageing is a collection of thirty three empirical Indian studies published in the Indian Journal of Gerontology from. The six sections of this compilation are: quality of life, personality and adjustment, attitudes towards the elderly, problems of the elderly, social status and social support, and successful ageing.
Though most of the papers inn this volume deal with individual ageing or the growth of an individual, some of the papers are related to population ageing or collective ageing in the Indian society. Population ageing is the result of demographic transition. The population or society ages when there is a quantitative increase in the elderly population along with a quantitative decrease in the rest of population. The studies on ageing, individual or collective, are significant for the understanding of problems related to elderly care, which is an urgent need in the 21 century. These studies will certainly provide theoretical background to understanding the problems related to elderly care, strengthening of intergenerational relations, elder abuse, elimination of poverty in elderly, elderly widows, social security and health issues."
