Hope is an optimism that is experienced even though the individual may have little personal control over the situation. This nature of hope changes the behaviour of patients and these changes influence various aspect of personality psychological well-being of patients and make their behaviour somewhat positive towards their disease to cope with it. One’s capacity to hope for things places an absolute limit on one’s power. Thus, Adult hope of patients helps them to deal with their disease in a positive manner. Diabetes is a type of disease in which patients have to face crucial time during their treatment period. The present study has been done to examine the influence of hope on psychological well-being, for this purpose the sample of 100 diabetes patients (50 male and 50 female diabetes patients) were selected randomly from Rajiv Gandhi Centre for diabetes JNMC, A.M.U, Aligarh. The adult hope questionnaire and psychological well-being scale was administered on diabetes patients to collect data. T-test and Pearson product moment co-efficient of correlation were used for data analysis. The obtained result revealed significance difference between male and female diabetes patients on hope and psychological well-being and relationship between hope and psychological well-being was found significantly positive.

Discovering new constructs in the field of psychological health, positive psychology has been successful to introduce new resistance resources for coping with the stressful events, especially at universities students. Positive psychology, as a modern approach, emphasizes on perception and interpretation of happiness and well-being and prediction of the factors related to them as well. Psychological well-being is a multi-dimensional concept; optimism, self-control, happiness, sense of interests, free of failures, anxiety and loneliness has been considered as the special aspects of well-being (Sinha & Verma, 1992). Mc Culloch (1991) shows that positive mood, positive emotions and social support play basic role in constructing psychological well-being.

Taking care of a dependent relative entails different physical, psychological and social changes for caregivers. One of the most affected aspects is the social network and support, due to the lack of opportunities for leisure activities, impossibility to go out to work and changes in family routines. Social support also could act as a moderator when it affects caregiver’s quality of life by altering the direction and/or strength of the relation between the caregiver and his/her quality of life. Thus, social support to caregivers helps them to deal with their quality of life in a positive manner. Quality of life is a person’s perceived assessment of his/her own well-being. This includes emotional, social, and physical aspects of the individual’s life.. The social support scale and WHO quality of life brief questionnaire was administered on care givers of drug addicted people to collect data. T-test and Pearson product moment co-efficient of correlation were used for data analysis. The obtained result revealed significance difference between male and female caregivers of drug addicted people on social support and quality of life and the relationship between social support and quality of life was found significantly positive.

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Problems like CAD and Cancer increasing worldwide. The role of psychological factors in the occurrence of CAD has been, widely excepted. Coronary artery Disease is the condition that affects the heart and sometimes the blood vessels. CAD is considered not only a medical problem but also a social and psychological problem because “the illness changes society’s attitude towards the patient” (Tkhostov, 2002). A significant proportion of CAD patients suffer social, emotional and psychological distress, therefore, psychological interventions have proven to be effective for helping patients suffering from heart ailments. Resilience is defined as an individual’s ability to properly adapt to stress and adversity. Emmey Warner (1970) was one of the early scientists to use the term resilience. Resilient people are free from negative emotions and thoughts, remaining optimistic in most of all situations. Therefore the present study was undertaken to study resilience among CAD patients. The participants for the present study comprised of 100 CAD patients (50 males and 50 females). The sample was drawn from Department of Cardiology, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JNMCH), of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.). Resilience Scale developed by Wangnild and Young’s resilience (1993) was used for the present study. It consists of 25 items measuring 5 sub dimensions VIZ, Equanimity, Perseverance, self-reliance, meaningfulness, and Existential aloneness. Data were analysed using SPSS 16 version.