A Study of Type-D Personality and Depression Among Two Major Dieses: Coronary Heart Dieses (C.H.D) and Kidney Patients

Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to investigate difference between coronary heart dieses (C.H.D) and Kidney patients on type – D personality and Depression. The total sample consisted of 120 patients, whom 60 are coronary heart dieses (C.H.D) patients and 60 are Kidney patients were selected to different hospital in Ahmedabad, and Gandhinagar district in Gujarat. The research tools for type – D personality scale was measured by John Denollet (2005) and Depression scale was measured by Lonard.R, & Deragraties scale was used in this research. Here ‘t’ test was applied to check significance difference of the patients and ‘r’ was used to check correlation between type – D personality and Depression. The finding of the study revealed that there was significant difference on type – D personality between coronary heart dieses (C.H.D) and Kidney patients and there was also significant difference on Depression between coronary heart dieses (C.H.D) and Kidney patients. The correlation between type –D personality and Depression is positive 0.82, so we can say that it is a very high positive correlation, and which is significance at 0.01 levels. So, we also say that when the type – D personality is Increases the Depression is also Increases.