Realities of the Present-A Challenge for the Future

The objective of the study was to study the effect of aging, gender and nature of life on Interpersonal Relationship. The locale of the study was confined to the state of Rajasthan. The total sample for the present study consisted of 240 respondents. The respondents were divided into early old age i.e. 60–70 years and advanced old age i.e. 70–80 years age range, gender i.e. male and female and nature of life i.e. married or single. Self developed Interpersonal Relationship Questionnaire was used. The results indicate that advanced old aged possess higher level of interpersonal relationship as compared to early old aged. Females showed higher level of interpersonal relationship as compared to males. Married elderly showed higher level of interpersonal relationship as compared to single elderly.