DISSOCIATIVE PHENOMENOLOGY, STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AND SUBJECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN HARYANA, INDIA

Abstract

Background: Now a day's stress has been known as a significant health issue, which is also related to morbidity as well as mortality. Because everyone is experienced so many stressful life situations in their life which are more likely to, later on, have many succeeding psychological problems. Objective: To assess the relationship and severity between stressful life events, dissociative phenomenology and subjective mental health rating in the general population.Method: A group of 100 healthy participants from Medical College, Rohtak (Haryana), India was selected on the basis of convenience and snowball sampling techniques. Tools: Socio-demographic datasheet, General Health Questionnaire-12, Dissociative Experience Scale-28 and Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale were used in the present study for obtained the objectives.Results: There is a significant relationship has been seen between depersonalization and education (r=-0.233, p<0.005), absorption and education (r=-0.315, p<0.001), age (r=-0.232, p<0.005). On stressful life experience, marital and sexual problem and mental health (r=-0.246, p<0.005), education-related with depersonalization and absorption (r=0.203 & r=0.235, p<0.005) respectively. Chi-Square value showed that there is a significant difference between gender in term of mental health (χ²= 5.76, p=0.01), the severity of dissociative symptoms (χ²= 9.00, p=0.003) and stressful life events (χ²= 49.52, p=0.01). Conclusion: Male participants reported more dissociative symptoms than female. Female participants reported a more mild level of traumatic events in comparison to male.