02403nas a2200325   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001600084653000900100653001100109653003200120653001800152653001200170653001600182653001600198653002200214653001400236653002100250100001600271700001100287700001200298245010000310300001200410490000700422050001600429520161800445022001402063       1984                            d  c1984 Apr-Jun10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAge Factors10aAged10aHumans10aIdentification (Psychology)10aIndividuality10aleprosy10aMiddle Aged10aPersonality10aRandom Allocation10aSick Role10aSocial Isolation1 aChauhan N S1 aDhar U1 aSingh Y00aExperiences of identification and differentiation as functions of leprosy, personality and age.  a292-3000 v56  aCHAUHAN19843 a<p>It is a study of sociogenic need satisfactions that determines the homeostasis of 'being' by remaining contingent conditions of perpetuation or debasement of the social 'self'. The paper has a focus on identification satisfaction and differentiation experience of patients of the highly stigmatized leprosy. The study proceeds with an 'Experimental Group--Control-Group' randomized design. Experimental Groups are two, viz., those of Lepromatous and Non-lepromatous patients. 'Control Group' consists of 'disease-free' normal people. The three independent variables are disease types, age, personality factors. The dependent variables are two, viz., score of identification satisfaction and differentiation experience, measured by standardized tools. Each dependent variable has four '3 X 3 X 2' factorial experiments to test 56 'Null Hypotheses'. The sample consists of 360 elements for each one of the eight experiments. Leprosy elements are drawn from the Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy and the 'Kushta Seva Sadan' (Agra). The 'F' test is run for statistical verification of 'Null hypotheses'. Results show presence of 'role-reversion' and 'role negation' of age and personality factors. The disease possesses 'anti-roles'. It does not allow age and personality factors to promote identification satisfaction and to demote differentiation and experience. The disease actively promotes differentiation and demotes identification through its own 'alien system'. The senescents are the greatest sufferers. 'Social Stigma' works a 'social thanatos' and exposes senescents to substantial 'self-erosion'.</p>  a0254-9395