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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing (IJHW) is an indexed and peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by the Indian Association of Health, Research, and Welfare (IAHRW). The IJHW aims to promote interdisciplinary research in health sciences and psychology by providing a platform for researchers, academicians and professionals to share knowledge and advancements in the field. The journal focuses on various areas including mental health, public health, alternative medicine, lifestyle diseases, health policies, and behavioral sciences. Its primary objective is to encourage evidence-based studies that contribute to the understanding and improvement of physical, mental and social wellbeing. Through rigorous peer-reviewed publications, it aims to influence policy-making and promote best practices in healthcare and psychological wellbeing. IJHW is indexed with EBSCOhost Connection Two, Academic Search Complete, The Belt and Road Initiative Reference Source, Cogito Indexing Text, Academic Search Ultimate, Academic Search Main Edition, Biomedical Index, Google Scholar Crawl Database, SocINDEX with Full Text, Sociology Source Ultimate, ProQuest, ProQuest Central, Index Copernicus International, Google Scholar, USA Library, WorldCat, J-Gate, and Academic Search Premier. IJHW has been published regularly since 2010. The journal is a medium for empirical inquiry, theoretical papers, reviews, and applied and policy-related articles. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of scientific excellence in the subfields of psychology, psychiatry, education, and other social and behavioral sciences.
Editor-in-Chief: Sunil Saini, PhD
Editorial Office: 1245/4, Mohalla Sainian, Hisar, Haryana, India
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Akbar Husain, PhD, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Annalakshmi Naryanan, PhD, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
Anuradha Sovani, PhD, Mumbai University, Mumbai
Aradhana Shukla, PhD, Kumaun University, Almora
Kiran Sahu, PhD, Meerut, Uttar Pardesh
Ravi Gunthey, PhD, TEPSE & HEPSEN, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Radhy Shyam, PhD, MD University, Rohtak
Rahul K.Tiwari, MBBS MD, IMS, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi , UP
Sangeeta Trama, PhD, Punjabi University, Patiala
Sibnath Deb, PhD, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
Sunita Malhotra, PhD, MD University, Rohtak, Haryana
Urvashi Ojha, IMS , Banaras Hindu University Varanasi
Vivek Kumar Jha, MASLP, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana
Editor-in-Chief: Sunil Saini, PhD, Editorial Office: 1245/18, Moh. Sainian, Hisar, Haryana, India
Email: suneil.psy@gmail.com,
Phone: 9255442103
Publisher: IAHRW
ISSN: 2229-5356 (print version)
ISSN: 2321-3698 (electronic version)
Frequency: Quarterly
Indexing: EBSCO, ProQuest, ProQuest Central, USA Library, WorldCat, J-Gate, Academic Search Premier, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing (IJHW) is a peer-reviewed research journal published quarterly by Indian Association of Health, Research and Welfare. (IAHRW) publications The IJHW is indexed with EBSCO, ProQuest, J-Gate, etc. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of scientific excellence in the area of Health Sciences and sub fields including psychology, psychiatry, Medicine and other related social and behavioral sciences
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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. http://www.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/200604.pdf. Accessed 25 June 2007.
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Editor-in-Chief: Sunil Saini, PhD, Editorial Office: 1245/18, Moh. Sainian, Hisar, Haryana, India
Email: suneil.psy@gmail.com,
Phone: 9255442103, 7988885490
Publisher: IAHRW Publications Private Limited
ISSN: 2229-5356 (print version)
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Frequency: Quarterly
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Pages :795-798 In the present society there is a demand to formulate human capital. It means that quality of human beings helps in the development of the country in accelerating the pace of development. For enhancing the pace of growth and development, there should be equal access to rights for everyone. However, equal access to rights is generally unequal. When one subordinated partner (women in patriarchal society) enters in 'power zone' of another it creates uncomfortable notion men. In order to achieve the same rank and stop the infringement in power the most sensitive aspect is encroached and it generates sexual harassment which affect women mentally and physically. Indian societies are generally not open to sexual harassment and it is taken as private affair. However, it is high time to build discourse on sexual harassment and truly providing equal access to rights may be economic or power dimensions. Pages :795-798Renu Yadav (Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana) |
Pages: 799-801 The persons with disabilities faces many obstacle in their all aspects of life i.e. in personal, social, academic, occupational and recreational as well. As we know that technological era has changed into number of way. The Persons with Disabilities has comprehensive convenience, it is vital for enabling them to acquire for equal opportunity and live unrestrictedly and compete comprehensively in all aspects of life in an inclusive society. The Rights to Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 2016 (PwDs Act, 1995) under Sections 44, 45 and 46 categorically provides for non-discrimination in transport, non-discrimination on the road and non-discrimination essential atmosphere individually. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), in which India is a signatory, under Article 9 casts an obligation on all the signatory governments to take proper measures to assure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical atmosphere, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communication technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the community, both in urban and in rural areas. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), inistry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched the “Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)” as a nation-wide flagship campaign for achieving comprehensive convenience that will empower persons with disabilities to acquire for equal opportunity and live unrestrictedly and participate fully in all aspects of life in an inclusive society. So the objective of present paper is to realize that there are many different kinds of disabilities, and that new technologies have been developed to assist those who possess one or more of them. The present study also reveals or enlists the types of new technological devices and its use for persons with disabilities in an inclusive setting. Pages: 799-801Sarika Sharma and Suraj Kumar (Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana) |
Pages: 802-804 Temperament is an individual's characteristic level of emotional excitability or intensity and is typically recognized within the first few weeks after birth. It is often assumed to be an early indication of personality, though personality combines temperament with experiences to shape life-long traits. This study aims to measure the temperament and creativity styles of undergraduate students. Adult Temperament Questionnaire (short form version 1.3) Rothbart (2006) and Creativity Styles Questionnaire revised (Kumar & Holman) was administered on 60 undergraduate boys and 60 undergraduate girls which were selected through purposive and snowball sampling. The study involved a correlation design. The instruments were administered individually along with demographic details. The data was analyzed using descriptive state and Pearson's product-moment correlation. The analysis revealed that there was no correlation found between temperament and creativity styles. Pages: 802-804Samineni Hilda David and Sneha Sebastian (Department of Psychology, St. Francis College, Begumpet, Hyderabad… |
Pages: 805-810 Being kind to oneself during difficult times using Self compassion is a coping strategy, along with recognising the shared nature of human suffering and being mindfully aware of negative thoughts and emotions (Neff & Faso, 2015). Previous research has shown a link to self compassion and criminality to the mindfulness component of self-compassion (Morley, Terranova, Cunningham, & Kraft, 2016). Cognitive emotion regulation refers to the conscious cognitive way of handling the intake of emotionally arousing information (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2016). The objectives of the study is to find out the significant relation between self compassion and cognitive emotion regulation in juvenile delinquents. Purposive sampling technique was used on 54 male juvenile delinquents. Self -Compassion was measured using self compassion scale by Kristin Neff (2003) and cognitive emotion regulation using cognitive emotion regulation scale developed by Garnefski, Kraaij, and Spinhoven (2003). The analysis of the data was done using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results revealed that there was a partial correlation between self compassion and cognitive emotion regulation. Pages: 805-810Priyanka Musalay and K. Laliteshwari (Department of Psychology, St Francis College, Begumpet, Hyderabad ) |
Pages: 811-816 Refugees are, by nature, prey to climates of violence that can deeply damage their mental health. The invisible wounds that refugees suffer as a result of violence, persecution, homelessness and invisibility create long term and often debilitating effects. Psychiatric disorders, like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety (GAD), Mental Exhaustion and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome effect many refugees (Mollica, Poole, Son, Murray, & Tor, 1997; Muecke & Sassi, 1992). While humanitarian aid usually focuses on the immediate physical needs of refugees like clean water, food, and shelter, it often overlooks mental health. Language barriers and cultural barriers take away by psychologists from refugee communities. The types of mental health problems refugees often develop and the time effective and robust treatment they require is a highly research needed field of study in current scenario. The present study focus on the effect of Solution Focused Art Therapy in emotional disturbances among refugee children. The sample consisted of 30 children's from the refugee camps in Sharam vihar, South Delhi, and Mehwath, Haryana states, India selected by using purposive sampling method. During the course of the study, the researcher tried to measure and studies various variables like depression, anxiety, stress. Researcher was used DASS 21 (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) to perform these tasks. Pre test - Post test designs will be used in this study. In the study DASS score of pre test would-be compared with post test on the basis of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and solution focused art therapy. Results indicated that there was significant difference between the level of depression, anxiety and Stress in pretest and post test. Pages: 811-816Afsal Moosa (Department of Psychology, St. Josephs College, Devagiri, Kozhikode, Kerala)Jaseem Koorankot (Department of… |
Pages: 817-818 Why do individuals teach, what are their hopes, what requests and desires are made of them? What are their professional satisfaction, and how would they address the inescapable troubles and dissatisfactions of a standout amongst the most difficult of all occupations? These were among the inquiries tended to by teachers in reacting to the questionnaire survey, and in interviews where teachers as well as with principals, school administrators, system officials, teacher instructors and researcher obtain face. It is not just fresher teachers still instilled with youthful enthusiasm, very much experienced teachers and those entering from different vocations also show esteems which are basically social. That is, individuals pick a teaching vocation since they wish to associate decidedly and accommodatingly with the lives of others, to have any kind of effect. Here, emerges the role of a 'New Generation Teacher' not only for providing first aid to students experiencing depressive pressures and fears but also assisting them until the crisis are resolved. Pages: 817-818Suraj Kumar (Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana) |
Pages: 819-821 The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence (EI) on job burnout among secondary school teachers. The participants of this study were 312 secondary school teachers selected randomly from various Govt. and private high schools of Haryana with the age ranging from 25 to 58 years (mean age 40.5 years). Selected teachers were tested with Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Intelligence (MMEI). Obtained data were analyzed by applying descriptive statistics and t-ratios. Results indicated that high burnout teachers score significantly low on all the five dimensions of MMEI than their counterpart low burnout teachers. These results indicate that it may be of benefit to consider directing professional development resources towards increasing emotional intelligence. Pages: 819-821Manju (School of Education, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh, Haryana) |
Pages: 822-825 The focus of the current School-based Teenage Education Program (STEP) was on HIV prevention with youth in public schools in Punjab, India. Utilizing Train-the-Trainer model, we trained undergraduate students from local undergraduate colleges to provide this program to 794 8th and 9th grade students (13-16 years) in 15 schools. The mean age was 14.11 years (SD=.66) and 53.4% were males. Close to 8.9% of the sample reported ever using some kind of illicit drugs (alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, sniffing glue, steroids). About 16% had reported an intention to use drugs within the next three months before the intervention, majority were boys. Repeated measures analyses of variance after intervention showed an overall decrease in intentions in youth to use substance over time and the experimental group overall showed less intentions to use drugs than the control group. There is clearly a need for behaviorally oriented substance abuse focused programs in India. STEP, among many other programs, clearly demonstrates the need and community acceptance of these programs. Schools agreed to provide permission, space and time for the program indicating a recognized need for such programs. Pages: 822-825Rosy Chhabra (Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein, College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA)Carolyn Springer… |
Pages 826-831 Empathy refers to the capacity to feel and/or share others' emotions and is a necessary element of physician-patient relationship. Personality factors altogether reflect individual differences in social, emotional and behavioural patterns. This study aimed to assess the relationship if any, between different domains of empathy and factors of personality (Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to experience, Extraversion & Neuroticism). Study sample comprised of 200 undergraduate medical students of 19 to 22 years of age. At first, data of all factors of personality were split based on median. Then four types of combination were formulated based on agreeableness and rest of the factors of personality individually. Comparison of the data of all dimensions of empathy among these four groups were done by computing ANOVA and post hoc Tukey test. Results are discussed and limitations are pointed out. Pages 826-831Asmita Karmakar (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata)Pallabi Chatterjee (Department of Psychology, IGNOU… |
Pages 832-835 Psychological well-being found to be related to physical health. In addition, it is often noticed that If a society takes great effort to measure productivity, people in the society are likely to focus more on it and sometimes even to the detriment of other values. If a society regularly assesses well-being, people will provide their attention on it and learn more about its causes. Psychological well-being is therefore valuable not only because it assesses well-being more directly but it has beneficial consequences. The present paper reviews on relation in psychological wellbeing, social support and optimism in today's generation. Pages 832-835Manju (School of Education, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh, Haryana) |
Pages: 836-846 The prevalence of Autism Spectrum disorder has increased rapidly worldwide in the last few years. However most of the estimation comes from developed regions specifically western countries. There are no reliable and consistent data from non-western or non-affluent countries. The primary objective of the review is to synthesise the results of wide range of published studies to estimate prevalence of ASD with respect to gender and socio-economic status (SES). Secondly, available studies are analysed with identified themes for assessing the significant trends. Based on pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria published papers were identified by online search and relevant papers were included published during the time period 2005 to 2015. 27 studies were finally identified for review of which 22 estimated Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) and 4 concentrated on typical Autism. Overall mean age of study samples ranged between ages 2-17 years. International classification of disabilities (ICD)-9 and 10 criteria as well as Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM)-III and IV criteria were retained for diagnostic assessment. The average prevalence of these twenty-seven studies was 91.92 per 10,000 populations. The reported prevalence of ASD varied substantially by country and continent, use of methodology, assessment tools, gender, geographic region and Socioeconomic status (SES). Recent studies provided higher estimation and prevalence rate in developed or much affluent countries as well as urban areas. Also, Parental high SES was found positively associated with prevalence of ASD. Analyses suggest need for accessible and standardized instruments and awareness. Also, more population based investigations is needed in rural as well as developing countries for revealing clear picture of ASD. Pages: 836-846Bappaditya Adak (Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir, Howrah, Kolkata) |
Pages: 847-849 Diseases are rampant in human society. Some are clearly diagnosable by the medical profession, others not so well diagnosed. Medical colleges confine their structure of learning wholly to the physical body. However certain diseases seem to go beyond physical causes and extend to mental causes. The example discussed in this paper is that of stress. It affects millions of people, leading to many diseases, but rare is a doctor who can explain the origin and cause of stress. The medical fraternity's knowledge beyond the physical body seems lacking. What gives impetus to the body, what propels the body? This takes us to the realm of thought. The nature, role and relationship of thought with the physical body are explained. Stress is analyzed as a state of mind caused by uncontrolled indiscriminate thought, which can be controlled by discriminate thought. With this approach the serious and often fatal repercussions of stress on the physical body can be avoided. Thereby eliminating the cause instead of treating the effects of stress. With a comprehensive understanding of how the human personality functions doctors would be able to view patients from a holistic perspective. Giving patients a correct diagnosis along with a complete treatment plan. Pages: 847-849Jal Mistry and Sushila Yadav (Vedanta Cultural Foundation, Mumbai, Maharashtra) |
Pages: 850-852 Collaborative learning is a situation in which two or more people learn or attempt to learn something together. Unlike individual learning, people engaged in collaborative learning capitalize on one another's resources and skills asking one another for information, evaluating one another's ideas, monitoring one another's work, etc. It is somewhat different from cooperative learning. In this paper the concept of collaborative learning has been discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of collaborative learning have also been discussed. The assumptions which underlie the learning process in collaborative learning have been also discussed. Pages: 850-852Neha Bishnoi (School of Education, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana) |
Pages: 853-855 The present study aimed at investigating the role of various personality traits on well-being among psychiatrist. The sample size consisted of 100 psychiatrists with (50 male & 50 female) from SMS Psychiatric Center, Jaipur and various Government Psychiatric Centers located in Rajasthan State through purposive sampling. Correlational design was used. Participants completed Psychological Well-Being Scale (Ryff, 2008); and NEO-FFI (McCrae & Costa, 1992); and Type A/B Behavioral Pattern Scale (Dhar & Jain, 1983). The results of the study revealed that psychological well-being of psychiatrist significantly positively correlates with extraversion, openness to experience and conscientiousness. On the contrary well-being has a significant negative relationship with neuroticism dimension of Big Five personality traits. No significant correlation was obtained between well-being and agreeableness dimension of personality. Pages: 853-855Bodhraj Kumkaria, O. P. Sharma, and Mridula Pal Singh (Department of Psychology, University of… |
Pages: 856-860 Male Female dichotomy in hetero normative societies has created havoc in the life of sexual minorities, thus obscuring the fact that they are also human beings. There is a dearth of research on transgender in India in the existing body of knowledge and stark gaps in knowledge and understanding of the issues and everyday experiences that impact the mental health and psychological well being of people who identify as transgender and exiguous comparative studies between mental health of transgender sample and normal sample. The aim of the present study was to study the anxiety, depression, stress and self esteem of transgender sample and to find the difference between transgender sample and normal sample on these four variables of mental health. A sample of 60 individuals was selected for carrying out the study. 30 samples were taken from the transgender population and 30 from the normal population (including both males &females) Two tools namely: Anxiety, Depression and Stress scale (ADSS) and Rosenberg Self Esteem scale were administered on the participants. Statistical Analysis was carried out after the data was collected. Pages: 856-860Aarushi Dewan and Rita Kumar (Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences Noida, Uttar… |
Pages 861-863 Today Policymakers and Educators have focused on the importance of Parental Involvement in the life of adolescents. Adolescence refers to the time between one's childhood and adulthood, beginning with the physical and emotional changes characteristic of puberty. At adolescence age parental involvement play unique role for overall development of the child which is defined as the amount to which the parents are devoted to him or her position as a parent and in the promoting of the optimal child development. The present paper focuses on factors contributing in parental involvement such as family disruption, parent adolescent's conflict, maternal employment and father unemployment, parental communication and adolescent's criticism and value conflicts between parent and adolescents. Society in many ways dictates the role of mother and father. But involvement by both parents is essential for overall development of child. Pages 861-863Poonam Devi and Madhu Anand (Department of Psychology, M. D. U. Rohtak, Haryana) |
Pages: 864-866 The prevalence of cannabis use has increased dramatically in adolescents and young adults. The common use of cannabis is most dangerous as users seem to think it is relatively harmless. However, cannabis may have adverse consequences for health and personal functioning. The aim of this study was to compare the levels of adjustment, anxiety and loneliness in frequent cannabis users and controls. The sample consisted of 60 males in the age range of 20-25 years from a non- clinical population using the convenience sampling method. The sample was divided into normal controls (n=30) who have never had cannabis and frequent cannabis users (n=30) who had been taking cannabis since the past 6 months or more and at least 5 times a week since the past 1 month. The State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Global Adjustment Scale and Perceived Loneliness Scale were administered on each participant individually. Group differences were estimated using independent t-tests. The results showed no significant difference between cannabis users and controls in feeling of loneliness. However, significantly higher levels of problems in emotional, family, health, occupation, sexual and social adjustment as well as significantly higher levels of anxiety was seen in cannabis users as compared to controls. These results suggest that cannabis use may have multiple consequences for the wellbeing of young adults. Pages: 864-866Ishita Pandya (Department of Applied Psychology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi) |
Pages: 867-871 The present study was conducted to investigate the demographic factors contributing to the problem of cell phone dependency. The study examined factors like gender, educational qualification, family type, living arrangement and other factors pertaining to duration of years using cell phones, availability of wi-fi, and subscription plan. A total of 400 students from different colleges in Mumbai, Navi-Mumbai, and Thane jurisdiction were recruited. Clustered Sampling and Snowball Sampling were used for data collection. Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS; Bianchi & Phillips, 2005) was used to measure the cell phone dependency among college students. The obtained data was analysed using Independent t-test and One-Way ANOVA. Results revealed that gender and duration of years using cell phone were statistically significant in predicting cell phone dependency. Other factors were not statistically impact cell phone dependency. Pages: 867-871Anuja Deshpande and Savita Deshpande (Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra) |
Pages: 872-876 Morality is generally defined in terms of codes of values and system of behavior with regard to standards of right or wrong behavior. Moral attitudes and judgments depend on the integration of complex cognitive and emotional processes. Addiction is associated with core deficits in both cognitive and emotional processing, which may jointly lead to impairment or biases in moral processing, reasoning, decision-making and related attitude. Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS) is a chronic relapsing disorder which has significant implication in the development of poor moral attitude. Furthermore, family history of alcoholism especially parental alcoholism also plays a pivotal role on morality. This study is aimed at exploring the effect of Alcohol Dependence Syndrome with and without family history of alcoholism on attitude towards morality. For family history of alcoholism, we considered and included parental alcoholism. The sample of the study consisted of 120 subjects aged 20-40 years and was divided into two groups, i.e., clinical and normal ones. Clinical group consisted of 60 patients diagnosed as Alcohol Dependence Syndrome. Purposive sampling was used to collect the sample. Two-Way Analysis Of Variance and a 2x2 factorial design were employed to study the main and interaction effects of alcoholism and family history on the variable of attitude towards morality. The results confirmed that the main effect of alcoholism and family history were found to be significant on attitude towards morality among subjects. However, the interactive effect of alcoholism and family history were found to be insignificant. The present study has the implications of the potential role of psychosocial interventions to promote healthy moral attitude in the relapse prevention strategies of substance use related problems. Pages: 872-876Deepak Salvi (Department of Clinical Psychology, Amity Institute of Behavior and Allied Sciences (AIBAS)… |
Pages: 877-880 The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between employee engagement and goal setting theory and its consequences. It is hypothesized that goal setting is a predictor of employee engagement and employee engagement leads to positive outcomes and enhance employee performance. Data was collected from a sample of 149 employees working in public (90) and private (59) sector organizations. The average age range of the respondents was 42 and 20 percent were female. Data was collected through survey method and different questionnaires were adapted. Results indicated that goal setting theory is positively affecting employee engagement and together they influenced employee performance, i.e., high level of job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior. Originality/ Value- The paper provides empirical support in engagement literature and relation of goal setting with engagement. Pages: 877-880Farah Shoaib and Neena Kohli (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) |
Pages: 881-884 Several types of earlier empirical evidences indicated, positive relationship between psychosocial risk factor (i.e., stress, anxiety, depression, etc.) and life style diseases. The main objective of the research undertaken is, whether personality type and anxiety contribute in discriminating for diabetic and non diabetic population group. Present empirical piece of research is to examine the role of state, trait anxiety and personality type (extraversion & neuroticism) in discriminating diabetic and non diabetic population group of respondents. Following the incidental cum random sampling technique 50 participants (50 % diabetic suffering from diabetes type-2 clinically diagnosed & 50 % non diabetic) within the age range of 50 to 60 years were drawn from Raipur, to serve as participants in the present research work. Anxiety was measured by State- Trait Anxiety Inventory and Personality traits were measured by Maudsly Personality Inventory. Discriminant analysis was used with the help of SPSS 16.0 version software, for the data analysis. The results indicated that, state anxiety, trait anxiety, and neuroticism personality type are important significant discriminating predictors and are the risk factors in development of diabetes type 2 there is positive association of state trait anxiety, neuroticism personality type with diabetic patient group. Pages: 881-884Mahendra Kumar and Priyamvada Shrivastava (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University… |
Pages: 885-887 Old age is the closing period in the life span of an individual. Like every other period in the life span, old age is characterised by certain physical and psychological changes. They face a change in their previous roles, or positions due to changes in their cognitive, conative, and other abilities. They need to pass through a series of status passages such as retirement, widowhood, and adjustment to death. The present study which aimed at finding out the Gender Differences in Self-Esteem and Quality Of Life among the Elderly was conducted on a sample of 200 Elderly people from Trivandrum. Two tools namely, the Self-esteem Inventory and Quality of Life Scale were used for the study. The findings of the study indicate that statistically a significant difference exists between the Elderly Men and Women, with regard to their Quality of Life, but no significant difference exists between them in their Self-esteem. Pages: 885-887Veni R. K. (Department of B. Voc. Psychology, Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore, Karnataka)Annie Marie… |
Pages: 888-892 The present study aspired to investigate whether Personality is a significant predictor of Compassionate Love in Health Professionals - Psychiatrists. It was hypothesized that Personality will be a significant predictor of Compassionate Love in Health Professionals - Psychiatrists. A purposive sample of 100 Health Professionals Psychiatrists from various Government and Private Hospitals and Psychiatric Health and Rehabilitation Centers located in various regions of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Nagaur, Sri Ganganagar, Ajmer, Kota, and Sikar Districts of Rajasthan State was selected. The Predictor Variable (Personality Factors) was measured by NEO-Personality Inventory - Revised (NEO-PI-R) (McCrae & Costa, 2003) whereas the Criterion/Outcome Variable (Compassionate Love) was measured by Compassionate Love Scale (CLS) (Sprecher & Fehr, 2005). The Correlational Research Design along with Regression Model was employed. The Multiple Regression Analysis was computed to investigate whether Personality Factors Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are significant predictors of Compassionate Love in Health Professionals Psychiatrists. It was empirically proved that Personality Factors Openness and Conscientiousness were significant positive predictors of Compassionate Love in Health Professionals Psychiatrists. The results are interpreted in the light of existing researches. Pages: 888-892Tarun Choudhary and A.V.S. Madnawat (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan (UOR), Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages: 893-897 To find out which type of dietetic intervention(s) can assuage the selected symptoms of menopause, as compared to each other and a control group. A sample of 200 menopausal (peri-menopausal & post-menopausal women) was selected from Nagpur city (urban area). The subjects were then divided into four groups (n=50 each group), three experimental and one control and the three experimental groups were assigned three different, six weeks long dietary interventions, namely the high protein dietary intervention, the high frequency dietary intervention and the traditional weight loss dietary intervention. The data were collected before and after the dietary programs and complied into a 2X4 ANOVA design with the pre and post test results being analyzed with the Student's t test. The post-hoc Tukey's test was employed to then differentiate between the efficacies of each dietary intervention. The three different types of diets demonstrated positive results for the different variables. The high protein dietary intervention was seen to have the most positive effect on depression, cholesterol levels, hot flashes and bloating, while the high frequency dietary intervention had a positive result on hot flashes and bloating and the traditional weight loss dietary intervention had a positive effect on depression and bloating. Depending on the most pressing symptom(s) presented by the menopausal woman, any of the three dietary interventions can be used to help relieve her distress. Food as a medium of alleviating the distress caused by menopause can have a statistically significant effect and should be preferred to medications. Pages: 893-897Shefali Kamal Kumar and N.R. Mrinal (Department of Psychology, Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra) |
Pages: 898-901 The main aim 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. Pages: 898-901Priyanka Pandey and Komilla Thapa (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) |