Psychoticism and Mental Health

By : Manish Kumar Singh, Uma Gupta

Page No: 143-151

Abstract:
The objective of the study was to assess the mental health status of male postgraduate students having varied positions on the scale of psychoticism (P). The revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, EPQ-R, was initially administered to 200 postgraduate students. On the basis of their scores on the psychoticism scale they were selected as participants and categorized into two groups: high P scorers and low P scorers. The criteria for grouping was the mean ± 1 SD of the psychoticism scores. Both the groups were administered tests of stress, anxiety and depression. The comparison of the scores revealed that the high P scorers compared to the low P scorers had higher levels of stress, anxiety and depression.

Further scrutiny of high P scorers revealed that 20 percent postgraduate students were in the “borderline clinical depression” category and 3.33 percent in the “moderate depression” category; for low P scorers, 10 per cent postgraduate students were found in the “borderline clinical depression” category. It is an alarming finding and needs to be taken seriously.

Authors :
Manish Kumar Singh
Ph.D. Scholar – Department of Siddhant Darshan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 221005.

Uma Gupta
Professor – Department of Siddhant Darshan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 221005.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2021.16.01.13