Pages: 377-380
Jagdish Kumar (Post-graduate Teacher, Department of Education, Haryana)
Pradeep Kumar (Department of Psychology, CRS University, Jind, Haryana)

Present was designed to explore the relationship between dimensions of creativity and intellectual styles. For this, Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking With Pictures (Torrance, 1966) and Thinking Styles Inventory (Sternberg & Wagner, 1992) were administered on 250 female students of 11th and 12th grades with age ranging from 16 to 20 years. Four scores of creativity and thirteen of intellectual styles scored following the rules prescribed in respective manuals. Obtained data was analyzed by applying Descriptive Statistics (Mean, SD, SK, KU) and Pearson's correlation. Descriptive statistics reveal the normalcy of data distribution. Coefficients of correlations depicted that Fluency has positive correlations with legislative, executive, judicial, hierarchic, global, internal, external, liberal styles; and negative with oligarchic, anarchic, local and conservative styles. Flexibility has marked significant positive association with legislative, executive, hierarchic, global, internal, external, liberal styles; and negative with oligarchic, anarchic, local, and conservative styles. Originality has correlated positively with legislative, executive, judicial hierarchic, global, internal, external, liberal styles; and negatively with oligarchic, anarchic, local, and conservative styles. Elaboration has marked positive association with legislative, executive, judicial, monarchic, hierarchic, global, internal, external, liberal styles; and negative with oligarchic and anarchic styles. In conclusion, both the measures of creativity and intellectual styles share variance with each other. Review of literature also clearly supports the findings of present study.

Pages: 385-387
Anubandh (Department of Geography, Chhaju Ram Memorial Jaat College, Hisar, Haryana)

Solid waste management is a system that covers all processes from collection to disposal for all types of refuse. It is essential but often neglected part of urban environment management of towns. It includes waste generated from residential, commercial, institutional, hospital, construction site, demolition process and municipal services. Improper solid waste management gives rise to problems of health, sanitation and environmental degradation which can affect the sustainability of life in the town. This is indeed a matter of serious concern. The objective of this paper is to highlight the status of solid waste management practices in Narnaul town. A survey of 23 wards has been done to understand the prevailing solid waste management mechanism. The total of 26 ton of solid waste is generated everyday within the administration jurisdiction of Narnaul Municipal Council. 8 ton domestic solid waste 14 ton non-domestic solid waste is generated per day in Narnaul town. Scientific and systematic storage of waste at source is not in practice.

Pages: 393-401
Sangeeta Trama (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

Spirituality has always been considered to be a natural part of being human. Spiritual orientation leads to spiritual transcendence when the capacity of individuals goes beyond to stand outside of their immediate time and place, and to view life from a larger, more objective perspective. Behavior is transcendent when it overrides environmental contingencies or apparent personal limits. Transcendence is an important predictor of mental health and well-being among middle-aged and older adults (Ellermann & Reed, 2001). Religion and spirituality are universal threads in the fabric of human experience. While researchers initially measured religion as a uni-dimensional entity, it soon became evident that there were two distinct types of religiousness. Allport (1959) coined the term 'extrinsic' and 'intrinsic religious orientation'. He distinguished between the intrinsically and extrinsically oriented as those who approach religion as 'living' or 'using' religion respectively (Pollard & Bates, 2004). From the self-determination perspective too, self-initiation and regulation of religious orientation was emphasized in researches (Ryan & Connell, 1989). A third dimension of religious orientation was later developed called the quest orientation. According to Kristensen, Pedersen, and Williams (1975), the third dimension emerged as a result of argument that the intrinsic-extrinsic dichotomy never included all the constituent elements of mature religiosity. According to them, this observation suggests that "at least one fundamental aspect of mature religiosity not included in Allport's original model is an open-ended intellectual search for answers to grander and more existential issues and thus, this religious dimension was named the quest orientation". The present investigation proposed to examine gender differences in all these three aspects of religious orientation, viz., intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest orientation. The aging process is an important step in an individual's spiritual journey and spiritual growth. Erik (1964) postulated that ego virtues or ego strengths are instinctual, inherent, and internal strengths gained by healthy individuals. With the successful resolution of all eight psychosocial crises throughout the life cycle, a healthy personality results (Erikson, 1956). Transcendence is driven by intrinsic motivating factors. Maslow has recently emphasized that growth motivation emphasizes one's journey from self-actualization towards transcendence. Therefore, it was considered important to study how males and females differ on their path towards these life goals. The present study attempted to examine gender differences in spiritual transcendence, religiosity, ego strength, and self-actualization. There are various transitions for both, men and women when entering into the middle years of life. So, it is important to analyze how the two differ in their approach to reach the point of fulfilment in life. The sample comprised 100 professors (50 males & 50 females) in the age group of 40-55 years. Participants were from urban cities of Punjab, India. t-test (for independent samples) was applied which showed no significant gender differences on spiritual transcendence, religiosity, ego strength, and self-actualization, by and large. Adult women however, reported higher levels of quest orientation (a subscale of religiosity) than men. The findings are interpreted in light of the Indian socio-cultural context.

Pages: 406-408
Masood Maqbool and K. S. Sengar (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, Jharkhand)

Alcohol is known to affect executive functions especially when chronically abuse and many studies found dysfunctions in social cognition as well. Both executive functions and social cognition share similar brain structures for their execution. The study aims at finding the association between executive functions and Theory of Mind among patients with alcohol dependence syndrome. Tests of Theory of Mind and Executive Functions were used on 49 patients and results showed significant correlation between second order TOM and executive functions. However, further studies need to be done on more participants and controlling relevant socio-demographic and clinical variables effectively to establish the link.

Pages: 414-418
A. Radhika (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Self-regulation can be conceptualized as an ability to regulate one's emotions, desires and action for the successful pursuit of one's life goals in socio-cultural context. It is a complex concept which includes regulation over a variety of processes such as emotion in the form of emotion regulation, motor in the form of behavioral control and cognition in the form of cognitive regulation or executive function. It is an important skill and value, which contributes to social harmony and world peace. According to Bauer and Baumeister (2011), for leading a cultural life i.e., to live in groups, it is important that people change self-centered desires into behaviors that enhance group interests, convert aggressive behaviors into pro-social behaviors, and obey legal framework which is functioning of the society. Consequently the cultural life is also influenced/impacted by self-regulatory skills. Hence, the individuals have to develop the skills in order to live harmoniously and enjoy the advantages of cultural life. Thus the pro-social behaviors need a large amount of self-regulation. On the basis of the theoretical concepts reviewed, a pilot study was undertaken to contextualize the concept of self-regulation in Indian Context. Result of the pilot study indicated that Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the highly self-regulated person in Indian context. Hence, the present study is an attempt to understand the personality of Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam through auto-biography analysis in the light of socio-cultural aspects of his life which guided him to become a self-regulated person.

Pages: 423-426
Masood Maqbool and K. S. Sengar (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, Jharkhand)

Alcohol is one of the leading causes of deaths in the world and is thus posing a potential threat to modern society particularly with respect to the adolescent population. Alcohol abuse also creates deficits in different cognitive functions and impairs socio-occupational functioning. Many researchers have found an association between different socio-demographic and clinical details and severity of alcohol dependence to understand factors that can help in curbing the menace. The current study is an attempt to find associates of the severity of alcohol abuse and a total of 69 patients, with the diagnosis of alcohol dependence syndrome, were assessed on Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ) and various socio-demographic and clinical details were gathered. Pearson's correlation shows that the severity of alcohol dependence was negatively associated with education, patient's income, family income and age of first use of alcohol. Finally with much larger sample size and considering many other variables to find the association with the severity of the alcohol abuse so that predictive variables will be checked as a preventive measure.

Pages: 431-433
Neelam Rani (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Haryana)

The main concern is to investigate the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction. The population includes 200 lecturers from different colleges of Kurukshetra. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis are used to explain variation in job satisfaction and organizational climate. The result suggests that the organizational climate and job satisfaction has a simultaneous relationship. In this paper I highlighted about study the job satisfaction and organizational climate. Inter correlations among eleven measures of organization climate are ranging from -.01to.60. Only one is significant at .05 level of significance and all the other 36 are significant at .01 level of significance. Correlations between three (3) measures of job satisfaction and eleven measure of organizational climate are very low ranging from -.01 to -.26 only four of thirty three correlations are significant.

Pages: 437-441
Renu P. John (Department of Psychology, University of Keral, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
Sriduttb S. (Post Graduation Student of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
Sanjeev. V. Thomas and Ashalatha Radhakrishnan (Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
George C. Vilanilam, Ramsekhar Menon, and Mathew Abraham (Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
Immanuel Thomas (Department of Psychology, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)

The aim of the study was to compare the preoperative and post-operative intelligence and facial recognition scores among epileptic patients who underwent Anterior Temporal Lobectomy (ATL) as part of their treatment. A total of 30 consecutive patients who met the specified criteria and followed up for a minimum period of three months with neuropsychological examinations were selected for the study after an informed consent. They were worked up in the epilepsy unit of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, and operated in the Department of Neurosurgery between June 2015 and October 2016. Four of these patients who had not cooperated in the follow up neuropsychological battery for various reasons were taken out from the statistical analysis. The remaining 26 patient's (16 males & 10 females) has been selected for the study. The participants were divided into two groups according to the side of the brain involved. Fifteen patients (58%) underwent left ATL, and eleven patients (42%) underwent right ATL. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) was used to assess IQ and subtests of the Wechsler Memory Scale were used to assess facial recognition. The data obtained were analyzed using the paired t-test. The results showed that there was a significant improvement of IQ in left ATL patients, the right-sided patients shows a measurable improvements but that not reaches the statistical significance, while facial recognition improved significantly in both left and right ATL patients.

Pages: 447-451
Sampurna Baruah, Abha Singh, and Anuradha Sharma (Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

The mastery of parenting competency influences how each parent interprets his/her own behaviour and his/her child's behaviour. This paper discusses about the significant effect of parental competency on children's academic achievement and prosocial behaviour. The aim of the study was to assess Parental Competency as a predictor of Children's Classroom Achievement and Pro-social Behaviour. The objectives were to study the effect of Parental Competency on Children's Classroom Achievement and on Children's Pro-social Behaviour and to assess the differential effect of Parental Competency on Classroom Achievement among male and female adolescents as well as on Pro-social Behaviour among male and female adolescents. The study consisted of total 464 samples where 232 children of age 10-14 years from government as well as private schools along with their 232 parents. It was hypothesised that there will be a significant effect of Parental Competency on Children's Classroom Achievement; there will be a significant effect of Parental Competency on Children's Pro-social Behaviour; there will be significant differential effect of Parental Competency on Classroom Achievement of male and female adolescents and there will be significant differential effect of Parental Competency on Pro-social Behaviour of male and female adolescents. The findings of the study were: (i) there is a significant effect of Parental Competency on Children's Classroom Achievement. (ii) There is significant differential effect of Parental Competency on Classroom Achievement of female adolescents. (iii) There is significant differential effect of Parental Competency on Pro-social Behaviour of male and female adolescents. Thus it can be concluded that parental competency plays an important factor on classroom achievement and prosocial behaviour of children, irrespective of both male and female. These skills are undoubtedly developed once being parent. But for the all-round development of children, parents should refine these skills through reading, training and rehearsing from time to time.

Pages: 456-459
Satpal Kumar (Jaharveer Goga Ji Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Chhani Bari, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan)

The present paper is an attempt to find out the major factors influencing the agricultural productivity during the period of 1998-99 to 2015-16 in Northwestern Haryana. The district wise time series data has been obtained from secondary sources. District wise agricultural productivity has been calculated with the help of Bhalla and Tyagi method (1989). To examine the factors influencing the agricultural productivity multiple correlation and step wise regression has been calculated. In Northwestern Haryana agricultural productivity is positively correlated with density of tubewells, consumption of fertilizers and proportion of net sown area at 1 percent level of significance. Agricultural productivity is negatively correlated with percent area of food grains under HYV seeds and consumption of pesticides at 1 percent level of significance. Stepwise regression shows that in Northwestern region of the state modern agricultural inputs are the main determinants of agricultural land productivity.

Pages: 463-466
Chetna and Nov Rattan Sharma (Department of Psychology, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana)

Psychological well-being is concerned with living a good life and working in a best possible way in all aspects of life whereas positive psychological capital can be explained as the constructive and ongoing plight in a human beings life which is achieved by combining high level of hope, self-efficacy, resiliency and optimism. The current investigation was designed to study the interrelationship between positive psychological capital and psychological well-being among young adult students. The sample for the current investigation consisted of 300 young adult students within the age range of 20-25 years and all of them were from colleges and universities of NCR region. For this purpose; Hope Scale, The General Self-Efficacy Scale, Resilience Scale and The Life Orientation Test Revised were used to assess Positive Psychological Capital and Psychological Well-Being Scale was applied to assess Psychological Well-being. Inter-correlational analysis was used to see the associations between the two sets of the variables. It was observed that components of Positive Psychological Capital positively and significantly contribute towards Psychological Well-being. Results were discussed in terms of its implications.

Pages: 471-474
Himalaya Tiwari (Department of Basic Science and Humanities, PSIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
O. P. Sharma and Bodhraj Kumkaria (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

The purpose of this review article was to put light on the concept of emotion work with the help of Indian and Western psychological perspectives. Similarities as well as differences in both perspectives were taken into account. Indian psychological perspective is based on Shrimad Bhagwat Gita and Ramcharitmanas, holy books of Indians. Views related to emotion, emotional management and task effectiveness are also being discussed in the present article.