Gender Difference on Hope & Psychological Well-being among the Parents of Differently Abled Children

Abstract

The aim of the present research is to study hope and psychological well-being among the parents of differently abled children. For this purpose, Hope scale developed by C.R Snyder (1992) and psychological well-being scale developed by Bhoghle & Prakash (1995) were administered to the sample of 200 parents. The participants were selected randomly from composite regional center Bemina Srinagar (J&K). Out of 200 parents, 88 were fathers and 112 were mothers. The independent sample t-test was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed a statistically significant difference between fathers and mothers having differently abled children on both hope and psychological well-being variable.