Psychology in India: Intersecting Crossroads

India is greying rapidly and with the decline of the strong bonds of the joint family system and the well knit familial relations the aged of to-day and the future will have to make a large number of adjustments and changes in life styles to survive into a happy old age. The present work discusses the psychological and adjustment processes of the aged. The book examines the key issues of aging in the larger context, viz., the effect of age and sex; social class, age and sex; retirement and institutionalisation on the psychological processes of the aged. The focus of the book is on the psychological understanding of the aged, their adjustment, anxiety, self concept, emotional maturity, locus of control, religiosity, stress of life events, strategies of coping with stressful situations, reactions to frustrating situations, social supports, emotional states, attitudes toward death, attitudes toward the aged and the institutionalisation of the aged by the community. The book provides a complete list of old homes in the country with their addresses and also a comprehensive bibliography. The book should provide valuable information to elderly citizens of today and the future, policy-makers and those who implement welfare programmes for the aged, besides serving as a handy reference tool to scholars and academicians interested in research on aging.