Volume : 8, Issue : 4, APR 2022

DIFFERENCE AMONG MIDLIFE CRISES BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN

VIDHI SHARMA, DR. MANORANJAN TRIPATHY

Abstract

As we know that anxiety and midlife crisis is related with each other and has some impact on each other, and affect the daily routine of the midlife aged people in different setting. A midlife crisis could be caused by aging itself or aging in combination with changes, problems, or regrets over: work and lack of career, lack of them. To see the differences among midlife crises between men and women. The present study investigated the effect of anxiety on midlife crisis of man and women. For this research 60 participants between the age range of 30-60 were selected by the simple random sampling method and ex-post facto research design is used. For testing this research null hypothesis were used. For inclusive method, researcher have included middle aged subjects of age group 30-60 years, man and women are included, where as in exclusive method researcher excluded 60+ peoples and also old age, because the researcher wants to study in middle aged. For collecting the data, researcher applied Sinha’s comprehensive anxiety test and t-test is used for statistical analysis. Results shows that there is not significant difference between the level of anxiety man and women. Thus, the null hypothesis has been not rejected. Results also reveal that is anxiety level high in men have more anxiety than women as their growing age, inevitable morality, and lack of accomplishment in life.

Keywords

MIDLIFE CRISES, ANXIETY.

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