Mansi Mathur and Manini Srivastava
University of Lucknow, Lucknow
The present study aims to explore covid fear, psychological distress and resilience
among senior citizens and working middle-aged adults during the second wave of
covid-19 pandemic. The sample of 100 was taken; 50 retired senior citizens and 50
working middle-aged adults. It was hypothesized that, there will be a significant difference
in covid fear between retired senior citizen and working middle- age adults, there will
be a significant difference in psychological distress between retired senior citizen and
working middle- age adults, there will be a significant difference in resilience between
retired senior citizen and working middle- age adults and there will be a significant
relationship between covid fear, psychological distress and resilience among retired
senior citizen and working middle- age adults. The results indicate that there exist no
significant differences in the mean of covid fear, psychological distress and resilience
among the two groups- retired senior citizens and working middle-aged adults. The
findings suggest that there lies a positive significant relationship between covid fear
and psychological distress, and negative significant relationship between resilience and
covid fear but there lies no significant relationship between resilience and psychological
distress. Future implications of the study are also discussed
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