A STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HARDINESS ACROSS DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS OF KASHMIR (J&K), INDIA

Hardiness is the ability of an individual to combat stress. Kobasa (1979) defined hardiness in terms of more specific dimensions of control, commitment and challenge characteristics that may influence both cognitive appraisal and behavior in response to stressful events. The present study is an attempt to ascertain the level of psychological hardiness among bank, education, health and police professions of Kashmir valley. For the conduction of study a sample of 200 officials (50 subjects from each profession) was randomly selected. The measure used for data collection was Kobasa S.C. & Maddi S.R. (1982) psychological hardiness scale. The data was analyzed by computing mean, SD, t-test, ANOVA and Turkeys Post-Hoc (HSD) test. The results revealed that there was a significant difference in level of psychological hardiness among different professions viz. bank, education, police and health.