• Pooja Devi
• Dr. Priyanka Chaudhary
• Dr. Rajwant kaur Randhawa

ABSTRACT : The demographic characteristics of the sample, majority 36.0% of them were in the age group of 60-64 years. Regarding the gender majority 55% of them were males. Eighty percentages of them were married people resided in the old age home. Considering the type of family 86.0 % of them were lived in nuclear family. Regarding the number of children majority 44.0% of them had > two children. Considering the income status majority 51.0% got supported from their relatives and family. Regarding the type of support majority 50.0% of them were supported by their son/ daughter. In psychological problems assessment scale, reveals that majority 60% of the elderly had moderate level of psychological problems. 31% of them had severe level of psychological problems and 9 % had mild psychological problems. In psychological problems assessment scale, analysis shows that majority 43% of the elderly were had fair level of coping strategies towards psychological problems. 29 % of the elderly persons were having good level of coping strategy towards psychological problems. 28 % of the elderly persons were having poor level of coping strategy towards psychological problems. The result shows that, there was negative correlation between Psychological problems score and coping strategy score. It means if their coping increases psychological problems decreases. Result shows that there was significant association between psychological problems and demographic variables of marital status and income status of elderly persons residing in the old age home. It was confirmed by using chi square test p value 0.01.Result shows that there was significant association between the level of coping strategies and the demographic variables of age and those who had more than two children

KEY WORDS : Psychological problems ,Coping strategies, Elderly and Old age home.

" “A study to assess the psychological problems and coping strategies of elderly persons residing in selected old age homes, Gobindgarh (Punjab ).”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.e657-e666, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112479.pdf

" “A study to assess the psychological problems and coping strategies of elderly persons residing in selected old age homes, Gobindgarh (Punjab ).”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppe657-e666, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112479.pdf