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IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review is an indexed and refereed journal published monthly by the Indian Association of Health, Research, and Welfare (IAHRW). IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review likely aims to promote interdisciplinary research in social sciences by providing a platform for scholars, academicians, and professionals. Its primary objectives include fostering discussions on contemporary social issues, policy-making, and human development while encouraging evidence-based research in sociology, psychology, political science, economics, and cultural studies. The journal focuses on areas such as social behavior, education, governance, gender studies, mental health, and societal well-being. Its goals include publishing high-quality research, supporting academic discourse, and contributing to knowledge that influences social policies and community development. IAHRW IJSSR is a peer-reviewed journal, and the papers are published after a review process by the review panel of the journal. This journal has been published regularly since 2013. For more details write to us at iahrw2019@gmail.com
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Sunil Saini, PhD
Indian Association of Health Research and Welfare, Hisar, Haryana, India
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Rankoana Sejabaledi Agnes, PhD, University of Limpopo, South Africa
Sakhile Manyathi, PhD, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Anita Sharma, PhD, HP University, Shimla, HP
C R. Darolia, PhD, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana
Damanjit Sandhu, PhD, Punjabi University, Patiala
Jaspreet Kaur, PhD, Punjabi University Patiala
Ritesh Kumar Singh, PhD, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi
Radhy Shyam, PhD, MD University, Rohtak, Haryana
Rekha Sapra, PhD, University of Delhi, Delhi
Sandeep Singh, PhD, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana
Sangeeta Trama, PhD, Punjabi University, Patiala
Sunita Malhotra, PhD, Former Dean, MD University, Rohtak, Haryana
Waheeda Khan, PhD, SGT University, Gurugram
Editor-in-Chief: Sunil Saini, PhD, President Indian Association of Health, Research and Welfare (IAHRW)
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Panda, T., Lamba, V., Goyal, N., Saini, S., Boora, S., Cruz. (2018). Psychometric Testing in Schools. Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 8(2), 213–245.
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Slifka, M. K., & Whitton, J. L. (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Journal of Molecular Medicine, doi:10.1007/s001090000086
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Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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O’Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107–123). New York: Springer.
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Abou-Allaban, Y., Dell, M. L., Greenberg, W., Lomax, J., Peteet, J., Torres, M., & Cowell, V. (2006). Religious/spiritual commitments and psychiatric practice. Resource document. American Psychiatric Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20100308014645/http://www.psych.org:80/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/200604.pdf. Accessed 25 June 2007.
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Pages: 100-106 Debjani Datta and Sonali De (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal) Advertisements are regularly floated in the media that exhibit sufficiently 'bold' messages, to make them stand out in the cluttered world of advertising. Sex being the most primitive instinct of human beings, it is being widely used for tantalizing sexual fantasies of the consumers. This study was conducted upon 60 female participants, age ranging from 20-60 yrs, with the aim to develop an understanding about their acceptance of use of sexual appeal in advertisements. For this purpose, 9 advertisements having varying degrees of sexual content, selected from a pool of 194 advertisements based on judgement of experts, were rated by the participants for sexual content and sexual appeal on 10 point equal interval scale. Data were analysed statistically using Mean, SD, t test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Findings show that even when consumers perceived variation in the extent of sexual contents of advertisements, their liking for those sexual contents did not vary accordingly. Implications of the findings were discussed. |
Pages: 107-111 Hitaishi, Shama Norein Major, and Divya Gautam (Department of Elementary Education, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi) “People have an inherent desire to appraise themselves, typically in contrast to others”, according to Leon Festinger's social comparison theory (1954). “People categorise (including themselves) in order to comprehend their social surroundings and social identity” (Tajfel, 1979). People do evaluation of themselves in relation to others by comparing and classifying. This process plays a crucial role in identity formation. Identity development is precisely a personal process which occurs in a specific social and cultural context. Media since its inception has been playing an important role in setting the context and portraying the image of women by showing the ideal body image. Media plays a crucial role in perpetuating the societal concept of "stereotypical attractiveness". There is reduction in social interaction and increased usage of social media due to the pandemic COVID-19. At a personal level, people absorb more messages from social media (Lee, 2009). How these messages of the media affect the perception of young women about their body image in relation to the images which the media perpetuates for being attractive for women in society in setting beauty trends of society. The current study is an attempt to understand how young women perceive their body image and how they view themselves in relation to others, and how they develop their own social identities, in light of the media's influence in the contemporary context of COVID-19 pandemic. An online questionnaire was constructed to collect data from 152 respondents. The data was analysed qualitatively into percentages and themes. The findings show that the respondents' attitudes about their body image and actions are contradictory, as they compare themselves to women on social media. They use filters and do care about the opinion of other people about their own appearance. Majority of respondents in this study had never been subjected to online body shaming. They were concerned with negative trolling, pressures, judgments, and being deemed "unfit" for what is deemed "attractive." in the society by messages of the media. Respondents were convinced about the malpractices of the media and were quite critical of the same. The study suggests that media should portray women in more realistic body images which could actually help women retain a healthy body image. Young women should recognise that one is capable of going beyond the "idealised attractive bodies" which are promoted by society through “social stereotypical attractiveness” and, particularly, when social media promotes unattainable body images for young women from different social -cultural contexts. The implications of the study reiterates that young women should develop positive body image and be in congruence with their real self than ideal self which is based on unrealistic expectations created by social stereotypical attractiveness norms set by society and influenced by media's portrayals of women. |
Pages: 112-114 Amita Girdhar, Jyoti Pareek, Suman Ghalawat, Megha Goyal, and Subodh Agarwal (Department of Business Management, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) The main aim of this study is to present various issues and problems of vegetables supply chain in Fatehabad, a district situated in south-western part of Haryana. The purpose of this study was to see the issues perceived by the farmers in vegetable cultivation and to explore the link of the chosen characteristics of the vegetable growers with their problems. In this survey total 200 farmers were selected from various part of Fatehabad. Information about various aspects of vegetable supply chain management were collected, ranging from demographic to storage and transportation. It can be concluded that the supply chain of Vegetables is burdened with post-harvest wastages and losses due to long chain, dependency on chain, lack of transportation facilities, less efficient Mandi system, poor infrastructure of distribution, less adequate cold chain facilities, higher cost of packing, poor linkage in supply chain etc. It results in poor price realization of farmers on one hand and over prices paid by buyers on the other end. |
Pages: 115-120 Joji Joseph1 and Rodel P. Canlas2 (Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines1 and Department of Psychology, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines2) The state of women who are victims of intimate partner violence is denoted by the word 'battered'. Such atrocities against women have become a rampant issue in India, with appalling physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, and economic consequences. The quality of life is significantly low among women around the world as the levels of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms have been found in 55-92% of women with a history of battering. The present study aims to develop and examine the efficacy of a self-supportive intervention on post-traumatic stress symptoms and quality of life among battered wives in Madhya Pradesh, India. This intervention aims to reduce the level of post-traumatic stress symptoms and increase the quality of life among battered wives based on mindfulness-based cognitive theory, and emotional processing theory. Posttraumatic Symptom Scale Instruments Version for DSM-5 (PSS-I-5) and WHO Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQOL) will be utilized as assessment tools. This study will make use of a mixed research method. The current study will be executed based on the main three elements of Conklin's (1997) 'program development model'; namely, (1) planning, (2) design and implementation, and (3) evaluation of the newly created program (SSI). |
Pages: 121-125 Meagan Fernandez and Madhavi Menon (Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL) Modern society is very heavily influenced by the media, be it television, video, newspapers, movies, the internet, or social media. The media is responsible for the dissemination of information as well as shaping attitudes and belief systems. The media's influence on gender stereotypes has affected how many individuals view the different genders and has also impacted how individuals behave in accordance with prevalent gender norms and stereotypes. The media has constructed gender norms, definitions of masculinity and femininity, general stereotypes, and the overall image of how each gender should be. It depicts activities that may not be appropriate or safe, but it normalizes them for each gender, thereby establishing norms that impact persons who may or may not adhere to these ideas and standards. The current paper reviews the literature with a special focus on the impact of varied media on the development and maintenance of gender stereotypes and behaviors. |
Pages: 126-129 Megha Goyal, Vinay Mehla, Shivender Dhiman, Ekta Yadav, and Suman Ghalawat (CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) In this era of globalisation, it is very vital for Indian farmers to produce higher production within minimum cost by emphasizes the need to educate farmers for adopting improved technology. Vermicompost is superior among the most efficient methods for recycling organic waste as with the hefty use of fertilizers, the fertile lands were affected and as a result humans were immensely affected. It is an eco-friendly easy technology for handling biodegradable waste and encourage efficient recycling of biomass even generates income and employment for the rural poor is being promoted as a prudent option. The present study was conducted to Assess the Farmer's Attitude and Knowledge, Factors Influencing and Constraints faced by them in the adoption of Vermicompost in Jind district, Haryana. The findings of the study exhibited that the majority of farmers (82% & above) agreed that the use of vermicompost decreases the use of fertilizers, it also reduces the environmental pollution and improve the quality & quantity of output. Further validity and reliability of a questionnaire has been tested using Cronbach's alpha method. The factor analysis with 12 observed variables summarized in terms of three imperative factors with Cronbach alpha values .845, .836 and .674. Cronbach alpha for all the factors is greater than 0.6, hence questionnaire is reliable and strength of factor 1 is more with higher value of Cronbach alpha. The study has specified that majority of farmers (84%) were having moderate level of knowledge and a favorable attitude towards vermicompost technology. In addition, major constraints noted were- the non-availability of worms in nearby market, high temperature during summers and lack of knowledge about preparation of vermicompost. As a whole, the findings of the study concluded that food safety, better plant quality, environmental safety, nutrition content & improve soil aeration are effective variables with high factor loading. Vermicomposting technology is highly beneficial and helps in improving the economic status of the manufacturers and farmers. To remove constraints and for hastening the use of vermicompost, it is essential to train farmers, every stakeholder including farmers, governmental functionaries and non-governmental organizations should focus and organized efforts need to be taken to remove the constraints. |
Pages: 130-135 Nisha Yadav, Jatesh Kathpalia, and Rashmi Tyagi (Department of Sociology, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana) Increase in Population is a major burning issue in India. With increase in population, the requirement for food is increasing day by day. To achieve the requirement of food production the use of chemical fertilizers, toxic pesticides, and hybrids are increasing day by day and due to this the human health and nature are being adversely affected. Organic Farming is the only way to protect ourselves and nature from deadly chemicals. Now a days among the farmers the knowledge and attitude about organic agriculture in India is increasing. So keeping in mind the importance of organic method verses conventional method and to keep the soil alive, a study was conducted among 120 organic and conventional farmers. The study was carried out in four districts of Haryana state namely Hisar, Bhiwani, Kaithal, and Sonepat to know the attitude and knowledge level along with factors associated with knowledge level. Results revealed that half of the organic respondents (50%) had medium knowledge level where as 33.34 % and 16.66 % of respondent had high and low knowledge level respectively where as 48.33% of conventional farmers had medium knowledge and 38.33% and 13.34% were having low and high knowledge level respectively. Attitude of the farmers regarding organic farming showed that pest pressure was major problem in organic farming, got rank I, food security and health can attained through organic, rank II and organic was comparative complex than conventional got ranked III with weighted mean score 2.61, 2.55,2.41 respectively. Socio-economic factors significantly associated with knowledge level of adopter farmers were age, education, family type, size of land holding, mass media exposure, annual income, social participation, and extension contacts. Overall organic farming is a new system of agriculture that repairs, maintains and improves the ecological balance. |
Pages: 136-142 Deepali Dogra and Tejpreet Kaur Kang (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab) The present study was undertaken to assess the determinants of psychological capital among rural and urban adolescents residing in Ludhiana district of Punjab state. The sample comprised of 400 school going adolescents (16-18 years) selected randomly from Government Senior Secondary Schools. A personal information sheet was used to record data regarding demographic profile. Psychological Capital scale developed by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio was used to assess the psychological capital among adolescents. Significant locale-wise differences were found at low level of efficacy dimension of psychological capital. Significant locale differences existed between adolescents which revealed that major proportion of rural respondents than urban respondents were found at medium level of psychological capital. Higher percentage of urban respondents then rural respondents existed at medium category of optimism dimension of psychological capital. With regard to total sample significant locale differences were found at medium level as well as among boys of both rural and urban areas. |
Pages: 143-146 Seema Parmar1, Sandhya Sharma2, and Dinesh Kumari3 (CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana1,2 and BPSITTR, BPSMV, Khanpurkalan, Sonepat, Haryana3) The present study reflects the research output of National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (NITK), Haryana (India) during 2012 to 2021 by using data from Scopus database. The study shows the total scientific output, authors' productive counts, international collaborations, most preferred journals for publications and top subject categories of publications during ten years. The study concludes that NITK decadal scientific productivity was 5256 publications. Maximum output was marked in the year 2019; Highest Citations were recorded in the year 2021 (12624); Highest publications were contributed by the subject category Engineering (2732) followed by computer science (2392); Highest collaboration with United States in publication of research output papers (78 papers); Most productive authors of NITK was Gupta, BB (269 papers); followed by Kumar, A (143 papers). |
Pages: 147-153 Anjana Goyal1, Reena Doomra2, Anushka Choudhary3, Anila Maria Varghese4, Neha Atkaan5 Chirag Kalha6, Arjun Singh Verma7, and Ishu Gupta8 (Department of Biochemistry, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana1, Department of Pharmacology, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana2, and BDS 3rd Year Students, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana3,4,5,6,7,8) The following study aims to achieve a clear outline of the perspective of students of Manav Rachna about the vaccination drive being held in the country. Data for Statistical Analysis was chosen to be collected via distributing survey questionnaires, through online platforms. The current study assessed Cognition, Attitude and regarding Fulfilment of government guidelines during vaccination of students of Manav Rachna University, Faridabad towards COVID-19 Vaccine. Results showed a good amount of the population, already vaccinated and the rest manifested a promising attitude towards getting vaccinated in the foreseeable future. After this study It was concluded that the majority of the students had proper knowledge about the vaccine and its possible side effects and all those who were not yet vaccinated are willing to get vaccinated soon. Basically, the survey suggested a optimistic response with regards to Government's drive. |
Pages: 154-160 Baskaur, Rashmi Tyagi, and Satpal Singh Baloda (CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) In comparison to traditional crops, horticulture crop production is a highly specialised, sophisticated, and profitable endeavour being grown by the farmers. Association between education and level of knowledge was found highly significant. An overwhelming majority (88.7%) of the respondents who had education up to graduation and above level had high level of knowledge about horticultural crops. On the other hand annual family income was found highly significant with the level of knowledge. The relationship between socioeconomic position and knowledge level was found to be highly significant. Nearly three-fourth (78.7%) of the respondents who had high socio-economic status had high level of knowledge. Association between caste and level of adoption was found highly significant with the level of adoption. It was found that more than half of the respondents (51.0%) were from the general caste and had a high level of adoption. There was a significant association between the type of family and the level of adoption. Regarding socio-economic factors seventy five percent of the respondents agreed that their income increase through horticultural crops. It was also found that 61.9 percent of the respondents were agreed that use of chemical fertilizer decreased in horticultural crops. |
Pages: 161-166 Jatesh Kathpalia, Subhash Chander, Rashmi Tyagi, Naresh, and Anil Kumar Saroha (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) The investigation was carried out during 2020-21 in North west Kaithal district of Haryana state among 120 farmers. The study aimed to investigate the nature and extent of level of adoption along with factors associated with adoption of Super straw Management System (SMS) among farmers and reasons for adoption and non adoption of SMS. Socio-economic impact of SMS on adoption was also acknowledged. Results revealed that 2/5th of the farmers (40.00%) had low level of adoption while 33.33% had medium and rest (26.67%) of the farmers had greater level of the acceptance of SMS. Age, degree of education, amount of land holding, income, social organisation, participation, and SES were all socioeconomic characteristics that were strongly associated with adoption level. Reasons for adoption of SMS by overwhelming majority of the farmers (85.00%) that SMS system attached to combine harvesters enables the machine to cut the straw in small pieces and distribute it behind it regularly on the field. Regarding other benefits near about 3/5th of the farmers were agreed that it increases average yield of wheat by 2-4% as compared to conventional practices while some of the reasons for non adoption of Super straw management system, 86.67% of the farmers were agreed that high power requirement, i.e., 8-10 hp is required as compared to conventional combine harvester and 60% of the farmers reported that approximate 6 litres of extra fuel consumption with combine harvester is required. Farmers reported an increase in mass media exposure (71.67 percent), urban contacts/movement (63.33 percent), social mobility pattern (58.33 percent), and extension contacts (53.33 percent), etc. as the overall socioeconomic impact of SMS adoption Allover adoption of SMS is a beneficial environment friendly agricultural farm technology. |
Pages: 167-174 Gurmangeet Kaur Pandey (Department of BA Programme, Miranda House, Delhi University, Delhi) Indian Agrarian structure mainly comprises three classes namely, farmers (kisaan), middlemen (Arthiyas), and laborers (mazdur). Three farm laws were passed in September 2020, and it was stated by various experts that these farm laws would impact the current agrarian structure and this would introduce the big corporations into the agricultural sector, eliminate the middlemen from the structure, introduce private mandis besides the state controlled APMC mandi and make the farmers (who are the owners of the soil ) the tillers on their own land due to the introduction of contract farming. It was also alleged that these farm laws favor capitalists who are now eyeing the agricultural sector. This led to the historical kisaan Andolan with farmers of Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh playing a major role in the Andolan. This study aims to understand the potential impact of three farm laws on the current agrarian structure using the case study method. Structured interviews were conducted in five villages of Punjab and Haryana (the states from which played a major role in Andolan) across different castes like Sikh Jatts in Punjab and; Sainis, Rodes, Jatts in Haryana. Interviews of laborers were also conducted which included laborers from different castes like Baazigars, Dhanuk, Kevat, Yadavs, Kamat (only Baazigars were from Punjab others were migrant laborers). Middlemen were also interviewed. All three classes were interviewed as a remarkable unity was seen among the three classes during the Andolan. It was found that a sense of trust ran across the three classes and almost all of them were fearful that private players (big corporations) would enter the agricultural sector and the whole well-organized agrarian structure would collapse and the entry of private mandis will destroy the state-controlled mandis. This study also aims to understand why big corporations are eyeing the agricultural sector and what kind of profits they will be able to extract from the agricultural sector. |
Pages: 175-178 Tanuja R. Dhamal and Mohan R. Nimbalkar (Department of Psychology, Shardabai Pawar Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Sharadanagar, Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra) The present study endeavor to assess the personality factor and aggression level of medical students. And explore the gender differences in respect of personality factors and the level of aggression. Total 100 medical college students studying in various colleges of the Pune district were selected by purposing sampling technique in this study. Personality traits were assessed by using Big-five personality scale devised by inventory is prepared by Singh and Kumar. Aggression level was assessed by the Aggression scale prepared by Mathur and Rajkumari Bhatnagar. Obtained data further analysed by Mean, SD and 't'-test'. Results revealed, there are significant gender differences found in personality factors and aggression. Female medical students found high in openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness factors but they have low level of neuroticism than male medical students. Further, results showed female students are more aggressive than their counterparts. But, no such difference found in respect of extroversion factor. |
Pages: 179-183 Devidutta Pati1 and Bharati Krishna Mahapatra2 (P.G Department of Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha1 and Department of Psychology, SCS Autonomous College, Puri, Odisha2) This article systematically reviews the literature pertaining to gratitude and death anxiety. The purpose of the study is to identify, evaluate and summarize whether there is any dyadic relationship between gratitude and death anxiety. The studies related to gratitude and death anxiety/ death reflection/ death-related fear of reoccurrence/ mortality salience published after 2000 are included for the study. The studies involving the relationship between gratitude and well-being, gratitude, and life satisfaction are excluded as well-being and life satisfaction are not same as death anxiety. The studies involving the association between gratitude and anxiety are also not included in the review. Studies, where the meaning of life is used in place of Gratitude are also excluded. Various databases including science direct, PubMed, ProQuest, Springer along with Google and Google scholar are searched till 15th March 2022 to identify the studies. About 9 empirical studies, 1 biographical research study, 1 bachelor's thesis, and 2 web articles were found for the study. The review indicates that there is a significant positive relationship between gratitude and death anxiety. But the impact of one on another is two-way. The findings of this review also revealed several limitations in the studies done like small sample size, few numbers of random samplings, lack of studies in the Indian context etc. Provided less number of studies related to these two concepts together, this review will encourage for further studies in this regard. |
Pages: 184-188 Nandini Moudgil (Government College for Women, Shahzadpur, Ambala, Haryana) Aggression is an intentional action executed with the purpose of harming or injuring another person. Rising aggression among Indian adolescents is a growing concern. In order to manage and direct aggressive tendencies of adolescents towards productive channels, its imperative to identify factors that predict aggression among adolescents. Emotional stability and ways of coping have been found significant in prediction of aggressive tendencies among adolescents. According to Feldman (2015), coping refers to attempts by individual to control, reduce, or learning to bear the threats that result in to stress. Emotional stability refers to the ability to manage emotional reactions that ensure consistency and sensitivity towards situations. The objective of the current study was to analyse relationship of emotional stability and coping with aggression. 150 students of the Kurukshetra region belonging to the age range of 14 to 16 years, comprised the sample. Buss and Warren's Aggression questionnaire (2000) was administered to assess the level of aggression. Singh and Bhargava's (2006) Emotional Maturity Scale was administered to determine the level of emotional stability of the sample. Ways of Coping Questionnaire developed by Folkman and Lazarus (1988) was employed to identify the ways of coping adopted the sampled subjects. The results of statistical analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between emotional stability and aggression. Similarly, a significant positive correlation between escape avoidance coping and aggression was also found. Stepwise regression analysis revealed that emotional stability accounts for 39.2 % of variance in aggression among adolescents. |
Pages: 189-191 Pratibha and Alpna Agarwal (Department of Psychology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh) The aim of this study was to determine the role of age and gender in prosocial behavior of adults. The sample comprised of total 120 adults. For this study, three age groups (young adults, middle adults, & late adults) were chosen. Further in each group there were 20 males and 20 females. To assess prosocial behavior, self-constructed prosocial behavior scale was used. Mean, ANOVA, and multiple comparison tests (Tukey test) were used to evaluate the data. The result indicates that age is significant at .01 level and gender is also significant at .05 level. On the basis of results, it can be said that age and gender significantly affect the prosocial behavior of adults. |
Pages: 192-196 Baskaur, Vinod Kumari, Rashmi Tyagi, Manisha, and Sahil Boora (Department of Sociology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) Sustainable horticulture farming is now an unavoidable necessity for environmental rehabilitation and food security. Horticultural crops constitute a significant portion of the total agricultural produce in India. The government of India has proposed to double farmer's income by the year 2022. Horticulture sector has emerged as an important source of income in Haryana and farmers have also started taking up horticulture crops as a separate viable economic activity. The present study was conducted in Fatehabad and Hisar districts of Haryana state. On the whole, 160 respondents were interviewed with the help of well-structured interview schedule. For assessing the knowledge and adoption of horticultural crops under MIDH for sustainable crop production, data were collected by personal interviews with the respondents at their home/ farm. It was found that more than one third of the respondents had partial knowledge about vegetable nursery raising method and subsidies for purchase of tractors and tillers. Two fifth of the respondent had no knowledge about cold storage capacity. It was found that 62.5 per cent of the respondents had fully adopted the fruits crops followed by 43.8 percent who had full adoption of vegetable crops. Only 37.4 percent respondents had partial adoption of vegetable crops. Not a single respondents had adoption of drone and crop scouting technology. Regarding the social impact of horticultural crops under MIDH four fifth majority of the respondents reported improvement in health and education. Regarding the economic impact three fourth percent of the respondents agreed that there was increase in income. Regarding the environmental overwhelming majority of the respondents agreed that degraded land can be utilized. |
Pages: 197-200 Vinod Kumari1, Kushagra Prasad2, and Mahak3 (Department of Sociology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana1,2, and Department of Pathology, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana3) The paper looks at the institution of marriage and divorce in the World society in general and India in particular. An attempt has been made to put forth the changing nature of social institutions and divorce, conceptualizing it from the Sociological, Functional and Marxian perspectives. The paper further goes on to look at the causes of divorce and the socio-demographic analysis of divorce involving age, gender and other attributes. The paper ahead looks at the impact of divorce on women, children and families finally followed by the way forward to cope with the divorce. |
Pages: 201-204 Sejabaledi A. Rankoana (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa) Indigenous health knowledge refers to the skills and information created by human societies to treat sickness and improve well-being. Typically, this knowledge focuses on disease prevention and treatment via the use of indigenous plant-based therapies. The wealth of medical ethnobotanical data acquired in Limpopo Province, South Africa, necessitated an account of the development of knowledge regarding medicinal plant use. A purposive sampling procedure was used to make up a sample of 240 participants with the age range of between 25 and 90 years. They were traditional health practitioners, ordinary community members and patients consulting with traditional health practitioners. Common knowledge gained from family, friends, and neighbors; information inherited from ancestors; and apprenticeship knowledge are the main ways in which knowledge of medicinal plant use was developed. The knowledge was acquired and handed down verbally over generations, and it remains applicable today. This knowledge was passed down orally throughout centuries, protected as the family's or practitioner's trade sectret, whereas common knowledge is held as part of the community's cultural heritage. |
Pages: 205-212 Shubham D. Jadhav and Sadhana Natu (Department of Psychology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra) "Queer people don't grow up as ourselves; we grow up playing a version of ourselves that sacrifices authenticity to minimize humiliation and prejudice. The massive task of our adult lives is to unpick which parts of ourselves are truly us and which parts we've created to protect us." These words by 'Alexander Leon' perfectly describe the essence of this work. The goal of this study is to present what it is to grow as a queer individual in a heteronormative surrounding. Further the study aims at making people aware about the struggle and difficulties which in a way has an impact on psycho-social health of queer individuals. The study uses a qualitative approach which is exploratory in nature. For primary data, the study conducted semi structured interviews of experts as key informants on the topic. Secondary data analysis was done through available material related to current queer matter. This study also aims to highlight the need for sexuality education and to spread awareness about queer existence. The study hopes for a kind and inclusive future ahead. |
Pages: 213-216 Chirmi Acharya and Ananya Gohain (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Being social creatures forming social bonds is something we're wired to do. In reality, social ties provide their own set of benefits. But when we consider marriages, we often get to observe different types of attachment styles between the partners. The entire bond and its stability are based on the attachment styles. Attachment is a very significant factor in determining quality of life of an individual. The emotional, physical, social and cognitive well-being of an individual could be studied through various factors including attachment and the type. Keeping these views in mind, the paper aimed at finding the effect of attachment style on the quality of life among married couples. The data was collected from 80 married individuals from different parts of India, employing the correlation research design to find relationship between attachment style and quality of life. The results produced distinctive evidence of correlation found between the variables of the study hence supporting the importance of attachment style in quality of life of married couples. |
Pages: 217-222 Sayantani Chatterjee (Department of Psychology, Loreto College, Kolkata, West Bengal) Every stage of life is marked with both crisis points and phases of success and fulfillment. Adolescence and young adults, both still being in the preparatory stages of a mature orientation goes through many ups and downs of life which shapes their personality attributes. The purpose of the present research paper is to determine the correlation of different psychosocial variables with suicidal ideation. Purposive random sampling has been used for sample selection of 470 individuals. Statistical measure used for treatment of data is Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Positive signification correlation was obtained between suicidal ideation and different aspects of aggression such as state anger, trait anger, angry temperament, angry reaction, anger in, anger out, anger expression, personality types of psychoticism and neuroticism. Negative significant correlation was obtained between suicidal ideation and extraversion, social desirability, achievement motivation and reasons for living. However, negative but not statistically significant correlation was obtained between suicidal ideation and anger control. The findings indicate the association between different psychosocial correlates as maybe contributory to varied types of suicidal behaviour. Prevention and treatment of suicidal behaviour may take into consideration these psychosocial variables during intervention programs. |
Pages: 223-227 Harvinder Kaur and Vinod Kumari (Department of Sociology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) The reviewed paper describes the importance and role of modern technology in farm sector in India. Technological changes are the crucial driving forces for increasing farm productivity and promoting farm development in all developing countries. In past the adoption of mechanization in farm was started due to the green revolution, then government want to fulfill the demand of food grains of population. But now the dimensions are changed from last few decades' policies for farm, research and development, trade, training and education has been strong impact on the adoption of technology, the level of farm production and agricultural practices. It is recognized fact that improved modern inputs and machinery are major determinants of farm output, yet it is important to interpret the relationship of mechanization with other social and economic factors. Study also concluded the crop wise adoption of mechanization, farm machinery, major driving forces in social change, participation of women in farm, agribusiness, cost and the labor employed in the farm sector. The paper also recommends suggestions, to ensure that the farm sector takes its rightful place in our economy. |
Pages: 228-231 Fahmeeda Zaidi (Department of Psychology, Shibli National P.G. College, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh) The purpose of the present research was to ascertain the effect of age and gender differences on death anxiety. To achieve this aim 300 participants were selected in the sample. The sample consisted of three groups - (i) The first group comprised 100 adolescents (50 boys & 50 girls), aged 13 to 18 years, (ii) In the second group 100 youths (50 males & 50 females) were taken whose age was from 19 to 25 years. (iii) The third group included 100 adults (50 men & 50 women), aged 26 to 55 years. Thakur Death Anxiety Scale, developed by Thakur and Thakur (1984) was used for measuring the death anxiety. The Mean, S.D. and t-test were calculated for the analysis of data. The results of the study indicated that - (a) The effect of age differences on death anxiety was found. (b) The differential effect of gender on death anxiety was also found. |