An Analysis Of Neurotic Proneness Among Tribal And Non Tribal Students

Abstract

This study aims to examine the psychological problems such as fear, anxiety, insecurity, inferiority complex and level of confidence among tribal and non tribal students. The focus of the designed study was to scrutinize and examine the basic indicators such as economy, health, education and their relationship with psychological wellbeing. As we know that tribal people having common ancestor, common customs and traditions. These people are geographically isolated, economically backward and distinctive in culture. The tribal people by and large have social and health issues such as malaria, malnutrition, child mortality, maternal health problems, addiction and sickle cell disease, animal bites and literacy etc. The investigator has employed descriptive method in order to study neurotic proneness among tribal and non tribal students. The sample for the present study consists of 100 students, 50 tribal and 50 non tribal. The tribal students have been identified from the various secondary school institutions of District Anantnag (Kashmir Division). The purposive sampling technique has been used to collect the data of tribal students while as random sampling technique has been used to collect the data of non tribal students. The R.N. Kundu Neurotic Personality Inventory was administered to the sample subjects. The data has been analyzed by applying mean, standard deviation and t-test in order to draw main findings:
The results of the study clearly show that tribal secondary school students have high neurotic proneness as compared to non tribal secondary school students. The tribal students have been hampered by complex and countless factors like poverty, undernourishment, and poor housing services. The economical backwardness, geographical isolation, lack of awareness, health and hygiene facilities affects their psychological wellbeing and results mental health problems. Due to exploitation of natural recourses life of tribal people got affected in all respects and finally gave birth to mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder etc. Tribal per capita income is very meager much lesser than the Indian average. The tribal people fail to fulfill the basic needs and requirements of their family due to extreme poverty. Most of the tribal population is unhealthy due to lack of nutritious food or balanced diet, which directly affects their physical and mental health. The ill health and economical backwardness results oversensitivity, sense of insecurity and fear among these people. The miserable and heartbroken condition of these people affected entire standard of life particularly education  of their children. Counseling can be used to help with many different mental health conditions. It will help to provide tribal students awareness, knowledge and skill competency which will enable them to confront social inadequacy. It helps to make suitable career choice in different field’s viz. teaching, engineering, medicine, fashion designing, music or other professional or unprofessional fields. The other coping strategies viz. crave out hobby time, managing hostile feelings, releasing pent up emotions, regular exercise, cultural activities, reading books, should be adopted in order to channelize the abilities and promote psychological wellbeing of tribal students. With a good education, they could also become well-informed about healthy living, making them more likely to live longer. An education also exposes them to new people and gain experiences which can have a positive impact on their life.