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1857 के स्वतन्त्रता संग्राम में महिलाओं का योगदानः एक अध्ययन Pages: 291-294 सुरेश कुमार (History NET, Barwala Hisar, Haryana) 1857 के विद्रोह को ही भारत की स्वतंत्रता हेतु प्रथम स्वतन्त्रता संग्राम माना जाता है। यह विद्रोह सफल रहा या नहीं, इसकी प्रति क्या थी, इसका विस्तार व मूल लक्ष्य क्या था, ये सब विषय इतिहासकारों को माथापच्ची कराते रहते हैं, किन्तु यह निर्विवाद है कि इसके बाद से भारत की स्वतंत्रता तक के भारतीय राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन व सशस्त्र संघर्ष में भी, 1857 के विद्रोह ने हमारे क्रांतिकारियों का पथ प्रदर्शन किया है। इस क्रांति में हमारे वीर पुरखों ने तो अपना सर्वस्व बलिदान किया ही, हमारी वीरांगनाओं ने भी जो रोमहर्षक बलिदान किए, जो त्याग किए, और वीरता के जो कीर्तिमान स्थापित किए, वे न केवल भारतीय नारी के लिए, अपितु सम्पूर्ण नारी जाति के लिए भी अनुकरणीय आदर्श प्रस्तुत करते हैं। रानी लक्ष्मीबाई, बेगम हजरत महल, रानी द्रौपदी बाई, अवन्तीबाई लाधो, यदि राज परिवारों की महिलाओं का प्रतिनिधित्व करती हैं तो वीर नारी झलकारी बाई, उदा देवी, अजीजन बाई, आदि वीरांगनाएँ भारत के पिछड़े समाज से आने वाली महिलाओं के गौरव का प्रतीक हैं। Read more Get Access
समकालीन संदर्भ में गाँधी दर्शन की प्रासंगिकता Pages: 295-300 कविता (राजनीति विज्ञान विभाग, महर्षि दयानन्द विश्वविद्यालय, रोहतक, हरियाणा) वैश्विक स्तर पर व्याप्त हिंसा, आतंकवाद, मतभेद, भूखमरी, बढ़ती बेरोजगारी व तनावपूर्ण माहौल में यह प्रश्न उठना स्वाभाविक है कि गाँधी जी के सत्य व अहिंसा पर आधारित दर्शन की आज कितनी प्रासंगिकता है। गाँधी जी के समय भी अनेक लोगों ने उनका मजाक उड़ाया व उनके दर्शन को अप्रासंगिक करार दिया, परन्तु वे यह भूल जाते हैं कि वर्तमान तनावपूर्ण माहौल में जब परमाणु युद्ध का खतरा विश्व पर मंडरा रहा है तो ऐसे में गाँधी दर्शन ही एकमात्र विकल्प बचता है। गाँधी दर्शन की प्रासंगिकता इस तथ्य में भी निहित है कि विश्व के अधिकांश विश्वविद्यालयों में गाँधी दर्शन पर चिंतन मनन हो रहा है। बीसवीं शताब्दी के प्रभावशाली व महान लोगों में नेल्सन मण्डेला, दलाई लामा, मिखाइल गोर्वोच्चोव, मदर टेरेसा, आंग सू की, मार्टिन लूथर किंग जूनियर, अन्ना हजारे व पोलैण्ड के लेख वालेसा इत्यादि के प्रेरणा स्रोत भी गाँधी जी ही रहे हैं। इन्होंने अपने-अपने क्षेत्रों व देशों में गाँधीवादी विचारधारा का उपयोग किया और सफलता प्राप्त की। समय के साथ-साथ गाँधी दर्शन की प्रासंगिकता और बढ़ेगी क्योंकि गाँधी दर्शन मानव की मूलभूत प्रवृत्ति की विवेचना पर आधारित है। Read more Get Access
Empathy as a predictor of bullying among adolescents in Ethiopia Pages: 01-04 Harprit Kaur (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) Tilahun Gidey Gebremeskal (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, and Department of Psychology, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia ) Bullying has existed in schools for so long. Research into the area however is only decades old. Even though empathy is shown to be a significant predictor of antisocial behaviors including bullying empirical evidence on the links of empathy to school bullying is missing from the scientific literature in Ethiopia. The present study examined whether or not and how adolescents' sex and the two dimensions of empathy: perspective taking, and empathic concern predict bullying. Data were drawn from 404 randomly selected primary school students from Bahir Dar city and Debark town, Ethiopia. The perspective taking and empathic concern subscales from Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) were used to measure the two dimensions of empathy. Whereas, bullying was measured using participant role scale taken from Salmivalli, Lagerspetz, Bjorkqvist, Österman, and Kaukiainen (1996). Multiple Linear Regression was used to analyse data. Results showed that the adjusted R2 was .139 suggesting 14% of the variance in bullying is explained by the combined impact of the predictors. It was also determined that adolescent' sex (β= -.219, t= -4.648, p=.00) perspective taking (β= -.11, t= -2.271, p=.024) and empathic concern (β= -.229, t= -4.727, p=.000) are significant predictors. We concluded that adolescent's sex, perspective taking and empathic concern inhibit bullying behavior. Based on our findings we suggested inter alia that future endeavors to curb bullying should consider the role of empathy. Read more Get Access
The investigation of the relationship between anomie and academic dishonesty of college students Pages: 05-08 Hilal Bashir and Kundan Singh (Department of Education, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab ) Academic dishonesty is a ubiquitous phenomenon that happens in all disciplines at the college level. A serious matter of academic dishonesty, student cuts to the heart of the rationale of higher education. The completed college students may not have the necessary information and proficiency implied by their academic transcript. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between anomie and academic dishonesty of college students. The study was descriptive-correlational in nature and data were collected using anomie scale and academic dishonesty scale through survey method. The sample of the study was 212 college students selected via random sampling technique. Among them 105 was male and 107 was female college students. The results of the study are: a significant positive relationship was found between anomie and academic dishonesty of college students. The study revealed insignificant difference on anomie and academic dishonesty of college students. Implications of the study for educational institutions are discussed. Read more Get Access
Comparative study between adopted and non-adopted respondents being faced by constraints use of photovoltaic water pumping system of Jhajjar district in Haryana state Pages: 09-11 Anil Kumar, Ashok Kumar Godara, and Ashok Kumar (Department of Extension Education, COA, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) The study was conducted in purposively selected Jhajjar districts of Haryana state with selected 33 number of PWPS adopted farmers from this district and an equal number of non beneficiaries adjoining to the beneficiaries' farm were also selected. In this way a total number of 66 respondents i.e. 33 beneficiaries and 33 non-beneficiaries were included in the sample for the study. (A) Technical Constraints: The PWPS adopted respondents reported that This technology only works in less than 8 meters water table and PWPS spare parts are not available in market these were consider to be 1st and 2nd major technical constraints respectively. In the same district for non adopted farmers, It does not works in cold / winter days and This technology only works in less than 8 meter water table these were considered to be 1st and 2nd ranks of technical constraints respectively. (B) Financial Constraints: Less number of PWPS are available on subsidy and High cost of PWPS these both constraints were found to be the most serious financial constraints and were ranked as 1st by the adopted group in the study area. In case of non adopted group, High cost of PWPS was found to be the most serious financial constraint and it was 1st rank and Lack of money to buy a PWPS was considered 2nd rank. (C) Extension Constraints: Lack of package of practices for PWPS irrigation farming system was considered to be the major extension constraint and it was ranked 1st by the adopted farmers. In case of non adopted farmers, Lack of adequate manpower from state extension agencies was found to be the most serious extension constraint and it was 1st rank. Read more Get Access
Discrimination at work place: Violence of women’s rights Pages: 12-15 Sumitra (C.R.I. of Law College, Rohtak, Haryana) The present study was carried out with the violence of women's rights at work place. An attempt has been made in the study to understand the socio-economic background of the working women and the violence of women's rights at work place. For this purpose, 100 respondents were randomly technique was applied to collect data from working women in private school from south Delhi. It was found that majority of the respondents were facing some kind of violence such as delay in promotion, denial in leave, sexual harassment, verbal harassment and favouritism to a few women. Read more Get Access
Comparative study of functional properties of Amaranth and Buckwheat flour Pages: 16-18 Sangeeta and R.B. Grewal (Department of Centre of Food Science and Technology, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana) Now a days there is trends for formulation of high quality, healthy products for the healthy life style and appropriate nutrition using available food crops. The pseudo-cereals amaranth and buckwheat have attracted much interest in recent years. In addition to being one of the important energy sources due to their starch content, these pseudo-cereals provide good quality protein, dietary fibre and lipids rich in unsaturated fats. This study examined the functional properties of flour of these pseudo-cereals to improve technological quality of end-use food products. Amaranth exhibited 159.1% water absorption capacity, 16.66% gelation capacity, 0.03g/g emulsification capacity, 43.6% flour solubility and 8.30g/g swelling power. On the other hand, buckwheat showed 135.2% water absorption capacity, 30.66% gelation capacity, 0.56g/g emulsification capacity, 22.4% flour solubility and 7.63g/g swelling power. The results depicted that gelation capacity, emulsification capacity of buckwheat flour was higher than amaranth flour whereas, water absorption capacity, flour solubility and swelling power of amaranth flour was higher than buckwheat flour. Read more Get Access
Spatial distribution of agricultural workers in Punjab-Haryana plains: 2011 Pages: 19-25 Poonam Bharti (Department of Geography, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) Changes in the size, composition, and distribution of population are closely related with the demographic structure of workforce. On the other hand, the workforce participation rates vary according to the stages of economic development, across culture, age groups, and between sexes. Indian economy has been chiefly agricultural which contributes about one third to the total economy and employs more than half of the workforce. In developing countries agricultural development wholly depends upon the work force. Working force is the economically active part of the population engaged in the production of goods and services. The present paper examines the spatial distribution of workers including total workers, agricultural workers, cultivators and agricultural labourers who were engaged in agriculture sector. Read more Get Access
Right to dignity: A comparative analysis between India and Germany Pages: 26-30 Asha Meena (Centre for Environment Law, Policy and Research (CELPR) National Law University, Delhi) "Human dignity" has turned into a vital piece of the vocabulary of comparative constitutionalism. Right to dignity has become an integral part of both national and international level. This article discusses about the origin and concept of right to human dignity in India and Germany. The main focus is the comparison and analysis of the legal scenario of the right in both the countries. Read more Get Access
Dominant dichotomies within the Indian health system: A public health perspective Pages: 31-36 K. Ranju Anthony (Center for Social Medicine & Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) This paper tries to explore the clearly demarcated and consistent difference of health care delivery systems through India sans any malice to a particular sector (public/private). While drawing on the 'Bhore Committee Recommendations' as a foundation for brining in perceived equitability in health care, the paper tries to dwell on India's virtual flip flops in terms of following a uniform and robust model of healthcare delivery system, despite of an NHS like structure in place. The country's resilience in managing this humongous public healthcare structure stands exposed through repeated miniscule budgetary outlays for 'Health', year after year. The paper chronicles the deep rooted dichotomies within the Indian Health System in the context of 'Rural-Urban', 'Public-Private modelled healthcare delivery systems' and 'Preventive-Curative mechanisms' while hypothesising if the present model of overt dependency on the State for development sectors like 'public health' is a prudent enough policy? Or in other words, can India elude itself from (the now) consolidated private healthcare system? And if not, can there be a plausible convergence that accounts for 'social justice' within its intricate delivery mechanism? Read more Get Access
Correlates of machiavellianism among religious leaders Pages: 37-40 Priyanka Samuel (Institute of Mental Health Sweekaar Academy of ehabilitation Sciences Secunderabad, Telangana) Smita Pandey (Institute of Behavior Science Gujarat Forensic Sciences University Gandhinagar, Gujarat) Komila Parthi (Department of Psychology, DAV College, Chandigarh) Religious leaders play an important role for any religious clan. These religious leaders usually have high importance in guiding and advising the particular religious members of the group. It is very important that the religious leaders must be sensitive to the needs of the religious members and flexible to provide advice. But it has been seen that if the leader is high on Machiavellianism, he will be more manipulative and focus on his personal advantage than the real welfare of people. The present study aims at investigating Machiavellian traits in religious leaders and the relationship of Machiavellianism with life satisfaction, altruism and resilience in them. The sample was a purposive sample and were selected as per the availability of the clergymen. The results showed a negative correlation of Machiavellianism with life satisfaction and altruism indicating that individuals high on Machiavellianism are low on both life satisfaction and altruism. No significant relationship was found between Machiavellianism and resilience. Significant correlation was found between altruism and life satisfaction. Read more Get Access
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on economic analysis of the caste Pages: 41-43 Sumitra (C.R.I. of Law College, Rohtak, Haryana) There are number of institutions in the economy of any country. Taking into consideration their duties and responsibilities being performed by them, they are classified into economic institutions, political institutions, religious institutions, social institutions, legal institutions, cultural institutions, and so and so forth. In traditional ideology of the thought, caste is a social institution. It has been originated to perform social duties and responsibilities, and it has a strong religious base. Thus caste as a social institution discharges both the social as well as religious functions. Nobody has looked at caste system as an economic institution. Even nobody thought of caste system can be an economic institution, which provides the framework of an economic system and performs the number of economic functions. It can perform the economic functions of the economic institutions like production, distribution, consumption, allocation and utilization of the productive resources and distribution of the goods and services among the people in the society as a whole. It is the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, a unique personality in the world, who had an innovative approach looking towards the caste system, that caste is not only a social institution, but prominently it is an economic institution. Hence it performs the number of economic functions, and it is therefore an economic organisation. It is therefore Dr. Ambedkar started with studying the origin, mechanism and development of castes in India to the annihilation of the caste system in his very commendable research work for the seminar and conference presidential address. He is of the opinion that caste system in India is an economic institution, and more importantly it performs the number of economic functions in the society, which are dominantly economically exploitative to the depressed and backward communities like dalits in India. He has examined how caste system is an economic institution, the economic functions it performs, its exploitation of the backward and deprived communities in India, and more importantly how the annihilation of the caste system is possible. It is against this over all background, the present paper endeavours to examine the economic analysis of the caste system provided by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in his book 'Annihilation of Caste', and also explores its present relevance in India . The present study concludes that there is applicability of the economic analysis of the caste in India even in the present context also. Read more Get Access
Beejani of Haryana in a new avatar: Will they like it? Pages: 44-46 Parul Gill (I.B. (P.G) College, Panipat, Haryana) Saroj S. Jeet Singh (I.C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana) In an attempt to promote the use of hand made crafts and textiles of Haryana by making them commercially viable beejani, the traditional hand fan, was reduced in size and made foldable in design. Modifications in colour fabric and embellishments were also done as per the suggestions of the 30 experts. Acceptability by consumers was assessed by displaying in International Trade Fair, Delhi and recording responses of 200 visitors. The seven product features assessed were aesthetic appeal, utility, workmanship, uniqueness, color combination, fabric and traditional value. Acceptability of beejani for traditional value, aesthetic appeal and utility was found excellent while for colour combination, fabric, workmanship and uniqueness was found to be very good. On an average, acceptability was found to be very good. Read more Get Access
Predictors of caregiver burden in primary caregivers of autism spectrum disorders Pages: 47-50 Parama Gupta and Chandrani Talukdar (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal) Sudeshna Das (Clinical Psychologist, Tata Motors Hospital, Jamshedpur) Deepshikha Ray (Department of Psychology, University , of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal) The present study attempts to explore the predictors of caregiver burden in parents of children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The sample consisted of 20 parents (fathers = 2; mothers = 18) of individuals with ASD, with a mean age of the parents as 39.2 years (SD = 8.01) and the age range of their children afflicted by ASD being 5 to 13 years. The predictors included 'Socio-Economic Status of the Caregivers'; assessed by “Socio-Economic Status Scale” by Kuppuswamy (1983); 'Age of Caregivers', 'Age of the Individual with ASD', 'Stigma of the Caregivers'; assessed on “Experience with Stigma Scale” by Werman and Schulman (2013); 'Functional status' of the individual with ASD was assessed by 'Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living' (Katz, 1983); and 'Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale' (Lawton & Brody, 1969). Care giver burden was assessed by the scale developed by Zarit et al. (1980). The results of Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis revealed that 'Experience of Stigma' is the major predictor of 'Caregiver Burden' and 63.5 % of variations of score in 'Caregiver Burden' is explained by variations of score in 'Experience of Stigma'. Read more Get Access
Development of protective clothing for female farm workers Pages: 51-54 Priya Makkar, Saorj S. Jeet Singh, N. Pruthi, and N.M. Rose ( Department of Clothing and Textiles, COHS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) A survey conducted to identify the clothing needs of the female farm workers during field activities revealed that there is a need for special clothings; that besides providing comfort should be functional and protective. Innovative design features were added to their existing clothing to enhance their performance during field activities. Back side of kameez folded and tacked, elastic at wrist, straps at thigh level fastened with velcro/studs/strings were other features found to be suitable to prevent various problems during field work hence improved efficiency of farm workers preventing injuries to body. Neck length hood having face cover of mulmul, stitched with head cover and net at eye level to prevent inhalation or flying of dust particles in to eyes and sticking to head was found to be highly acceptable and functional. Read more Get Access
Effect of priming on implicit moral judgement Pages: 55-57 Jayati Bhattacharyya and Deepshikha Ray (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Begal) The present study tries to investigate 'implicit moral reasoning' by using a priming paradigm wherein a prime can influence the categorization of a target word into two categories viz. 'morally wrong' or 'not morally wrong'. The participants comprised of healthy female young adults (age ranging from 18 to 25 years) with a minimum educational qualification of graduation in any discipline. The prime consisted of phrases (ranging from 5 to 9 words) denoting actions which are either a 'highly immoral activity' (e.g., 5 year old girl raped) or a 'highly moral activity' (e.g., girl jumps into river to save little brother). The target words had a 'non-moral' negative connotation (e.g., Distress, Illness). The prime and targets were presented with the help of a software designed for the purpose; the 'latency' of responding to the target and the 'frequency' of target being categorized into 'morally wrong' in each condition (i.e., variation of nature of prime) was measured. Statistical analysis revealed that target words (which are inherently unpleasant but without explicit moral connotation) are likely to be morally judged or categorised based on the nature of prime received by the participant (i.e., prime phrase denoting a moral activity or an immoral activity). Read more Get Access
Role of water filters in purification of water Pages: 58-60 Neetima Batra (Department of Home Science, GGSSS, Kaimri, Hisar, Haryana) Beenu Sehgal and Manju Mehta (Department of Family Resource Management, I C College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene are some of the most basic needs for human health and survival. Specially pure drinking water is of utmost importance among sanitation and hygiene concepts. keeping in view the study is planned to take a overall view of drinking water availability in urban area and performance of various water filters available in market. Water samples fromMunicipal water works, Tubewells and Handpump were tested. Five types of filters i.e Membrane filter, Candle filter, UV-rays + candle filters, Chemical treatment filters and three steps filter were selected for bacteriological analysis of water. Contaminated unfiltered water samples were taken purposively for the testing.After filtration it was found that UV rays +candle filter(F1) and three Steps filter (F2) were best in terms of removing impurities in terms of coliform count, faecal coliform count and viable count present in all three sources of water. F3 filter (chemical filters) had removed all the impurities present in unfiltered handpump water and reduced the impurities approximately ten times from other two sources of filter i.e. water from waterworks and tubewell. F4 filter (candle filter) and F5 (membrane filter), ranked III and IV respectively because these filters were found to remove the above mentioned impurities to some extent. It was also found from the available results that F3, F4 and F5 filters were proved to be much more effective when the bacterial counts were less in unfiltered water taken from the all three sources. Thus, it can be concluded that F1 and F2 filters are best out of five filters tested in terms of performance evaluation and are, therefore, recommended for use by the consumers. Read more Get Access
Peer pressure and school bullying: A review Pages: 61-63 Deepshikha Bishnoi (Independent Researcher, Psychology, Hisar, Haryana) Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer, Hisar Haryana) Violence among children has always been a topic of interest to many social scientists, and bullying behavior has grown out of this field. Peer groups become very important during adolescence. Peer influences on bullying behavior have concluded that increased aggressive behavior within peer networks is associated with increases bullying behavior. The present paper reviews on peer pressure and school bullying. Read more Get Access
Emerging need of improving organizational climate for better productivity of scientists in agricultural university: Sociological and psychological dimensions Pages: 64-66 Jyoti Rani, P.S. Malik and S. S. Sangwan (Department of Sociology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) The organizational climate prevailing in an institution influences its functioning, besides affecting the productivity and sufficiency of the scientists. Inter personal relationships, cooperation, team work, conflict, trust worthiness, motivation, attitude, interest, commitment influence the organizational climate. The study is based on the primary data collected from 70 social and home scientists selected through census method from various departments, such as Sociology, Extension Education, Agricultural Economics, Child Development, Family Resource Management, Clothing and Textile and Foods and Nutrition. The data reveal that maximum number of respondents had the prevalence of moderate, high and low levels on intra-inter personal relationships among various departments of social and home sciences. Majority of them had the prevalence of moderate level of cooperation and high level of team work followed by low and high level of conflict. Medium level followed by high and low levels of trust worthiness was noticed from the majority of the respondents. Maximum number of scientists received moderate level of motivation from the higher authorities. Periodic training in the socio-psychological aspects to the scientists was identified to upgrade their efficiency and productivity. Read more Get Access
‘Whose environment is it anyway?’ A study of environmental attitudes and behaviours among Indian female college students Pages: 67-72 Kanika K. Ahuja and Megha Dhillon (Department of Psychology, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi) This generation is facing mammoth global environmental problems of shrinking natural resources, global warming, pollution and consumerism. Can people's ecological behaviour be understood by examining their attitudes towards the environment? The present research sought to investigate the relationship between environmental attitudes and environmental behaviours amongst female undergraduates in Delhi. Sixty nine participants filled out The New Ecological Paradigm (Revised) (Dunlap, Van Liere, Mertig, & Jones, 2000) and General Ecological Behaviour (Davis, Green, & Reed, 2009) to measure environmental attitudes and behaviour respectively. Results indicated that both attitudes and behaviours towards the environment were average in strength. However, the relationship between attitudes and behaviours was negligible (r=0.02, p=0.870). Implications, limitations of the study and future directions are discussed. Read more Get Access
Relationship between self-efficacy and organizational commitment in revenue personnel Pages: 73-75 Sonal Agarwal and P. C. Mishra (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) The aim of this research was to find out the relationship of self-efficacy with affective commitment, normative commitment, continuance commitment and overall organizational commitment in revenue personnel. It was hypothesized that self efficacy will have a positive relationship with organizational commitment (overall & area- wise). The sample comprised of 150 Income Tax personnel working in Lucknow, Allahbad, Kanpur, Faizabad and Agra (Uttar Pradesh- India). The age of the respondents ranged between 30 years to 40years. Two psychometric tools were used in this study. Organizational commitment scale by Khan and Mishra (2002) was utilised to measure organizational commitment. Self-efficacy was assessed with the help of Generalized Self-efficacy Scale by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1995). The statistical analysis conducted on the obtained data was Pearson's Correlation coefficient. The results indicated that self efficacy was positively and significantly related to affective, normative, continuance and overall organizational commitment in revenue personnel. Read more Get Access
Subjective vitality as a predictor of psychological well-being Pages: 76-80 Surjeet Singh and Nov Rattan Sharma (Department of Psychology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana) Researches has found that Subjective vitality represented key determinants of Psychological well-being. Subjective vitality is the conscious feeling of positive energy, aliveness and spirit, thus felling of subjective vitality is positively related to psychological well-being. The current study further scrutinized the potential association between, Subjective vitality and Psychological well-being. The sample consisted of 100 young adults (age 20-40 years; mix gender). In present investigation subjective vitality scale (Ryan & Frederick, 1997) and Psychological well-being scale (Ryff & Keyes, 1995) were administered on participants in individual or in group settings. Statistical analyses demonstrated that Subjective vitality positively associates with Psychological well-being and its positive constructs or various sub dimensions. Results suggest that people with higher level of Vitality also experienced higher level of psychological well-being. These findings are relevant for topical scientific debates regarding the underlying mechanisms of psychological well-being through the subjective vitality Read more Get Access
A comparative study of adolescent girls living in orphanages and with families: School adjustment Pages: 81-85 Hardeep Kaur and Arashmeet Chawla (Department of Social Work, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) School adjustment includes academic, social and emotional adjustment. It is viewed as the process that the students adopt to maintain balance between their academic, social and emotional needs within the school environment. Though adjustment is a major concern at all stages of life, it becomes critical during adolescence. Adolescent who have strong emotional ties with their families, are aware of the presence of their families who can support them at all times. They are thus affected lesser by any problems, giving them a feeling of security and thus reducing the issues of concern at this stage of their life. However, the adolescents who are deprived of family environment may experience various concerns and fears or show low adjustment levels, high emotional problems, difficulty in social interactions and many other indicators of maladjustment and poor well being. Similarly, the adjustment among the school going adolescent girls living with their families and in orphanages may significantly vary. The present study aims to examine the social, educational and emotional adjustment among the school going adolescent girls residing in orphanages and with their families. The sample comprises of thirty school going adolescent girls aged between 14-18 years residing in orphanages and the ones living with their families. In each group, there are fifteen adolescent girls. Adjustment Inventory for school students developed by Sinha and Singh has been used in the study. The result of the present study indicates that the adolescent girls living in orphanages have lower social and educational adjustment level as compared to the girls who live along with their families. The emotional adjustment level of the adolescent girls living in orphanages and families are almost same. Read more Get Access
Self-esteem and selfie addiction: An exploratory study of rural and urban adolescents Pages: 86-89 Satinder Kaur, Deepika Vig, and Sarita Saini (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab) The current study was undertaken to explore the self-esteem of rural and urban adolescents with selfie addiction. The total sample comprised of 360 adolescents studying in 10th, 11th and 12th standard from schools of Ludhiana district identified with selfie addiction and equally divided across two locales i.e. rural and urban. Self-structured Selfie Addiction checklist and Self-Esteem Inventory (Coopersmith, 1986) was used to collect the data. The results indicated that majority of rural and urban adolescents with borderline , acute and chronic level of selfie addiction were found to have medium self-esteem. It was further found that none of the rural and urban adolescent with chronic level of self-esteem had high level of self-esteem. This indicated that irrespective of the locale (rural/urban), the percentage of rural and urban adolescents with high self-esteem decreased as the severity of selfie addiction increased. Read more Get Access
A comparative study of bilinguals and monolinguals on verbal and figural creativity Pages: 90-93 Preeti Gulati (Department of Psychology, S.R. Government College for Women, Amritsar, Punjab) The present study was conducted to compare the creative abilities of monolinguals and bilinguals. To find significant differences two groups were clubbed i.e. Monolinguals (ML: n=200, 100 Boys & 100 Girls) and Bilinguals (BL: n=200, 100 Boys & 100 Girls) and univariate t-test was applied. In the present study “Eta Squared” has been computed to find out the relative magnitude of difference between the groups. Our results clearly indicate that bilingual students performed better on all these components (Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, & Elaboration) of verbal and figural creativity as compared to monolinguals. Read more Get Access

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