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Background: Stress can cause a significant impact on social and occupational participation to the extent that is significant clinically. This study thus aims to verify any correlation among self-reported mindfulness, perceived stress, and psychological well-being among individuals in intimacy versus isolation (19-40 years) and generativity versus stagnation (40-65 years) stage of Erick Erikson's classification of development. Objectives: (1) To measure psychological well-being, mindfulness, and perceived stress in people from the two developmental stages. (2) To study the correlation between psychological factors (the six dimensions of psychological well-being and mindfulness) with stress in each group. (3) To compare between these two developmental stages and the relationship between psychological factors and stress. Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study. Methods: Males and females belonging to intimacy versus isolation (19-40 years) and generativity versus stagnation (40-65 years) stage of Erick Erikson's classification of development were included in the study. Paper-based version of perceived stress scale, mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS), and Ryff's psychological well-being scale were administered. The scores of perceived stress scale, MAAS, and Ryff's psychological well-being were compared. Results: individuals belonging to the intimacy versus isolation stage showed higher scores on stress and lower scores on mindfulness as compared to individuals in generativity versus stagnation (40-65 years) stage of development. Conclusions: Individuals who are more mindful experience less stress. Thus, practicing mindfulness can help deal with stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Many studies conducted in this area shows that parents of children with disabilities experience a higher level of stress compared to children with typical development (Sanders and Morgan, 1997). Objectives: The primary aim of the study is to determine the amount of stress among parents of children with different types of developmental disabilities and to assess the need of stress management among parents of children with special needs. Methods: Consent from parents was taken; Parental Stress Scale was administered on 140 parents in the language of their choice: English, Hindi, and Marathi. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional survey. Results: There was a statistically nonsignificant difference seen for the values between the groups (P > 0.05) of different developmental disabilities for total Parental Stress Scale also there was no significant correlation between the age of the parents and level of stress. We also found a statistically highly significant difference for the values between the groups (P < 0.01) for age of the child, with higher values in group children with disabilities. Conclusion: Parents with special needs children are at more risk of stress and it is very important to address the stress and timely refer it for stress management and in severe cases, it should be referred to the psychiatric clinic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]