Vulnerability to Anxiety in Fathers of Children with Neurosis and Psychosis

Abstract

A research was conducted to investigate the level of anxiety among the fathers of neurotic and psychotic children. IPAT anxiety Scale was used along with an in depth interview to obtain information and history. Three hundred fathers participated in the study. Hundred fathers had neurotic children, hundred had psychotic children and hundred had normal children. Chi-square test was computed for the statistical analysis of the data. It was concluded that the fathers of neurotic children have high sten scores on anxiety than the fathers of psychotic children.