A Compartive Study On Level Of Problem Solving And Life Satisfaction Among Youth And Old Age Population

Abstract

Life satisfaction and Problem solving skills plays a very important role to flourish one’s life . Life satisfaction is an important aspect of subjective wellbeing. Lack of problem-solving, and satisfaction leads a person to stress, lack of motivation, and anxiety.  These two aspects changes over the time so, the aim of the study is to compare the level of problem solving skills and life satisfaction among youth and old age population. Sample included 80 participants , 40 youth (13 to 20 years) population and 40 old (60 to 70 years) age population. Problem solving ability test (PSAT) by  L.N Dubey and  Satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) by Diener, Emmons &Larsen (1985) was used for data collection. T-test was employed for statistical analysis, result shows that in problem-solving, there is no significant difference between youth and old age groups with a t-value of 4.49 and a p-value of .345 . Similarly for life satisfaction, the t-value is 0.62 with a p-value of 0.30, indicating no significant difference between the two group. Despite varying challenges with age, both youth and old age populations experience comparable levels of satisfaction influenced by their Problem solving abilities.