45 SHANLAX International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities http://www.shanlaxjournals.in Effect of Change Proneness on the Psychological Well-Being of the Elderly Women Dr.Tasneem Kauser Assistant Professor Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Home Science Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai Abstract The present investigation attempts to find out the effect of change proneness on the psychological well-being of the elderly women. The present study was conducted on 120 elderly women from different old age homes and also from residence of Chennai city of which 60 were living with children and 60 were living without children. Out of the 60 elderly women, 30 were from urban area and 30 were from rural area. The same was repeated with the other group also. The tools used for the investigation were Development of Change Proneness Scale by Pratibha Sood and Shalini Bhogle (1997) and Ryff’s Psychological well being 18 item (1998). The collected data was tabulated and subjected to statistical analysis using mean, standard deviation,‘t’- test and Karl Pearson’s Coefficient Correlation. The results of the present study revealed that women living with family spend more time with friends and they are more socially active. To be a part of the circle they are ready to adapt to changes rather than being rigid. Although minimal difference was found between both the groups change proneness was found to be slightly high among elderly women living with family. Change proneness was found to be more among elderly female staying in rural area than those staying in urban area. This reveals that elderly in rural area are more attached to family and are willing to adapt to change rather than being rigid. Elderly staying in urban area had better psychological well-being than those in rural area as they had better facilities in urban areas. It was also revealed that there was found to be relationship between psychological well-being and change proneness among the elderly female which indicates that more a person is flexible and adapts to change better will be the relationship with family and inturn better will be the psychological well being. Keywords: Change proneness, Psychological well-being, Elderly women, Locality, place of residence. Introduction Ageing is an inevitable developmental phenomenon bringing along a number of changes in the physical, psychological, hormonal and the social conditions. Ageing in terms of the biology; refers to “the regular changes that occur in mature genetically representative organism living under reprehensive environmental conditions as they advance in chronological age.” Old people are also called “senior citizens” or “elders”. Elders are considered to be wise because they have had much experience in their long lives. Many cultures view elders with respect and kindness, OPEN ACCESS Volume: 6 Special Issue: 1 Month: March Year: 2019 ISSN: 2321-788X Impact Factor: 3.025 Citation: Kauser, Tasneem. “Effect of Change Proneness on the Psychological Well- Being of the Elderly Women.” Shanlax Internatioal Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities, vol. 6, no. S1, 2019, pp. 45–50. DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.5281/ zenodo.2586378