IMPACT OF LOCKDOWN AND SERVICE CONDITIONS ON DAILY HASSLES AND DEPRESSION: A DEVELOPMENTAL ANALYSIS

This study was aimed to ascertain the impact of lockdown and service conditions on daily hassles and depression from adevelopmental perspective.It was contended that (1) variation in each would cause variation in the magnitude of dailyhassles and depression (2) employed women would feel more hassles and depression as compared to those who wereonly homemakers and (3) the period of lockdown would evince more depression as compared to pre- lockdown period.240 participants ranging between 30- 50 years of age were taken into consideration and they were held from Almora andHaldwani,cities of Uttarakhand.Participants were arranged according to the requirements of 2x2x2 factorial design with 2 levels of age ( 30-35 years and45-50 years), 2 types of service conditions (employed and unemployed), and 2 types of the time period (pre-lockdownand during lockdown) i.e.30 participants per cell.Depression scale by Shamim & Tiwari and Daily hazels scale by Shukla& Joshi were used. Data collection was done individually/ in-group as for the availability of the participants. Data wereanalyzed by 3-way Analysis of Variance and it was noted that depression and daily hassles were increased withadvancing age and during the lockdown period. Moreover, it was also found that employed women faced moredepression and daily hassles as compared to homemakers.Findings were interpreted in terms of chronological age,service conditions,and time period as effectors of daily hazelsand depression. At last, recommendations were made to minimize the magnitude of daily hazels and depression inwomen.