To Determine the Level of Neuroticism Among Normal Young Adults

Abstract

Neuroticism, tendency to feel negative emotions, is a condition or trait in which how vulnerable a person to negative emotion such as anxiety, depression and anger. Neuroticism have two aspects one is withdrawal which includes anticipatory anxiety, self-consciousness, embarrassment, withdrawing in the face of unexpected, feeling of sadness, loveliness, and disappointment. On the other hand, second aspects are volatility which includes emotionally unstable, argumentative, irritable, don’t handle stress, always talking about the problems. Usually, withdrawal aspects connected with what might happen and volatility connected with what has happen. In the other researchers’ studies indicates that neuroticism seen in young adults, now a days. Mostly young women are more often effective with neuroticism as compare to men. In past few months number of neuroticism cases increased, due to current situation of COVID, lockdown, online classes. In the present study, an attempt has been made to find out the level of neuroticism among young adults aged from 20s to 30s years among of male and female. In this regards, Medico Psychological Questionnaire (MPQ) devised by Dr. J. Bharat Raj has been taken for the present study. 25 male and 25 female has been taken on the above-mentioned age group. Result indicates that (mean of male subjects=42.92, mean of female subjects=41.80) have not cross the cut-off point (46). So, the present study indicate there is no neurotic trend among the subjects taken for this study.