Emotional stability and adjustment of Muslim dominated Hindu villagers

Abstract

With the objective of investigating into the effect of Hindu and Muslim dominance on Emotional Stability and Adjustment of Hindu villagers Hindi version of Mental Health Battery (MHB-SS) constructed and standardized by Singh, A.K. and Sengupta, A. (2012) was administered on 400 Hindu villagers. Out of these 400 Hindu villagers there were 280 Hindu dominated villagers (170 male + 110 female) and 120 Muslim dominated villagers (70 male + 50 female). Sample was collected from different villages of Chhapra and Siwan district of Bihar. The age range of subjects was from 20 to 55 years. The analysis and comparison of Emotional stability and adjustment scores of Hindu dominated and Muslim dominated villagers and male and female villagers revealed that Hindu dominated villagers are significantly higher than Muslim dominated villagers on emotional stability and adjustment. Sex variable has been found significantly influencing only emotional stability of only Hindu dominated villagers.