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Emotional maturity and family environment of criminal

Pages: 410-414
L. N. Bunker and Shilpa Chouhan (Department of Psychology, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan)

Female crime is the important factor that influences family's harmony and emotional stability. In recent years, the female crime rate has been a gradual increase, and its growth rate has exceeded that of male crime in the corresponding period. This not only relates with the weakly legal consciousness of a small number of women, but also relates with the families and the society. The study examines the emotional maturity and family environment of criminal and non-criminal women. This is a field study in which purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 25 criminal females and the other 25 non -criminal females were randomly selected. The tools used for data collection were Emotional Maturity Scale by Singh and Bhargava (1999) Hindi Version and Family Environment Scale revised by Joshi and Vyas (1987) Hindi version. t-test was used as statistical technique to analyze the data. The findings reveal that there is statistically significant difference between the emotional maturity of criminal and non-criminal females. On the measures of emotional maturity and subscales only personality disintegration dimension/sub-scale significant difference was found among criminal and non-criminal women. This reveals that criminals often possess a type of personality trait like reaction, phobias formation, rationalization, pessimism, immorality, etc. On the measures of family environment and its subscales significance difference was found on Conflict, Moral Religious Emphasis and Organization .The finding on correlation between emotional maturity and family environment indicate that there was a positive association .Thus, it can be concluded that emotional maturity and family environment affect behaviour of criminal females.

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Mental health and life satisfaction: A comparative study between female and hijras (Transgender)

Pages: 415-418
Ramesh Kumar and Rakesh Kumar Behamani (Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana)

The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship and gender differences on mental health, and life satisfaction. Two hundred adults (100 females, 100 transgender) completed measures of general health questionnaire-28 and life satisfaction scale. Low level of life satisfaction accompanied by general health scores that reflect social and personal psychopathology, with transgender and women scoring higher in somatic, anxiety, social dysfunctions, and severe depression. Life satisfaction significantly negatively correlated with general health (somatic, anxiety, social dysfunctions, & severe depression). The findings reveal that female's mental health and life satisfaction better than transgender. Mental health of transgender people were significantly poor than females on somatic, anxiety and severe depression, social dysfunctions (general health).

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Inter-personal skills among urban and rural distance learners in relation to gender and course of study

Pages: 419-422
Amita Kaistha (Department of Distance Education, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

The present study aimed at studying the interpersonal skills among distance learners. A randomly selected sample of 655 post-graduate students pursuing their studies through distance mode were taken up for the study. ANOVA was computed to find out the main and interaction effects among urban and rural distance learners with respect to gender and course of study. The findings of the study revealed that rural distance learners showed significantly higher level of interpersonal skills than urban distance learners. The results pertaining to the significant interaction effects between location and course of study revealed that rural distance learners pursuing professional discipline showed significantly higher level of interpersonal skills than urban distance learners pursuing professional discipline. However, reverse results were found though not significant for distance learners of academic discipline.

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Spatial span and digit span’s task performance in patients with mild cognitive impairment and matched controls

Pages: 423-426
Priyanka Pandey and Komilla Thapa (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)

The primary objectives of this study to examine working memory in a sample of individuals diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Working memory was assessed using the Digit Span, Spatial Span. This aspect was examined in 15 MCI patients and 15 matched controls. It was hypothesized that MCI participants would be more impaired relative to the control group on these different measures. Findings showed that MCI participants performance was impaired in comparison to the control group.

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Identifying the markers of affective dissonance among adolescents: A grounded theory approach

Pages: 427-433
Pramod Kumar (DRDO Scientist, Selection Centre East, Allahabad, Utter Pradesh)

This study aims to identify the markers concerning adolescents' experience of affective dissonance grounded in data derived from a purposive sample of 40 adolescents of age 14-18 years. The self-written narratives and transcribed interviews of the participants were analysed. Thematic analysis was used for inductive generation of themes and subthemes which emerged from the reading and rereading of text segments. Following the procedure of open coding, focused coding, axial coding and selective theoretical coding; five core categories emerged as Self, Family, Peer Group, School and Society around which other categories were organized. Interest-Ability-Expectation Dissonance, Identity Vs Role Confusion and Trust Vs Mistrust were three more common factors which influenced almost each core category. It laid the groundwork for developing a measure for affective dissonance.

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Merger and acquisition change process between two banks impacts on motivation, anxiety and stress of employees

Pages: 434-436
Durgalal Dayma, Udita Kaushik, and Manika Mohan Saxena (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

The main aim of this research is to explore the impact of change process on the motivation, anxiety and stress of employees of merger and acquisition of two banks. Previous researches depict that change management creates stress, fear and uncertainty among employees that impact on the morale, attitude, satisfaction and performance of them. This research is designed under qualitative nature with the inductive research strategy. Interpretive philosophy is also used to complete the research effectively. The data gathered for the research is analyzed by using thematic analysis to achieve the research objectives. The research findings are very important for banking sectors in India to determine the impact of acquisition and merger change process over the anxiety, stress and motivation of employees. The study found acquisition and merger between banks are changing process that enhance anxiety, stress and demotivation among employees.

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Infidelity and psychosomatic concerns: A correlational review

Pages: 437-441
Simran Anand (Department of Applied Psychology, Amity University, Dubai)
Sonakshi Ruhela (Department of Psychology, Amity University, Dubai)

This paper revolves around the concept of infidelity. A positive correlation between infidelity and the biological and psychological effects on the individual and the methodology of carrying out is reviewed and analysed. Infidelity is of two types; emotional and physical each holding its own symptoms, causes and effects The study employs review of existing literature as its methodology. Some of the psychological effects identified on the individual include depression, low self esteem, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).The results indicated that pregnancy and religiosity enable in moderating the chances of getting engaged in betrayal. Women tend to get more affected by emotional infidelity whereas men by physical.

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Mental and behavioural problems faced by children living in orphanages

Pages: 442-444
Shweta Chhabra and Manpreet Ola (Amity Institute of Clinical Psychology, Amity University Gurgaon, Haryana)

Children living in orphanages often are deprived of parental or guardian's love and affection. They are brought up by the caregivers who are assigned for more than a dozen at a time, and therefore they lack in psychological well-being. It is no wonder, how much proper parental care is necessary for the upbringing of a child, proper emotional, social and physical development. Hence, the aim of this paper was to review various studies on this topic, and come out with recommendations on the various problems children living in orphanages face in day to day life.

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Impact of psychological factors on the mental health of defense personnel

Pages: 445-447
Madhvi Vijra (Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana)
Manpreet Ola (AICP, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana)

The aim of the investigation was to study the psychological factors that have an impact on the mental health of defense personnel. The mental health of defense personnel is in jeopardy due to stress and strain of their nature of occupation and life pattern in respective occupation. These stressors that are faced owing to demanding jobs, interpersonal conflicts at workplace and in the family, terrorism, internal conflicts in the countries and others gives a lot of stress to defense personnel which hampers their mental health. The stigma associated with mental illness restricts them to seek help from mental health practioners. The society needs to understand that mental illness is not a matter of shame and needs help just like physical illness. There is need to increase public's awareness regarding mental health issues. There is a strong need to inoculate officers with stress management training.

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Status of body image awareness in adolescents

Pages: 448-450
Jyotsna Joshi and Kirti Maheshwari (Department of Psychology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)

Beauty is the promise of happiness. It has been highly valued of human attributes, assumed to be connected with happiness, intelligence and success and adolescence is a period of personal and social identity formation, in which different roles, behaviors, and ideologies are explored. The rapid physical changes which occurred in adolescents have important effects on the body image. Most Adolescents are highly aware of their appearance and invest significant cognitive and emotional resources in their relation with the physical body. This article aims to focus the status of body image awareness in adolescents.

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To study the impact of self-perception on professional and non-professional course students

Pages: 451-454
Preeti Masih (Department of Psychology, St. Johns College, Agra, Utter Pradesh)
Priya Srivastava (Psychologist Integrated Institute of Rehabilitation for the Disabled, Agra, Utter Pradesh)

The study was conducted to study self-perception among students pursuing professional and non-professional courses. The study is ex- post facto hence; the sample was selected on purposive sampling techniques. Sample size was 200 (boys-42 & girls-158) selected from St. John's College and Dayalbagh Educational institute of Agra. The age range of subjects is 20-25 years of the above mentioned sample 100 students were pursuing professional courses and 100 were pursuing non- professional courses. The scale used was drawn Personal Orientation Inventory by Aggarwal, Self Perception Measuring Scale. This scale consists of 40 items, 26 items for self-acceptance and 16 items for self-regard. After using statistical technique, t- test value is 0.059. No significant difference has been found with regard of educational status / courses on self-perception. There is no impact on self-perception of subjects pursuing professional/ non-professional courses.

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The psychological profile of acne: A multidimensional review

Pages: 455-457
Ketan Kotalwar, Vikas Sharma and Manpreet Ola (Amity Institute of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Haryana)

The clinical psychology is a growing field of psychology. The psychodermatology is one of the field collided with dermatology, this focuses on the psychological morbidity of acne. This study focuses on the psychological factors, psychopathological, conditions, and community differences. The study is basically a review which focuses on the interconnections of these conditions. Current study explains the psychological profile of the patient with acne which can be seen with some psychological factors like quality of life, optimism, self-concept, self-esteem. This study also states the connection of acne and psychopathology as anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, etc. this study concerns about community differences, this study suggests the differences of prevalence of acne, effect of acne, gender differences, and health concerns about acne. While understanding acne, there can be twin side in the nature of disease in patients with such diseases; one side can be seen as acne playing role in the forming psychopathology, either side, the psychopathology results in formation of acne. It is found that treating psychopathology in both conditions, can help remedying the acne.

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Anasakti as a factor in marital quality

Pages: 458-460
Garima Tuli and Sakshi Mehrotra (Amity Institute of Psychology And Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Utter Pradesh)

Marriage is a sacred universal institution that binds two individuals. Critical research is being done in the area of marriage. Due the blow of new lifestyle wind, the marriages as a social institution have come under scanner. It is important to understand whether there are subject relevant factors that can enhance marital quality and reduce disintegration of marriages. However, the Indian philosophy on inherent factors that can enhance quality of relationships is empirically not established. The current study aims to look at Anasakti (non-attachment) as a factor governing Marital Quality. “Anasakti is a psychological construct of the East with its English equivalent being non-attachment, although the meaning of the term is way more deep than the conventional English literal interpretation of it. As cited in the Bhagavad Gita, an individual high on Anasakti has Brahma Vritti, i.e., his thoughts dwell on attaining transcendental knowledge i.e. knowing his highest self”(Talwar, 2012) Vedic literature describes Anasakti as a state of mind that is continuously observing the nature of events and remains unaffected. The research aims to unleash the relevance of Anasakti (non-attachment) in marital quality and satisfaction.

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Psychology of criminal conduct: A case study

Pages: 461-466
Amra Ahsan and Rimjhim Vasher (Amity Institute of Behavioural & Allied Sciences, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

Research on violent television, films, music, books and magazines reports evasive evidence that media violence increases the probability of aggressive and violent behavior in case of both immediate and long term conditions. This article describes the case of an infamous rapist Theodore Robert Bundy also known as Ted Bundy which illustrated the role of high risk sexual fantasies in his case. Although his fantasies played a pivotal role in selecting a victim, planning an offence and, nevertheless, coping mechanism, other factors, such as psychopathy, pornography, sexual sadism, compulsion to kill and victims' availability are as well important to explain Bundy's case. After studying his criminal method, motive and behavior, he was placed in the category of anger excitation type of rapist. Implication to further use this study as a reference for future studies on rapists and pornography.

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Embodying good moral woman: Psychological burdens lived by women in India

Pages: 467-471
Varsha Singh and Ishita Bhardwaj (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Morality concerns and applies to us through the social system we are a part of. Morals are the defining principles of what is right and wrong. They are learned through the process of socialization, from family, society and through observation. Thus, morality becomes ability, skill and a thought process that enables one to take right moral decisions and exhibit moral behaviour. Serving Patriarchal system; morals for women in our society are largely defined in an androcentric manner and the gender dichotomy in moral orientation remains strong. This study, using literature review is an attempt to reflect upon the kinds of moral values a female in our society is ingrained with and psychological vulnerabilities associated with it; which can help us understand the genesis of day-to-day problematic issues and challenges faced by women today affecting their well-being.

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Correlating work engagement with general well-being in retail sector employees

Pages: 472-474
Priyanka Sharma Khanduja (Department of Humanities, School of Law, Knowledge Acres University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand)

Indian Retail industry is the third largest employer accounting for 8.3% employment of the total workforce in the country. Being a labor intensive industry, psychological health and well-being of the workers is important for the success of the industry. From an individual perspective, positive work attitudes like work engagement are important to have a satisfying career and a sense of accomplishment. The present study aimed to understand the relationship of work engagement with general well-being in retail sector employees. Relationships were assessed between three dimensions of work engagement, namely, vigor, dedication and absorption and general well-being in a sample of 150 male and 150 female retail sector employees. The results from the study indicate that work engagement is positively related with general well-being. Out of the three dimensions of work engagement, dedication and absorption are significantly related to the well-being. It was also observed that only males reported a significant relationship between work engagement and general well-being. The results implicate that positive, fulfilling work related state of mind contributes positively to an individual's well-being. Also, gender is a contributing factor in the relationship. The results imply the need for the trainers and human resource managers to enhance worker's positive attitudes as satisfied workers translate into productive, high performing organizations.

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A study of emotional competence and resilience amongst adolescents

Pages: 475-477
Mahima Sahi (Department of Psychology, MCM DAV College, Chandigarh)

Adolescence is a transitional phase characterized by cheerful enthusiasm and chronic stress. Some individuals drift through the phase swiftly while others undergo an intense emotional turmoil. This is evident, due to the differences in the emotional competence and coping abilities of each individual while witnessing life difficulties. Therefore, the current investigation attempts to study the relationship between Emotional Competence and Resilience amongst adolescents. The sample comprised of 110 school students (55 males & 55 females) in the age range of 12-14 years. For this purpose, The 14 item Resilience Scale (RS-14; Wagnild & Young, 1993) and Emotional Competence Inventory, ECI (Wolff, 2005) were administered. Data was analyzed using Descriptive Statistics (Mean & S.D.), Pearson Correlation Coefficient and t-ratio. Significant associations were observed between Emotional Competence and Resilience of adolescents (p>.01). This suggests that increasing emotional competence viz. self awareness, awareness of others emotions, self management and relationship management of adolescents can in turn result in enhancing their ability to deal with stressful life circumstances. However, no significant gender differences were evident in resilience or emotional competence. The results from the current study, therefore, could be utilized heuristically with future studies to develop intervention strategies for enhancing the resilience of adolescents.

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Attitude of B.Ed. students towards teaching profession

Pages: 478-481
Binny Rajpal (Department of Education & Community Service, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)
Binny Rajpal (Department of Education & Community Service, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

This study was conducted to study the attitude of B.Ed. students towards teaching profession. Descriptive survey method of research was taken for this study. 200 students, who were pursuing B.Ed. course, taken as sample (100 male & 100 female). Attitude Scale towards Teaching Profession (ASTTP) developed by Umme Kulsum (2001) was used to measure the attitude of B.Ed. students towards teaching profession. T-test was applied to the collected data. After analysis of the data, it was revealed that B.Ed. students has shown neither unfavourable nor favourable attitude towards teaching profession. There exists significant mean difference in the attitude of female and male B.Ed. students towards teaching profession.

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A study of quality of life and burden of care in mothers of children with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder

Pages: 482-484
Mini Mehra and Bhupinder Singh (Department of Psychology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
Indrabhushan Kumar (Department of Clinical Psychology, CRC, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)

Care giving is a normal part of parenting. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual disabilities have some limitations in functioning which require a long term care that exceeds the usual needs of children as they grow older. They demand some high quality of care due to their functional limitations. The high level of care required by these children can be burdensome and may impact the physical and mental health of the care givers. The study conducted on a sample of 50 mothers (25 mothers in each groups, ASD & ID). The result obtained indicates impairment in all the four domains of Quality of Life of mothers of children with ASD. The level of impairment reported in ASD group was found significantly higher than that of ID group on the basis of data interpreted by t-test. Finding also shows higher level of burden of care among the mothers of children with ASD as compared to the mothers of children with ID. These mothers display an elevated level of burden and impaired quality of life. So there is a need of awareness and support to assist this group.

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Gender differences on spiritually and religiosity: A comparative study

Pages: 485-487
Ravi Rathee and Shalini Singh (Department of Psychology, M.D.U., Rohtak, Haryana)

Spirituality is something which is related to personal self, which means that how we are connected to one self-whereas religiosity is related to the devotion of the god and higher super natural powers in which one has a faith. Gender differences in spirituality and religiosity are an assumed reality despite the lack of empirical information that directly compares women and men. Researchers used a sample of 60 (30males, 30 females) graduate students of MD university, Rohtak; belonging to age group 21-24 years of middle socioeconomic strata. Spirituality Scale by Husain, Jahan, Nishat, Siddiqui and Akram (2011) and Religiosity Scale by Bhushan (1971) was used to fulfil the purpose of the study. The present study investigated whether there is gender difference between spirituality and religiosity. The results showed marked gender differences in spiritual qualities, and gendered patterns of spiritual development were identified that are associated with religious identity, peer relationships, and science exposure. Though, researchers found no significant difference on religiosity.

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Employer branding and employee engagement influencing psychological attachment

Pages: 488-492
Kamlesh Kumar Maurya (Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP)

Present paper aimed to examine the role of employer branding and employee engagement in influencing the level of psychological attachment among the employee. Guiding theories underlying the present study are social exchange theory (Eisenberger et al., 1997) and the psychological contract theory (Miller, 2001; Rousseau, 1995; Robinson & Rousseau, 1994). Keeping in mind the cost-effective and strategic approach based on general HRM/OB/HRD principles in creating the positive work attitude among the workforce. The present study had investigated the underlying assumption, that high level of engagement and perceived employer branding by the employees' is responsible for, fostering the psychological attachment among employees. This study was conducted by critical review of previous survey results and of literature incorporating (corporate branding, internal branding, employee engagement, psychological attachment, human resource management & employee retention) in terms of their implications for the proposed framework i.e. employee engagement and employer branding is positively associated with psychological attachment. After exploring and critical review of literature incorporating psychological attachment, employer branding, and employee engagement it is found that although much research has been conducted in all areas, few studies have explicitly worked on psychological attachment and its relationship with perceived employer branding and employee engagement. The framework established in the study opens the doors of further investigation into other factors that seem to contribute in building psychological attachment.

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Impact of self-regulation intervention on risk taking and self-regulatory behavior in adolescents

Pages: 493-496
Riddhi Goel and Anjali Malik (Department of Psychology, M. D. University, Rohtak, Haryana)

Adolescents experiment with new things, some of which may be risky and even dangerous. Self-regulation of behavior, where the adolescents are made aware of the possible consequences of their behavior, and which helps in developing critical life skills in adolescents is a dire need. Keeping this in mind it is important to not only treat the affected population but also prevent the youth from taking risk and make them able to regulate their thoughts, emotions and behavior to prevent negative consequences. The present study was therefore designed to study the impact of self-regulation training on the risk taking and self-regulatory behavior in adolescents. To identify the high risk takers, Risk taking questionnaire was administered on 400 subjects (15-17 years) of both genders. The screened group of high risk takers were administered self-regulation questionnaire and then taken forward for the intervention program meant to tackle these problems at the cognitive, behavioral and emotional levels. There was a marked decline in the risk taking behavior as well as greater degree of self-regulation post intervention.

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Parched earth insensitive water wastage: Our legacy to the future

Pages: 497-501
Manbeer Kaur and Harshpinder Singh (Khalsa College Gharshankar, Hoshiarpur, Punjab)
R. Lamba (Anthropologist, CEO, The Rural Envionrmental Enterprises Development Society, Chandigarh)

Ancient scriptures have stipulated the priceless treasures of Nature to be inexhaustible. They have, however, warned about their conservative use and warned against wanton waste. The world today has become aware that its exploitation of the environment can result in turning man's habitat into a hostile terrain. Living without water, trees, rain forests seems unthinkable and yet the concrete jungles are engulfing large surface areas. While the Earth has large resources of water because of which it gained the name of 'Blue Plant', there is very little fresh water that can be used for drinking. Less than one percent of the available water on earth is drinkable. It is a crucial issue for human survival if this small fragment of water is endangered in anyway. Reports from all over the world are coming in where certain cities are being declared as crisis cities because of the acute threat they are facing of becoming totally waterless. The huge realty rates will crash once the water scarcity becomes a reality. The focus of this paper is to ascertain how rural populations consider this world water scarcity crises. Are they aware? Do they exercise conservative measures? How tuned in are they to the water crisis of the world? What measures are they taking to conserve weather? A study was conducted among rural populations around Garshankar block of Hoshiarpur district among 540 respondents to ascertain their views on the issues. The study findings were shared on World Water Day among the Faculty and students of BAM Khalsa College, Garshankar, Punjab, India

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Aggression and Emotional Regulation among children across gender and working status of mothers

Pages: 502-505
Priyanka (Amity Institute of Behavior and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana)

The present study examined the importance of presence of mother emotionally and physically in child's life. This research is to find out the difference in the level of aggression and emotion control in children of working and non working mothers. The aim of this study is to find out the aggression level and emotional well-being of children both boys and girls of age group 5-12. Two scales have been used in the study: Aggression Questionnaire Profile sheet youths, and Emotional Regulation questionnaire. Participants were 120 children. This study is based on 60 boys, 60 girls (30 boys & 30 girls of working mothers & 30 boys & 30 girls of non-working mothers). 2x2 way anova has been applied to analyse the data. In the result there is a difference in the scores of children of working and non working mothers. There is significant difference in aggression among children of working non working mothers and emotional regulation does not show any major difference for working and non-working mother but some significance has been seen across gender.

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Understanding Bihari labour migrants in India’s North Eastern Region

Pages: 506-511
Sneha Mishra and Komol Singha (Department of Economics, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim)

Bihar is one of the most populous states of India. Poor socio-economic conditions and lack of employment opportunity at home push the rural community of Bihar to migrate to other states for their livelihood. Using primary data collected from two states of the India's north-eastern region: Assam and Sikkim (with higher number of Bihari in-migrants among the interstate migrants) the paper tries to find out different factors responsible for out-migration of the rural people of Bihar.

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