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Balachandran. M.
Tagore Arts College, Puducherry.
Raakhee. A.S., and Sam Sananda Raj. H.
S. N. College, Thiruvananthapuram. University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
.
The present study was intended to compare the alienation and life satisfaction of
elderly men and women. For this a sample of 74 men and 102 women belonging to
Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala were selected. Life satisfaction and Alienation
were measured using appropriate standardized psychological tests. The results
showed that elderly men experience less alienation than the elderly women, and the
results were found to be significant. Both the groups do not exhibit significant
differences in their life satisfaction
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