Psychological well-being of the spouses of deployed and non-deployed commissioned officers of Indian Armed Forces: A comparative study

Abstract

Spouse of armed force personnel face anxiety and stress during the periods of\rdeployment of their husbands to high altitude and other field areas and stress due to the danger\rof their husband’s life as well as managing every task single handedly. Work pressure and\rseparation from the family together makes the condition worse for the soldier thus, cases of\ranxiety and even suicides among soldiers are also increasing day by day which is also a\rcontributing factor to disturb psychological well being of those spouses whose husbands are\rdeployed away from home. Considering the gravity of the matter present study establishes the\rdifferences of various dimensions of psychological well being and overall psychological well\rbeing between spouses of deployed and non-deployed commissioned officers of armed forces.100\rofficers’ spouses among which 50 were those who belong to deployed category and 50 belonged\rto non-deployed category were selected as respondents. Statistical differences were found\rusing students’ T test. The results of the analysis show significant differences in total\rpsychological well-being, life satisfaction and mental health between deployed and non-deployed\rofficers’ spouses.