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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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ISSN: 2229-5356 (print version)
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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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• Journal article
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.
• Article by DOI
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.
• Online document
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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IJHW is published in both online and print version in March, June, September and December.
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)
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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Pages: 1024-1026 The present study aims to assess the influence of academic anxiety on self-esteem of learning disabled children. The total sample for the present study consisted of 80 learning disabled children. The sample was selected from remedial centres/ schools with remedial services in Ludhiana, Chandigarh, and Khanna. Only those children were selected who belonged to intact families and had been formally diagnosed as learning disabled by a certified psychologist or remedial educationist and had been taking remediation for a period of at least 6 months. Cooper smith Inventories (School Form) by Cooper smith (1981) was used to assess self-esteem of learning disabled children. Academic Anxiety Scale by Singh and Gupta (2009) was used to assess levels of academic anxiety among children. Results reflected that children with learning disability were found to be academically either highly anxious or less anxious. The learning disabled children who were having high self-esteem were found to have low academic anxiety in contrast to children having medium self-esteem. Pages: 1024-1026Lata Sati and Deepika Vig (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of… |
Pages: 1027-1030 Suicide means of taking ones life. Emile Durkheim, the first to study suicide systematically, distinguished three different types, depending on what motivates the act of self-destruction: altruistic, anomic and egoistic. Durkheim's classification system altruistic suicide based on sacrificing oneself for the good for others. The soldiers who hurts himself upon a grenade to save others, and ritual suicide, such as hara-kiri, intended to save ones family from shame, are classic examples. Anomic suicide that results, in Durkheim's analysis, from the sense that life no longer has meaning, from a sense of anomie, loneliness, isolation and loss of contact with the norms and values of society also called norm less suicide. In Durkheim's classification system, egoistic suicide resulting from a sense of deep personal failure, a feeling that one is personally responsible for not living up to societal and personal expectation. Suicide has been declared a major heath problem in the United States by the Surgeon General, David Satche (1999). He noted that the suicide rate among children has doubled since 1980 and that the elderly account for one in five suicides. Although countries around the world have different overall rates of suicide, this increase in suicide rate seems to hold true world wide. In most countries the young adults group seems to be at the widest risk. In Denmark and Japan countries with different cultural histories, suicide is the number one cause of death amount 25-34 years old age and account for 30% of all deaths among 25% of among women. Pages: 1027-1030Sunil Kumar (Counselor and Special Educator, Bal Bharti Public School, Rohini, Delhi) |
Pages: 1031-1035 This study was carried out on 600 School/college Teachers to determine the psychometric characteristics, i.e., objectivity, reliability, validity and practicability of a bilingual (English & Hindi) Teacher's Occupational Stress scale. The responses are on a Likert type pattern. Cronbach's Alpha of the scale was 0.91, which is excellent. Content validity of the scale was verified by a number of experts, academicians and professionals. Using a more structured method, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was carried out and three (3) factors emerged in the analysis. In summing up all three factors explained 50.55% of the total variance which confirms the very high factorial/construct validity. Further, inter-factorial correlations among sub dimensions of Teacher's Occupational Stress scale found highly significant. It can be concluded that the present piece of research work confirms high objectivity, reliability, validity and practicability of Teacher's Occupational Stress scale. Conclusion drawn, uses for training, assessment, intervention and research purposes proposed. Pages: 1031-1035Masaud Ansari, Sajid Ali Khan, and Shah Mohd. Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim… |
Pages: 1036-1039 The present research attempts to study self-concept as a function of gender. Throughout the years, the construct of self-concept has played a significant role in understanding human development and behavior. The awareness of self comes through the gradual process of adaptation to the environment (Piaget, 1969). Physical changes, skill developments, skill evaluations and multiple role expectations are the main source for the development and evaluation of self. Thus age and gender of a person is considered to be very important factor in self-concept. Therefore this study attempts to understand the function of gender on the self-concept. The data is collected on 140 participants (74 males & 68 females) the independent variable was gender, males and females. The dependent variable was self-concept, measured in terms of five categories (social identity, ideological beliefs, interests, ambitions, & self-evaluations) and the number of subs- categories (e.g., self- identity, group identity, gender role). Participants were requested to write twenty statements that describe themselves responding to the question “Who I am?” in a free format. Findings of this study show that there is a difference in self-evaluations of both genders; male participants have made more statements related to their self-evaluation than female participants. Pages: 1036-1039Archana Mishra, Deepa Punetha, and Supriya Dwivedi (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad… |
Pages: 1040-1043 Many diabetes patients neglect their role in management of diabetes, which requires self- management in addition to medical treatment. This correlational study examined self-efficacy, outcome expectancy and self-management of type 2 diabetes patients. It was hypothesized that self-efficacy and outcome expectancy would be predictors of self-management. Seventy eight patients from different hospitals and clinics of Mizoram were administered the Multidimensional Diabetes Questionnaire and Diabetes Self-management Questionnaire. The results provided considerable support of the hypotheses. The implications of the present findings for intervention of chronic illness, shortcomings of the present study and future directions were discussed. Pages: 1040-1043R. Lalnuntluangi, Kavya Chelli, and Meera Padhy (Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad… |
Pages: 1044-1048 Originally developed by Goddard about 100 year back for the sensory motor training of children with feeble mind, Seguin Form Board (SFB) Test is still one of the most popular test to assess intellectual functioning in younger children. The task on SFB requires form and shape perception through application of gestalt principles including figure ground rule. Colour contrast develop contour that facilitate children to perceive object easily from its background hence it may help them to perform faster on test. This might be the reason that colour contrast/bi-chromatic board was originally designed and standardized. However, presently large colour variation is being found amongst the available boards in market which seems clearly a violation of norms for testing. This variation in colour may adversely affect the performance of the child. To examine this hypothesis experimental study was designed to evaluate the effect of board colour variations on performance while working on it. After taking baseline observations of two groups on mono-chromatic board, performance was recorded on bi-chromatic board for experimental group while keeping all other testing conditions constant. Results of the study demonstrated that children who have given bi-chromatics board performed faster than those who worked on monochromatic board. Thus colour variation of board has significant effect on performance of the child. Thus it is recommended that only original bi-chromatic board should be used for testing. Pages: 1044-1048Anand Thaman (Rehabilitation Psychologist, Manas Psychology, Epilepsy and De-addiction Centre, Ludhiana, Punjab)Naina Sharma (Department… |
Pages: 1049-1051 The abuse of drugs is an international problem which affects almost every country in the world, and same is the case with Kashmir. Drug abuse is increasing day by day in Kashmir resulting in number of patients being admitted daily for drug deaddiction in Kashmir. The present study was designed to assess socio-demographic background, personality and resilience among such patients. A sample of 30 male patients diagnosed as having substance use disorder were selected by using purposive sampling method from the drug de-addiction centre. Socio-demographic data sheet, 16 PF questionnaire and The Conner Davidson Resilience Scale was used to assess personality and resilience among patients. The result findings revealed that most of the patients belonged to high income nuclear families having age below 25 years, and were unmarried and illiterate. Most common subastance abused was cannabis. Most of the patients were having personality factors like Less intelligent, self-sufficient, experimenting and affected by feelings. Resilience factors were found to have helped in rehabilitation. The study helps to find the pattern of drug abuse across different socio-demographic variables in Kashmir as well as the personality factors which predispose for such problem. This understanding can be quite useful in prevention and management of drug abuse. Pages: 1049-1051Aijaz Ahmad and Mohd Altaf (Department of Psychiatry, GMC, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir)Tahseen Jan… |
Pages: 1052-1054 Modernization means to be modern not only in particular section of life or society but also in every field relating to human development .it is a continuous progress to being about fundamental deep rooted and widespread change in attitudes ,value motivation and behave of people .the purpose of the study was to compare Indians boys and girls on level of modernization .Sample consisted 150 adolescents both male and female 75 male and 75 female and they are selected from nainital district of kumaun region The modernization scale constructed by Singh was used. After data collection differences on level of modernization among male and female adolescents was calculated using sample t test .Results revealed that girls are more modern than boys. Pages: 1052-1054Azara Parveen and Champa Mathpal (Department of Psychology, M.B.P.G College Haldwani, Kumaun University, Nainital… |
Pages: 1055-1057 Research shows that there are many positive benefits of having pets, the present study attempts to validate and explore whether pets will be able to reduce stress. This being the foundation, the present study is thus conducted. The present study is aimed at finding the difference of stress levels between pet owners and non-pet owners. Smith Stress Symptoms Inventory was administered to a sample of 160 individuals, 80 pet owners and 80 non-pet owners consisting of 40 males and 40 females in each group. The age range selected was from 20years up to 60years with the socio-economic status of over 5 lakhs per annum and above. The sample obtained was from working class. The obtained data was subjected to two-way ANOVA. The results indicated that pet owners had lower levels of stress as compared to non-pet owners as well as the study also showed that gender did not contribute to stress. The non-pet owners showed a high score on dimensions of worry/negative emotions, anxiety, depression, striated muscle tension, interpersonal conflict and attention deficit, indicating higher levels of stress. The study was divided into qualitative and quantitative data. For qualitative data 15 pet owners were interviewed based on a structured interview questionnaire. Pages: 1055-1057Pallavi Sane (Consulting Psychologist, Department of Clinical Psychology Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra)Anil Sawarkar (Clinical… |
Pages: 1058-1060 The herbal medicinal plant, Convolvulus pluricaulis (CP): a rasayana drug has been primarily advocated for use in mental stimulation and rejuvenation therapy. In ancient systems of Indian medicine, Ayurveda, the plant is also known as Shankhpushpi and has been shown to act as a prominent memory improving drug. The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of CP on learning and memory in Wistar albino rats. Rats were divided into three groups (control & experimental), doses (100 & 200 mg/kg) of aqueous extract of CP was administered orally for four successive weeks for experimental group. The aqueous extracts were evaluated for their effect on memory in rats using the Hebb Williams maze tests which served as the exteroceptive behavioral model. These findings suggest that there is a significant effect of CP on the memory enhancement. CP appears to be a promising drug for improving memory in the management of impaired learning, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Pages: 1058-1060Komal Tiwari (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)S. C. Joshi (Department of… |
Pages: 1061-1063 Youth with borderline personality experience intense mood swings and exhibit impulsivity, aggression and self harm behavior markedly. Although CBT has proven to be an effective treatment approach for such patients. Need is felt to incorporate other therapies like family therapy especially when unfavorable childhood experiences and disturbed familial relations have a role to play. This case study aimed to discuss about an efficacy of integrated intervention combining application of CBT along with Family therapy in a young girl with adolescent borderline personality. We report a case of a young girl presenting with complaints of verbal and physical aggression and excessive impulsivity increased in family context present from childhood. She had negative childhood experiences. Since she refused hospitalization and pharmacological intervention, she was managed on out-patient basis by using integrated intervention combining application of CBT along with Family therapy. As the therapy progressed, the patient reported improvement in terms of general well-being and gradually, there was 70% improvement according to the patient as well as her mother. Childhood experiences and family relationships play a pivotal role in contributing towards personality formation in adolescents. Combining CBT with Family Therapy may prove to be beneficial in such cases. Pages: 1061-1063Anubhuti Jain, Shweta Singh, and Manu Agarwal (Department of Psychiatry, King Georges Medical University… |
Pages: 1064-1067 A disaster is generally referred to as a collective experience through which its survivors share an unpredictable occurrence resulting in a change of their overall perception. Disasters are overwhelming events as they test the capability of the community and individuals to respond and can temporarily lead to massive disruption. The extensive and enduring effects of disasters are apparent on the psychological and physical health of survivors. Personality characteristics like gender, ethnicity and coping, variables connected to disaster like injury and situation factors all are considered as threats for psychological problems after disasters. A "disaster" can be a frustrating and multifaceted task that proves difficult even for scholars. Natural disasters are often described as “acts of God” a term that automatically eliminates human responsibility. The aftermath of natural disaster includes an unambiguous physical impact, resulting in property damage, injury, and death of victims. These are catastrophic occurrences with the capacity to impose various kinds of hardship, e.g. loss of property and personal possessions, enduring hunger and physical discomfort, or injury to separation from family and close friends. Devastation of social support networks as well as loss of financial income is just a few examples of the long-term hardships many survivors have to experience. The present paper emphasized that individuals as well as societies can play a major role in the rehabilitation process and should be taken into account rather than just focusing on the impact of environmental factors on individual vulnerabilities. Pages: 1064-1067Md Intekhab Ur Rahman (Department of Psychology, B. N. Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar) |
Pages: 1068-1071 The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential of Ego in relation to marital adjustment. A semi-experimental design was a pre-test-post-test with a control and experimental group. The statistical population consisted of 80 couples in Esfahan city of Isfahan, 80 women and 80 men. Sampling method is available using available samples. The sample size was divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received Ego therapy in 6 sessions per hour (weekly one session). Both groups responded to questions about the fear of negative evaluation once before intervention and once upon completion of the intervention. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as covariance analysis. Findings showed that amateur training has a significant effect on improving the overall score of fear of negative evaluation. Pages: 1068-1071Mahdy Jahan Ara (Master of Medicine, Iran)Adel Ghari and Razieh Esfandiari (Department of Counseling… |
Pages: 1072-1074 The prevalence of eating disorders (ED) in the eastern part of the world is lower than that of Western countries but appears to be increasing. Current research findings about ED in India seem to be moving in two different directions at once. On one hand there is increasing recognition of eating disorders within the Indian population. On the other, a persisting belief that the culture-bound syndrome of eating disorders is alien to India, and non-western cultures shield individuals from developing eating disorders.In a study by Mammen, Russell, and Russell (2007) on the prevalence of eating disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among children and adolescents found that 1.25 % of the sample could be diagnosed having an eating disorder .The commonest form being anorexia nervosa and psychogenic vomitting. Psychogenic vomitting can be defined as vomitting associated with emotional distress and anxiety. The present paper will highlight two case reports of children who presented with symptoms of psychogenic vomitting to the OPD of CNBC hospital, Delhi. The contrasting nature of the symptom initiation-one mimicking a previous serious illness and the other from academic stress will be highlighted. Behavioural and Cognitive interventions such as graded meal, distraction and cognitive restructuring were undertaken. The paper highlights the need to understand the need for tailor made interventions for children with such conditions as there may not always be an underlying psychological conflict. Pages: 1072-1074Shweta Tandon and Shahzadi Malhotra (Clinical Psychology, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi) |
Pages: 1075-1078 Most of the mobile phones nowadays are addressed as 'smartphone', as they offer more advanced computing power and connectivity than a contemporary mobile phone. Mental health experts are coining the term “smartphone slaves” for those persons who undergoes behavioural changes that come with excessive usage of smartphones. In coming years, this addiction is likely to be growing even more common because of the rising demand and access of the smartphones. Surveys and data reporting a clear picture that smartphones are overpowering man and hence man is day by day becoming slaves of these smartphones. Youths are more susceptible of this addiction, and this addiction in turn harms their health, psychology, communication skills etc. Smartphones excessive usage affecting the face to face communication, replacing the relationships and hence affecting the family functioning. Literature reveals that gender of user has great impact over the usage of smartphones and its selection. Gender is associated with mobile phone involvement. Family support is very much fruitful to fight against the slavery, so, as much as possible keep the addicted person busy and involve them in household activities. Smartphone is an important and useful invention of science, without which it would be hard to survive. So, preventive steps should be taken and phone should be use within limits. Pages: 1075-1078Rashmi Upreti (Department of Human Development & Family Studies College of Home Science, P.A.U… |
Pages: 1079-1082 Milk and dairy products have significant importance to human nutrition during different stages of life but they can also act as vehicle for spread of various milk borne diseases. India is a developing country and faces greater challenges in this aspect due to poor knowledge of processing or storage of dairy products which is responsible for transmission of a number of milk borne zoonotic diseases viz., tuberculosis, brucellosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis etc. These diseases pose severe threat to human life and some of them could be fatal as well. There is a need to detect these pathogens which can transmit due to insufficient pasteurization of milk or milk products or through post-pasteurization contamination, in order to successfully avoid transmission of these diseases. Proper pasteurization, surveillance and public awareness about milk borne zoonotic diseases can contribute significantly in reducing incidence of these diseases. This review highlights the important milk borne diseases and their remedy for control and prevention of these diseases. Pages: 1079-1082Sunil Kumar, S.P. Dahiya, A.S.Yadav and Sandeep Kumar (Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding… |
Pages: 1083-1086 Quality of Life (QOL) and Psychological Well-being (PWB) are dynamic constructs. Various social, cultural and environmental factors influence an individual's experience of the quality of his life and well-being at any particular point in time. This study investigates the role of age in determining people's QOL and PWB. So, four age groups namely 20-29, 30-39, 40-59 and 60-and above have been compared with respect to their Quality of Life (factual) and Psychological Well-being. Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale by Robert Cummins (1997) and Ryff's Scale of Psychological Well-being constructed by Carol Ryff (1995) have been used. Total 330 urban participants were included in the study. One Way ANOVA was used to analyze the results. On Quality of Life (only the factual domain), significant differences were found on Material well-being, Health, Productivity, Safety and Total factual Quality of life. On Psychological Well-being, four age groups differed significantly on positive relations with others, environmental mastery, personal growth and total psychological well-being. Findings have been discussed in the light of relevant literature. Pages: 1083-1086Anagha Lavalekar and Sanhitta Karmalkar (Jnana Prabodhinis Institute of Psychology, Pune, Maharashtra) |
Pages: 1087-1092 Pregnancy and motherhood are important phases in the lives of both parents, in their relationship and the relationship with their baby. The mother appears to be the central figure in the infant's emotional-relationship based life and mothering seems to be the medium of absorbing experiences of internal and external objects. Mothering forms the pedestal of object-relations of the infant. In fact, mother-child interaction and inter-relations strongly hold ground to develop a sense of sound subject-object relations. Mental health of mothers thus is of immense importance in installing healthy reality relations of their children. The present paper deals with a discourse on “motherhood constellation” in the life-growth thematic context. The motherhood trilogy discusses how the self-identity of a woman attains a transition in the canvas of pregnancy. Primary mental representations of the mother enable her to identify with the experiences of her infant by means of reflection leading to subtle adjustments in relation to her handling of her baby and mature subject-object relations. Pages: 1087-1092Nilanjana Sanyal and Manisha Das Gupta (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata) |
Pages: 1093-1095 Bonding is most important to achieve marital success. Empathy plays a vital role in enhancing emotional closeness between the married partners. It's one of the most important form of human psychotherapy and has contributed in enhancing the growth in most forms of relationships. Communication is the key to happy marriage and the emotional layer of communication is most vital for married couples. Good emotional communication is the foundation that enhances problem-solving skills, resulting in strong marital bonding between the spouses. In the past, marital bond between the spouses were stronger, as marriage then was never a source of deriving happiness. In the recent times, the new modern era marriages are no more about strong marital bond, as they only strive for individual happiness, self goals and self centered desires and aspirations. Emotional equality between the married partners that include qualities like love, sympathy, loyalty and patience; are required to achieve lasting marital bond. Marriage is a bond between two equal partners, this understanding and mental maturity will not allow dominance of either partner and will strengthen the marital bond. As Mahatma Gandhi rightly said that marriage is a partnership and not a hierarchical arrangement. To achieve the status of marital bond being stronger than blood bond, the married couples must strive for an emotional bond between them. Your marriage is the most important relationship you will ever have, and marriage is an ultimate bond between two partners, and hence its very importance to keep up the promise of 'Till death do us apart' that the couples made while they got married, to achieve and win an everlasting strong marital bond. Pages: 1093-1095Gouri Shankar Tenginkai (Faculty of Management, Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, Haryana)N. K. Chadha… |
Pages: 1096-1101 The present study was based on a 2 (Work status) x 3 (Age) factorial design to examine the role of work status and age on general efficacy, perceived stress, marital adjustment and mental well-being of married working and non-working women across three age groups. The sample consisted of 120 married women (60 working & 60 non-working) from young age (25-34 years), middle age (35-44 years) and late age group (45-55 years). Thus, there were 20 working and 20 non-working married women in each of the three age groups. Results revealed a significant main effect of work status with respect to perceived stress. Non-working women experienced higher level of stress compared to their working counterparts. On the other hand, age had a significant effect on efficacy and women in late age were more efficacious than the middle aged women. Work status and age interaction effect revealed that young non-working women had better marital adjustment compared to all other groups. On the basis of Regression analysis, marital adjustment emerged as the most powerful predictor of mental well-being of married women. Results were discussed in the light socialization practices, gender role expectations, empowerment through economic independence and psycho-social needs across different age groups of working and non-working married women. Pages: 1096-1101 Namita Mohanty and Priyanka Patnaik (Department of Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha) |
Pages: 1102-1106 Technological revolutions and inventions have provided the world with various inventions for various purposes. Each and every invention has brought comforts additionally as well as some threatening effects with it. Same is in the case with mobile phone technology. Addictive mobile phone use can be regarded as an impulse control disorder that does not involve an intoxicant and is similar to the addictive use of various technologies, such as the internet. Since its appearance in the psychiatric and clinical psychology literature, problematic use of the Mobile phone has been viewed as a disorder and conceptualized as an addictive behavior (Billieux, 2012). Therefore it is an important area to be explored. The current investigation was designed to study the impact of Impulsiveness on Mobile phone addiction and to compare Mobile phone addiction and Impulsiveness among adolescent males and females. For this purpose Impulsiveness scale (Barratt, 1995) and Mobile phone addiction scale (Velayudhan & Srividya, 2012) were administered to a sample of 100 adolescents (50 males & 50 females) in the age range of 14-19years. The sample was collected from the private schools of Chandigarh. Pearson Product Moment Correlation method was used for statistical analysis of the results in order to determine the impact of impulsiveness on mobile phone addiction and t-test was used to compare mobile phone addiction and impulsiveness among adolescent males and females. Impulsiveness has been positively correlated to mobile phone addiction. Pages: 1102-1106 Seema Vinayak and Madhvi Malhotra (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh) |
Pages: 1107-1113 The present study was undertaken to explore the mental health status of rural and urban adolescents with selfie addiction. The total sample comprised of 360 adolescents studying in 10th, 11th and 12th standard from rural and urban schools of Ludhiana district identified with different levels of selfie addiction and equally divided across two locales i.e. rural and urban. Self-structured Selfie Addiction checklist and Mental Health Battery (Singh & Gupta, 2000) was used to collect the data. The combined picture of mental health status of rural and urban adolescents showed that adolescents with chronic level of selfie addiction were having poor mental health status which indicates that they were having issues with certain aspects of mental health. The results indicated that within borderline and acute level of selfie addiction, urban adolescents had better mental health as compared to rural adolescents. It was found that all the rural urban adolescents with chronic selfie addiction were found to have low level of mental health. It was further found that as the severity of selfie addiction increased from borderline to acute the percentage of adolescents with high intelligence decreased. Urban adolescents were having better emotional stability than rural adolescents whereas rural adolescents were having better intelligence than their urban counterparts. Urban adolescents were more independent, self-determined in thinking and had greater sense of security as compared to rural adolescents. Pages: 1107-1113 Satinder Kaur, Deepika Vig, and Sarita Saini (Department of Human Development and Family… |
Pages: 1114-1117 In the era of development, elderly women living alone are facing problems. Due to development and migration, children move to other cities and starts living in the nuclear family set up. Here, elderly women who are physically and mentally dependent on their children are left behind. They face different type of problems in their day to day life, loneliness is one of them. Impact of development on loneliness has made the life of elderly women more vulnerable. The paper focused upon impact of development on loneliness among elderly women that are living alone. The main objectives of the study were to find out the profile of the elderly women and to highlight the impact of development on loneliness among elderly women living alone in the society. An empirical study was done through the non-probability sampling and 30 elderly women were selected with the help of snow ball method. Data was collected through interview schedule. It was found that a large number of the elderly women were facing a moderate level of loneliness followed by a complete loneliness. Thus, impact of development was reported by elderly women. It can be concluded that development is a process of social change which can affect the society positively as well as negatively. In the case of elderly women living alone, development has affected negatively as they face more loneliness. Pages: 1114-1117 Bindu (Department of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh) |
Pages: 1118-1120 Adolescence is that stage of developmental transition during which boys and girls move from childhood to adulthood, developing physically, mentally and socially. A genuine and goal oriented attitude during this transition phase proves fruitful in the optimum growth and development of young boys and girls. The purpose of the present study is to see Locus of Control as a predictor of Self Esteem and Academic Achievement of 60 school going adolescents (both male-female) belonging to the age group 13 to 17 years. The findings of the study can be implemented in the academic curriculum to foster better understanding of such psychological variables in developing well-functioning adolescents. Pages: 1118-1120 Yakata Sharma, Nikita Somani, and Chirmi Acharya (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan… |
Pages: 1121-1123 Mindfulness is an attribute of consciousness. It plays a significant role in promoting well-being. Jon Kabat-Zinn one of the prominent thinkers of mindfulness defined it as paying attention in a particular way on purpose in the present movement and nonjudgementally. Researchers have found that enhancement of mindfulness through training facilitates a variety of well-being outcomes. Mindfulness incorporates both aspects of consciousness, i.e., attention and awareness. Attention and awareness are important characteristics of normal functioning. Mindfulness can be considered as enhanced attention to and awareness of present experience. This paper attempts to define the concept of mindfulness and its relation to similar psychological constructs. An elaborate description of role of mindfulness in promoting physical and psychological well being has been presented. There are evidences which show that mindfulness is crucial to the operation of healthy regulatory process. Such interplay of mindfulness and different facts of well being have been addressed. Pages: 1121-1123 Manju Mishra (Department of Psychology, H.R.P.G. College, Khalilabad, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh) |