Effect of Health Style on Eight Mood States among Adults

Abstract

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the effect of health style on eight mood states among adults. There was one independent variable Health style, varied at three levels Good, Average and Poor. The dependent variable was eight mood states i.e, anxiety, stress, depression, regression, fatigue, guilt, extraversion and arousal. For this purpose, the sample was consisted of 180 subjects of age range 35 to 40 years of age. In this investigation two tools were used, Eight State Questionnaire (8SQ) constructed and standardized by Malaya Kapoor & Dr. Mahesh Bhargava (1990) and Health style a self-test developed by Sheridan & Radmachers (1992). Obtained data were analyzed by using, Mean, SD and one way ANOVA. The results indicate that health style significantly affect the level of anxiety, stress, fatigue and guilt while, not a significant factor for depression, regression, extraversion and arousal among adults.