A study on mental health, family environment, loneliness and social freedom among married and unmarried women of Kinnaura Tribe (25-40 years of age)

Abstract

The present study entitled "A Study on Mental Health, Family Environment, Loneliness and Social Freedom among married and unmarried women of Kinnaura Tribe (25-40 years of age)" was conducted to assess the level of mental health, family environment, loneliness and social freedom among married and unmarried women of Kinnaura Tribe and to examine the relationship of mental health with family environment, loneliness and social freedom among married and unmarried women of Kinnaura Tribe.Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (Tennant, 2007), Family Environment Scale (Dr Bhatia and Dr N.K Chadha, 1993), Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell et al., 1980) and Women Social Freedom Scale (Dr.L.I Bhushan, 2008) were administered on 120 women (married-60) (unmarried-60) of Kinnaura Tribe (25-40 years of age), living in Kalpa block of District Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh.The objectives of the study were: (i) to assess the levels of mental health among married and unmarried women of Kinnaura Tribe, (ii) to examine the relationship of family environment, loneliness and social freedom with mental health among married and unmarried women of Kinnaura Tribe.Results revealed that (i) married women perceived significantly high mental health as compared to unmarried women.Correlation analysis revealed that (i) family environment is positively correlated with mental health, (ii) loneliness is negatively correlated with good mental health, (iii) social freedom is positively correlated with mental health.