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APPENDIX – 1
PERSONAL DATA SCHEDULE SHEET
{Fill the following information}
Name :
Sex :
Age :
Address :
Cast :
Education :
Family type :
(Joint/Nuclear family) :
Occupation :
Domicile (Rural/Urban) :
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APPENDIX - 2
P.G.I. SOCIAL SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE
Constructed and Standardized by Ritu Nehara, P. Kulhara
S.K. Verma (1988) Department of Psychology
PGIMER, Chandigarh
Instruction:
Read carefully and answer the following question how much you are
agreed to the following questions.
1. If you are fully agreed tick or (right) no (4) as correct answer.
2. If you are agreed maximum tick on no (3) (right) as correct answer.
3. If you are agreed slightly means you tick on no (2) (right) as correct
answer.
4. If you are completely disagreed tick or no (1) as correct answer kindly
answer the following question as soon as possible. Your answer will
be kept secretly.
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Sl. No. Question
You are agreed to how much of the following question
Fully Maximum Slightly Disagree 01 No one is worried if
anything happens with me
02 Every one respects me
03 People won’t listen carefully
about what I am talking
04 People always help me more
than their capacity
05 If is difficult to get good
friends
06 If would have been better if
may people understood
properly about me
07 That will be better which my
authorities / elders wanted
to ask
08 If I am failed to solve my
problem responsibility any
one will be there at that time
to awake me
09 We help each other while
working
10 I didn’t get any person in my
life whose ideas and my
ideals are matching with
each other
11 People will not cheat me
more
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12 People will praise me if I do
any good work
13 Incapable thoughts will be
done regarding home/office
work
14 If is very difficult to get
trustable people
15 There are very rare relating
in my life or which I can
faith
16 I feel that I don’t have more
time for fun
17 I feel lonely with my friends
18 People will praise me if I
help them.
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APPENDIX – 3
DEATH ANXIETY SCALE
BY
UPINDER DHAR
SAVITA MEHTA
AND SANTOSH DHAR (1971)
Instructions:
Here is some statement having a choice or Yes or NO against it. You
have to encircle one of the two choices by putting tick (√ ) mark. Encircle the
choice as per its applicability to you. Your response will be kept fully
confidential.
Sl. No
Statements Yes No
01 I do not like old age. Yes No
02 I am afraid of taking medicine given by quack. Yes No
03 I get panicky on having even mild chest pain. Yes No
04 I get terrified on seeing a criminal being hanged. Yes No
05 I cannot see anybody dying. Yes No
06 I dread suffocating surroundings. Yes No
07 I get nervous on hearing about someone’s
sudden death.
Yes No
08 I realize the importance of destiny seeing an
accident.
Yes No
09 I do not want to die a miserable death. Yes No
10 I get frightened on looking into a well. Yes No
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APPENDIX - 4
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING QUESTIONNAIRE
Constructed and Standardized by
Sudha Bhogale and Jai Prakash (1995)
Given below is a number of questions regarding health, well-being, attitudes and interest. We request you to answer them by writing YES if the answer
is true or mostly true of you and NO if the answer is false or mostly false. There is no right or wrong answers. All the information given by you will be kept
confidential. Please cooperate with us and answer frankly.
Sl. No.
STATEMENTS Yes No
01 On the whole I would say my health is good. Yes No 02 Compared to others of my age and background I am better off Yes No 03 In the past I have received much support when I really need it. Yes No 04 My life often seems empty. Yes No 05 I have recently been getting a feeling of tightness or pressure in
my head. Yes No
06 I feel worthless at time Yes No 07 I have felt pleased about having accomplished sometimes Yes No 08 I have recently felt capable of making decisions about things Yes No 09 Life is better now that I had expected it to be Yes No 10 I have recently though of the possibility that I may kill myself Yes No 11 In my case getting what I want does not depend on my luck Yes No 12 I have recently been getting edgy and bad tempered Yes No 13 I have recently felt that on the whole I am going things well Yes No 14 I have recently feeling in need of good tonic Yes No 15 I feel all alone in the world Yes No 16 I have recently been getting pains in my head Yes No 17 I feel I am a person of worth, at least equal to others Yes No 18 I have felt proud because someone complicated me on some
achievement Yes No
19 I have recently been able to enjoy my normal day to day activities
Yes No
20 These are the best years of my life Yes No 21 What happens to me depends on me head Yes No 22 I am happy/satisfied with the support I have received Yes No 23 I have recently felt constantly under strain Yes No 24 I have recently felt perfectly well and in good health Yes No 25 I have recently been satisfied with the way I have carried out
my task Yes No
26 (In case married) considering everything I would say, in marriage, I am satisfied.
Yes No
27 On the whole, I would say that my life is satisfactory at present Yes No
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