Impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in Punjab, Pakistan: the moderating role of religosity

Depression is a well-known psychiatric issue among the elderly in Pakistan. In this regard, the loneliness seems a critical source to create depression on the older people of Punjab, Pakistan. Nevertheless, owing to many demographic factors that limit their locus of control and troublesomeness of l...

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Main Author:	Bukhari, Fatima Khurram
Format:	Thesis
Language:	aa eng aa
Published:	2019
Subjects:	BF Psychology
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spelling	my-uum-etd.83412022-02-16T02:00:09Z Impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in Punjab, Pakistan: the moderating role of religosity 2019 Bukhari, Fatima Khurram Mahmood, Yahaya Mat Saad, Zarina Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts & Sciences BF Psychology Depression is a well-known psychiatric issue among the elderly in Pakistan. In this regard, the loneliness seems a critical source to create depression on the older people of Punjab, Pakistan. Nevertheless, owing to many demographic factors that limit their locus of control and troublesomeness of loneliness, the effectiveness of religiosity has the tool to overcome depression. The study therefore, aims to estimate the impact of loneliness and locus of control on geriatric depression; the moderating role of religiosity of elderly people of Punjab, Pakistan. Towards this end, primary data has been gathered from 384 respondents that were selected through a stratified random sampling. Close ended questionnaires were employed for data collection and data were analyzed using hierarchal regression, T-test and Analysis of variance. The findings of the study show that loneliness is found to be significant in explaining geriatric depression. Interestingly, locus of control which is measured by locus of control total, internal locus of control, external locus of control and powerful others locus of control is also found to have a significant relationship with geriatric depression. Furthermore, the religiosity as a moderator is also found to be significant in explaining geriatric depression. The study concludes that the effort to overcome geriatric depression in Punjab Pakistan should not be focused just on loneliness and locus of control to them. It must come simultaneously with significant moderating impact of religiosity. This can be done through religiosity such as more participation in religious gatherings and reducing the socio-cultural barriers that hinder them from realizing their full potential of religiosity. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8341/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8341/1/S95492_01.pdf text aa public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8341/2/S95492_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8341/3/S95492%20REFERENCES.docx text aa public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Mahmood, Yahaya Mat Saad, Zarina
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description	Depression is a well-known psychiatric issue among the elderly in Pakistan. In this regard, the loneliness seems a critical source to create depression on the older people of Punjab, Pakistan. Nevertheless, owing to many demographic factors that limit their locus of control and troublesomeness of loneliness, the effectiveness of religiosity has the tool to overcome depression. The study therefore, aims to estimate the impact of loneliness and locus of control on geriatric depression; the moderating role of religiosity of elderly people of Punjab, Pakistan. Towards this end, primary data has been gathered from 384 respondents that were selected through a stratified random sampling. Close ended questionnaires were employed for data collection and data were analyzed using hierarchal regression, T-test and Analysis of variance. The findings of the study show that loneliness is found to be significant in explaining geriatric depression. Interestingly, locus of control which is measured by locus of control total, internal locus of control, external locus of control and powerful others locus of control is also found to have a significant relationship with geriatric depression. Furthermore, the religiosity as a moderator is also found to be significant in explaining geriatric depression. The study concludes that the effort to overcome geriatric depression in Punjab Pakistan should not be focused just on loneliness and locus of control to them. It must come simultaneously with significant moderating impact of religiosity. This can be done through religiosity such as more participation in religious gatherings and reducing the socio-cultural barriers that hinder them from realizing their full potential of religiosity.
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author	Bukhari, Fatima Khurram
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title	Impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in Punjab, Pakistan: the moderating role of religosity
title_short	Impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in Punjab, Pakistan: the moderating role of religosity
title_full	Impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in Punjab, Pakistan: the moderating role of religosity
title_fullStr	Impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in Punjab, Pakistan: the moderating role of religosity
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in Punjab, Pakistan: the moderating role of religosity
title_sort	impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in punjab, pakistan: the moderating role of religosity
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
publishDate	2019
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8341/1/S95492_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8341/2/S95492_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8341/3/S95492%20REFERENCES.docx
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Impact of loneliness and locus of control on depression among the elderly in Punjab, Pakistan: the moderating role of religosity

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