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A comparative study of burnout and organization commitment among police personnel of different hierarchies Pages: 551-557 Ritu (Research Scholar, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana) Umeed Singh (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Madhu Anand (Department of Psychology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana) Organizational burnout and organization commitment are the two major elements to determine organizational behavior and employees’ attitude to work. The purpose of this research was to study comparatively the Burnout and organizational commitment among police personnel of different hierarchies of Haryana police. The participants were 377 police personnel who included 90 Constables and 85 Head Constables and 202 Non Gazette Officers (NGOs) (which include ASI and SI). The participants were administered Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) after proper rapport. Results showed that Police Constables have scored significantly low on all the three dimensions of burnout and on affective commitment and normative commitment than Head Constables. Constables also have scored significantly low on two dimensions of burnout Pages: 551-557Ritu (Research Scholar, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana)Umeed Singh (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University… Read more Get Access
Influence of lifestyle altering surgeries on well being Pages: 558-564 D. Ravi Shanker (Department of Psychology, Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry. Andhra Pradesh) D. Renuka Rani (Seven Hills Hospital, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh) The health behaviours of people influence to a large extent how they adjust to illness and their recovery from surgery. The present study attempts to examine the influence of lifestyle altering surgeries on well being among patients who undergo these surgeries. A review of related studies had shown that there is little or no research in the Indian context. This study is exploratory in nature and adopted a pre-post design, where patients were evaluated prior to and after surgery. The data collected from 153 patients (mean age 44.56; SD=12.58) who underwent elective major surgery which would cause lifetime post operative alterations. The surgeries included in the study were cardiac, cardiothoracic, gynaecology, orthopaedics, neurology, urology and gastroenterology. The psychological measure considered for this study includes Bradley’s General Wellbeing Questionnaire (1994). The findings of the present study indicate that female patients compared to the male patients tend to report higher level of anxiety prior to the surgery. After surgery, depression and anxiety significantly increased along with positive well being. Energy has decreased significantly. Orthopedic patients have significant increase in anxiety after the surgery. Understanding psychological wellbeing would help health practitioners seeking ways to help the community improve its health and well being especially in Indian context. Pages: 558-564D. Ravi Shanker (Department of Psychology, Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry. Andhra Pradesh)D. Renuka Rani… Read more Get Access
Study of general well-being and emotional maturity of adolescents Pages: 565-569 Manoj Kumar Tiwari (Department of Medicine, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, U.P.) Sandhya Ojha (AKAPG, College, Paramanandpur, Varanasi, U.P.) The 21st century is an era of technological revolution. Due to the technology, the environment of today is changing as never before. Adolescents of today are well and easily exposed to vast, unlimited and most importantly censored information and are subject to high pressure because of ever increasing competition and expectations from their family and peers. The aim of present study is to examine and compare various dimensions of general well-being and emotional maturity among adolescents. The present study carried out one hundred adolescents (50 boys and 50 girls) with age range of 15-19 years. For purpose of data collection general well-being scale (Kalia & Deswal, 2011) and emotional maturity scale (Pal, 1986) was used. There are significant difference on PWB and EWB dimension of GWB between boys and girls. Findings also highlights that girls are more emotionally unstable as compare to boys. The gender difference can be attributed to the variations in socialization process of both genders than to the inherent genetic character. All people are equal, but not the same. Study recommended that parents, teachers and other responsible society members should ensure that gender bias does not exist in home, school and society. School management should organize personality development programs from time to time that help adolescents emotionally mature. Pages: 565-569Manoj Kumar Tiwari (Department of Medicine, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, U.P.)Sandhya Ojha (AKAPG, College, Paramanandpur… Read more Get Access
Flourishing under fire: Existential meaning and cognition emotion regulation against suicidal ideation Pages: 570-573 Anindita Mukherjee, Atanu Kumar Dogra, and Saranya Banerjee (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India) In the present study, researchers want to find out (a) the relationship of various domains of cognitive emotion regulation and several domains of personal meaning with suicidal ideation and (b) the relative contribution of cognitive emotion regulation and personal meaning on suicidal ideation among undergraduate college students. In the present study, the sample consists of two hundred female undergraduate college students, age ranging from 18-21 years. The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski et al., 2001), Personal Meaning Profile (Wong, 1993), The Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (ASIQ) (Raynolds, 1991) were administered on stu- dents. Result findings reveal that highly positive significant correlations were found between suicidal ideation and two domains of cognitive emotion regulation, i.e., Self Blame and Catastrophizing. On the other hand two other domains of cognitive emotion regulation, i.e., Positive Refocussing and Positive Reappraisal and two domains of Personal Meaning Profile, i.e., Achievement and Self-Acceptance have significant negative correlation with suicidal ideation. Result also reveals that positive reappraisal (negatively), self-blame (positively) and achievement (negatively) significantly contribute to suicidal ideation among college students. Pages: 570-573Anindita Mukherjee, Atanu Kumar Dogra, and Saranya Banerjee (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta… Read more Get Access
Effects of experiential learning strategies on problem solving ability of adolescents from psychological hardiness perspective Pages: 574-578 Punam Bansal (Govt. College of Education, Chandigarh, Punjab) The present study examined the effectiveness of Experiential Learning Strategies on Problem Solving Ability from Psychological Hardiness perspective. The sample comprised of 260 (132 males and 128 females) adoles- cents studying in four Government Model Senior Secondary Schools of Chandigarh. Psychological Hardiness Scale by Nowack (1990) was administered and students were categorized in High psychological hardiness group and Low psychological hardiness group by using Kelley’s Method. The Problem Solving Inventory (PSI) by Heppner (1988) was administered twice as pre-test and post-test measurement instrument to assess perceptions of problem solving ability of adolescents. Experimental group (N=130) was taught by adopting Experiential Learning Strategies and control group (N=130) was taught by Traditional Teaching Strategies. A 2 × 2 facto- rial design was used to study the main effects and interaction effects of the independent variables of Teaching strategies and Psychological Hardiness on the dependent variable of Problem Solving Ability. Significant main effects of Experiential Learning Strategies and High Psychological Hardiness were revealed on the appraisal of Problem solving ability of adolescents . Results also indicated statistically significant interaction between teaching strategies and psychological hardiness on Problem solving ability. High Hardy group taught through Experiential Learning Strategies developed significantly higher Problem Solving Ability than that of Low Hardy group taught through Traditional Teaching Strategies. The result of present study that High Hardy group (HH) performed significantly better on the variable of Problem Solving Ability than Low Hardy group (LH) group, has significance for both educators and school counsellors. Overall, these findings prove new insights about how Experiential Learning Strategies may contribute to the relationship between psychological hardiness and problem solving as an important coping skill for adolescents. Pages: 574-578Punam Bansal (Govt. College of Education, Chandigarh, Punjab) Read more Get Access
Psychotherapeutic intervention for female breast cancer patient’s efficacy Pages: 579-582 Prabhavati Shukla and Joby P. A. (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishanker Shukla University, Raipur, C.G.) The present research was designed to investigate the impact of psychotherapeutic intervention on breast cancer patients. Breast cancer Patients undergo a significant quantity of psychological problems before, during, and after treatments. Subjects of the present research were 50 female breast cancer patients. Through interviews method a survey was conducted among 50 female breast cancer patients to find out appropriate intervention technique (a self developed format was applied). To examine the problem pre and post experimental design with control group were opted. The experimental group received two weeks Cognitive – Behavioural Psychotherapeutic intervention along with relaxation. The eight state questionnaire (Cattle, 1973) was administered for pre and post intervention test. Pre and post intervention test data were analysed implying Paired Sample T Test. The result revealed that breast cancer patient’s intervention programme was effective and produced significant effects on stress, anxiety, depression, guilt, and fatigue, and not produced significant effects on regression extraversion, and arousal. It may be concluded that breast cancer patients truly need psychological support and unconditional positive regards and empathy to battle against the dreadful disease. Pages: 579-582Prabhavati Shukla and Joby P. A. (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishanker Shukla University, Raipur… Read more Get Access
Psycho social determinants and rehabilitation needs of persons with major psychiatric disorders: A community based study Pages: 583-586 Sonia Pereira Deuri, Arif Ali, and Sobhana H. (Department of Psychiatric Social Work, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam) Psychiatric rehabilitation programs have sought to develop strategies to enhance and support the community integration of people with psychiatric disabilities. Assessment of psychosocial determinants and need prioritisa- tion is necessary for planning any effective rehabilitation programme. This could enable integration of persons with psychiatric disabilities to be individualized and meaningful. This community based study conducted in the North-East Region of India, at LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam attempted to assess psycho social determinants and the subjective rehabilitation needs of persons with major psychiatric disorders (Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorders). Fifty home visits were made in municipality areas of Tezpur. Respondents were interviewed using a semi structured interview schedule to assess the socio demographic profile and psychosocial problems. Rehabilitation Needs Assessment Schedule (Nagaswami et al., 1985) was administered to assess respondents’ needs regarding rehabilitation. Results indicate that majority of the patients had “inadequate finances, insufficient welfare support, minimal social support and family care burden”. Persons with psychiatric disorders and caregivers expressed multiple needs; thereby emphasizing that psycho social problem impacted the rehabilitation needs. Psychiatric patients need comprehensive after-care packages and support is required for both persons with major psychiatric disorders and their caregivers. Pages: 583-586Sonia Pereira Deuri, Arif Ali, and Sobhana H. (Department of Psychiatric Social Work, LGB… Read more Get Access
General health and security- insecurity among orphans at different age groups Pages: 587-590 Poonam (Department of Integrated Child Protection Scheme) Sonia Dangi and Madhu Anand (Department of Psychology, M. D. U, Rohtak, Haryana) Present study was intended to study and compare the orphans (single and double) on general health and security- insecurity at different age groups (6-12 yrs and 13-18 yrs). A sample of 150 participants was selected randomly, out of which 75 were single orphans (lost one parent) and 75 were double orphans (lost both parents). All the participants were boys with age range of 6-18 years and divided into two groups. The participants were selected on the basis of avalibality from Ladhot Gurukul, Jan Sewa Sansthan children Home, Lakhi Ram Arya Anathaleya children home, Rohtak and children home Rewari from Haryana state. PGI Health Questionnaire and security- insecurity inventory were administered on them. Results revealed that significant difference was found between single and double orphans of both age groups. However, the two types of orphans did not differ significantly on general heath and security insecurity. Pages: 587-590Poonam (Department of Integrated Child Protection Scheme)Sonia Dangi and Madhu Anand (Department of Psychology… Read more Get Access
Role of visual perception in improving quality of handwriting Pages: 591-595 Rupinder Kaur Grewal, Deepika Vig and Sarita Saini (Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab) Visual perceptual skills play an important role in learning how to form letters. These skills are also important for copying, sizing, spacing and orienting letters and words correctly. The present study aimed to ascertain the contri- bution of visual perception in determining the quality of handwriting. The total sample for the study comprised of 160 public school children studying in grade 3 and 4. Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices was administered to ascertain intellectual abilities of the children. They were further evenly distributed across the categories of good and poor writers (English language) viz. children with good handwriting (n=80) and poor handwriting (n=80) by administering handwriting test by Lilley (2006). The visual perception test was also administered on the same sample. The results revealed that sub – skills of visual perception were found significantly higher among students with good handwriting. It signifies that children with good handwriting had better visual perceptual skills in contrast to children with poor handwriting. Pages: 591-595Rupinder Kaur Grewal, Deepika Vig and Sarita Saini (Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural… Read more Get Access
Socio-economic condition of siddi tribal women: A case study in uttara kannada district Pages: 596-600 Chandraprabha Patagar (Department of Criminology, Government First Grade College, Haveri, Karnataka) Narayan Arundhekar (Government First Grade College, Navabhag, Bijapur, Karnataka) Ravikanth B. Lamani (Department of Criminology and Forensic Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad) Socio-economic profile is an important role in characterize the social life and behavior of an individual. It is, therefore, essential to analyze the socio-economic background of the Siddi Tribal women and to understand the pattern of relationship between Siddi Tribal women and local environment. In Indian society, caste and kinship has been influencing on the social life and acute disparity in terms of standard of living and sub-culture among various groups and regions exist, a study of the socio-economic conditions of a leader would help to reveal the sociologi- cal significance. Hence, this paper is based on primary data and survey conducted in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, to study the socio-economic condition of Siddi Tribal women; especially they are representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions in the study area. Pages: 596-600Chandraprabha Patagar (Department of Criminology, Government First Grade College, Haveri, Karnataka)Narayan Arundhekar (Government First… Read more Get Access
An assessment of emotional intelligence and psychological skill usage among professional sports players Pages: 601-605 Vijay Viegas and Shanmukh V. Kamble (Department of P.G, Karnatak University, Dharwad) The present study titled, ‘An Assessment of Emotional Intelligence and Psychological skill usage among Professional Sports Players’, was intended to explore the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological skill usage among Professional Sports Players and understand whether age, weekly hours of practice and number of years played influence these variables. The objectives of the study were; to investigate whether there exists a correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological skill usage, to investigate whether there exits significant differences in Emotional Intelligence and Psychological skill usage with regard to age, weekly hours of practice and number of years played. 80 professional sports players were examined. The tools used for data collection comprised of the Personal and Socio-Demographic Information Schedule, Emotional Intelligence Scale by Schutte et al and Test of Performance Strategies by Thomas et al. The tools used for statistical analyses were Pearson’s correlation and ANOVA. Results indicated a positive correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological skill usage. Significant differences were observed in Emotional Intelligence with regard to age and weekly hours of practice, also significant differences were found in Psychological skill usage with regard to weekly hours of practice and number of years played. Pages: 601-605Vijay Viegas and Shanmukh V. Kamble (Department of P.G, Karnatak University, Dharwad) Read more Get Access
Social evaluative anxiety, hostility, guilt feeling, and conflict over hostility in criminals and non-criminals Pages: 606-609 Sona Raghuvanshi (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity iversity, Haryana) The present study aims to compare criminals and non-criminals on the basis of psychological factors like social evaluative anxiety, hostility, guilt-feeling and conflict over hostility. The study was conducted on 200 respondents including 100 criminals and 100 non-criminals. The criminals were selected from the four important jails of Bihar namely Patna, Buxar, Gaya and Bhagalpur and equal number of non-criminals (persons having non-criminals re- cord) were also selected from the same four towns of Bihar mentioned above. The sample was purposive one and included only married males in the age group of 21 to 40, who had minimum education up to seventh standard. The scales used were (1) Social Evaluative Anxiety Scale (SEAS), Hindi adaptation of Watson and Friend’s Scale of Social Avoidance and Distress and Fear of Negative Evaluation (1969) by Sheikh and Kaushik (1980), and (2) Questionnaire of Hostility, Guilt and Conflict (Q-HGC, Sowaid, 1972). The data obtained were analyzed by t-test. The hypotheses formulated were: (1) The criminals would score higher on social avoidance and distress component of Social Evaluative Anxiety Scale as compared to non-criminals. (2) The criminal group of subjects would score lower in fear of negative evaluation component of Social Evaluative Anxiety Scale than the non-criminal group of subjects. (3) The criminals would score higher on hostility as compared to the non-criminals. (4) The criminal group of subject would score lower on guilt feeling toward hostility than their non-criminal counterparts. (5) The criminal group of subjects would score high on conflict over feeling of hostility than the non-criminal group of subjects. The findings confirmed four hypotheses, while one hypothesis could not be substantiated. Pages: 606-609Sona Raghuvanshi (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity iversity, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Phenomenological view on entrepreneurial well-being Pages: 654-663 Sofia A. Kauko-Valli (School of Business and Economics, Ohjelmakaari, University of Jyväskylä) The present research focuses on family business-owners experience of well-being on the phenomenological level. In this study well-being was defined as a construct consisting of facets of happiness, satisfaction with life, mood and anxiety. Happiness for family business-owners was constructed as satisfaction with life, experiencing balance between challenges and resources in life, experience balance between different roles in life, being appreciated by others and experiencing life as highly meaningful. The findings support the theory of broaden-and-build by illustrating how positive emotions may change the way we interpret the world around us and further how resilience may be built over time. Pages: 654-663Sofia A. Kauko-Valli (School of Business and Economics, Ohjelmakaari, University of Jyväskylä) Read more Get Access
Effectiveness of oral-aural programme on language development in pre-primary level children with hearing impairment Pages: 664-670 Sita Ram Pal (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University Ahmedabad, Gujrat) Mahendra Kumar (Sardar Patel University, V.V. Nagar, Anand, Gujrat) Arun Banik (AYJNIHH, Mumbai) The purpose of the present study is to emphasize the need for developing semantic language through oral-Aural programme in pre-primary level of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. The study focused on the significance of auditory reception skills vs. visual reception skills of children who were taught through aural-oral programme. The study was conducted on 34 children in the age range of 6 years to 10 years having severe to profound hearing loss. The standardized tool Language Profile Test (LPT) was used to conduct pre & post test for the study. The treatment program was given to17 hearing impaired children at pre- school for more than 30 sessions. Results of the study revealed that all the experimental subjects 6-10 years have achieved high mean scores in both receptive skills and in expressive language skills. Significant difference was found at the level of 0.01. It means that the oral-aural programme is effective for the language (semantic) development. Hence, the parents, pre-school teachers, audiologist and speech language pathologist would bring about significant changes in deaf and hard of hearing children. Pages: 664-670Sita Ram Pal (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University Ahmedabad, Gujrat)Mahendra Kumar (Sardar Patel University… Read more Get Access
Health-related quality of life with benign thyroid diseases: A patient’s perspective from urban cities of Pakistan Pages: 671-675 Danish Henry, Syed Muhammad Mubeen, Ali Zain and Waqar Ulfat (Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry, Hamdard University, Karachi) Zeeshan Yaqoob (Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan) Benign thyroid disorders are common clinical entities with a prominent female preponderance. There are no studies from Pakistan that measured health-related quality of life of patients with benign thyroid disorders. This study assesses the health-related quality of life in patients with benign thyroid disorders from urban cities of Pakistan. A cross-sectional study involving 191 patients was conducted from July through November 2012 at three tertiary-care hospitals in three cities of Pakistan. An interview-based questionnaire containing the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36), socio-demographics, and sleep disturbances were assessed. Data was analysed in SPSS Version 20. All ethical considerations were taken into account. One hundred and thirty-eight (72%) females and 53 (28%) males were evaluated. The mean age was 34.22 ± 11.1 years with slightly more than half (57.1%) patients were between 21 to 40 years. There was significant decrease in SF-36 scores in all domains. The scores of Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) was statistically significant (p<0.05) in males as compared to females. A significant 86% of the patients reported various sleep disturbances. Hair changes were the most common reported symptom followed by slow movements, mainly in the hyperthyroid group (42.4% and 44.1% respectively). This study reported a decrease in health-related quality of life among patients with benign thyroid disorders. The results can be helpful to plan improvements in managements of benign thyroid diseases, eventually improving health-related quality of life. Pages: 671-675Danish Henry, Syed Muhammad Mubeen, Ali Zain and Waqar Ulfat (Hamdard College of Medicine… Read more Get Access
Optimism, home environment and depression of urban and rural school children Pages: 676-680 Hemalatha Jesudas and Shanmukh V. Kamble (Department of Psychology, Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka) Deepti B. Duggi (PG Department of Psychology Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka) The present study was taken with objective to study the difference between optimism, home environment and depression of rural and urban children. 120 tenth standard students, 60 from rural (30 male and 30 female) and 60 from urban (30 male and 30 female) were selected for the study. Optimism Children attribution style questionnaire (CASQ) by Seligman, Kaslow, Ally, Peterson, Tannenbaum and Abrahson (1984), Home environment scale by Sarla Jawa (1997), Depression CES-DC scale developed by Weissman, Orvaschell and Pandian (1980) were administered on students. 't' test was used to analyze the data. Significant difference found between the overall rural and urban students on home environment and depression, but not in optimism. As far as rural male and female children are concerned significant difference found in personal freedom and negligence, dimensions of home environment and in depression. Difference found in more dimensions of home environment, and depression of urban male and female children. Further discussion was made. Pages: 676-680Hemalatha Jesudas and Shanmukh V. Kamble (Department of Psychology, Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka)Deepti B… Read more Get Access
Fear of death, depression and coping among cancer patients Pages: 681-686 Mir Shahid Ali, Meena Osmany and Waheeda Khan (Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) Deepti Mishra (Department of Clinical Psychology, PGIBAMS, Raipur) The cancer is curable disease, however appropriate coping and adjustment is important in facing chronic diseases, especially during the treatment period. Regardless of prognosis, the initial diagnosis of cancer is still perceived by many patients as a life-threatening event. Patients undergoing treatment for cancer face major physical and emotional challenges. All these factors have a negative impact on prognosis of illness. Most patients with chronic illnesses suffer at least some adverse psychological reactions as a result of the disease; however, do not seek formal or informal psychological treatment for their symptoms. Instead, they draw on their internal and social resources for solving problems and alleviating psychological distress. The present study is an attempt to examine fear of death, depression and coping among cancer patients. A sample of 60 cancer patients from Apollo BSR Hospital, Bhilai (C.G.) was randomly selected. Fear of death and depression level in cancer patients were measured by the Fear of Personal Death Scale and the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI). The Cope Scale was administered to measure their coping strategies. It was observed that 21.7% patients had fear of death; 46.7% had moderate level of depression followed by mild (38.3%). Cancer patients used Emotion focused coping (M = 11.22) more than problem solving coping (M = 8.82). Significant gender differences in fear of death and depression (P < .05) were also observed. Different treatment groups differed significantly on depression, it was more in those who were receiving both radio and chemotherapy (26.7 %) than those who were receiving only chemotherapy (20 %). The study highlights the significant level of fear of death and depression in cancer patients as a function of gender and type of treatment. Fear of death and depression was comparatively higher in female patients. Patients receiving both chemo and radiotherapy treatment were more depressed than patients receiving only chemotherapy. Emotional coping was the dominant coping style employed by cancer patients. The results of the study highlight the importance of psychological interventions and strategies to alleviate the suffering of cancer patients and thus improving their quality. Pages: 681-686Mir Shahid Ali, Meena Osmany and Waheeda Khan (Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia… Read more Get Access
Parent-child emotional relationship as a predictor of aggression in girls Pages: 687-692 Minakshi Rana (Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College, Chandigarh) The present study examined the role of emotional relationship of parents in predicting aggression among girls. The sample consisted of 500 girls, aged 11-13 years from Kullu (Himachal Pradesh, India). Stepwise Regression Analysis indicated that hindering and condemning relationship of girls with father contribute significantly to aggression with 10% of variance, and tense and distant relationship with mother, contribute significantly with 7% of variance. Collectively these factors have contributed 17% of variance in girls' aggression. Pages: 687-692Minakshi Rana (Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College, Chandigarh) Read more Get Access
Effect of physical education programme on neuropsychological variables Pages: 693-697 Shantanu Halder and Kanchan Bandopadhyay (Department of Physical Education, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal ) The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of physical education programme on neuropsychological variables. Only one hundred college students (Boys) whose age range between 22 to 27 years were randomly assigned to training from Bped Colleges. Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory, Tactile Sense and Visual Perception were measured for this study. Short Term Memory Test and Long Term Memory Test, Aesthesiometer and Muller lyer Illusion Tests were used for this study. The training sessions performed five days a week and training classes were divided into two sessions, one was in the morning and the other in the evening with the duration of one forty five minutes each session. Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance was applied to investigate the existence of significant difference among Pre Treatment Phase, First Phase and Second Phases of ten months exercise programme. In conclusion significant improvement was found in case of Long Term Memory, Short Term Memory, Tactile Sense but no significant improvement was observed in case of Visual Perception after ten months of physical education training programme. Exercise not only gives health life style but also improve your neuropsychological variables so exercise is strongly recommended. Pages: 693-697Shantanu Halder and Kanchan Bandopadhyay (Department of Physical Education, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West… Read more Get Access
Effectiveness of rational emotive behavior therapy on depression and general health among literate unemployed Pages: 698-701 Guddimath and Basavarajappa (Department of Studies in Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore) The present study investigated the effectiveness of REBT on depression and general health of literate unemployed. Using a random sampling technique 30 unemployed who were high in depression and low in general health were selected and assigned randomly into experimental (n=15) and control group (n-=15). Subjects in experimental group received 24 sessions individual REBT including cognitive restructuring, assertive training, and anger management. Result showed that subjects in experimental group showed significant decrease in depression and enhanced general health from pre to post treatment. Control group did not show any change from pre to post treatment sessions. Pages: 698-701Guddimath and Basavarajappa (Department of Studies in Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore) Read more Get Access
Career decision-making of adolescents in relation to their family environment: An empirical study Pages: 702-706 Vandana Sharma (Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh) The present study was attempted to find the relationship between career decision-making and family environment among adolescents. For the study, 300 adolescents studying in class XI were drawn from Government Model Senior Secondary Schools of Chandigarh by employing stratified random sampling. For the collection of data Career Decision-Making Inventory (CDMI; Singh, 1999) and Family Environment Scale (FES; Vohra, 1997) were administered to adolescents. For the analysis of data statistical techniques like Pearson product moment correlation, t-test and stepwise multiple regression were used. Correlation analysis showed that career decidedness was significantly and positively correlated with cohesion, expressiveness, independence and recreational orientation dimensions of family environment. Career indecision was significantly and negatively correlated with cohesion, expressiveness, independence, organization and recreational orientation dimensions of family environment. No significant gender difference was observed on the variables of career decision-making (career decidedness and career indecision). Boys and girls significantly differed only on organization dimension except all other dimensions of family environment. Regression analysis showed that cohesion and expressiveness dimensions of family environment contributed to career decidedness independently as well as conjointly. This indicated that adolescents having families high on cohesion and expressiveness were high on career decidedness. In case of career indecision, the predictors were expressiveness, organization and independence which contributed to career indecision independently as well as conjointly. This demonstrated that adolescents having families high on expressiveness, organization and independence were low on career indecision. Results of the present study demonstrated that congenial family environment is necessary for the overall development of adolescents. Pages: 702-706Vandana Sharma (Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh) Read more Get Access
A comparative study of personality and parent child relationship in children with internalized and externalized disorders Pages: 707-710 Anindita Mukherjee (Clinical Psychologist, CUIIPP Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Calcutta) Sanjukta Das and Atanu Kumar Dogra (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Calcutta) The present study aimed to find out the comparison among children with externalized and internalized disorder and the Control group with respect to different traits of personality and their perception of different aspects of parent child relationships. Sample consisting seven children with externalized disorder and eight children with internalized disorder and eight children in the control group were selected on the basis of the inclusion/exclusion criteria. A semi. Structured interview schedule including socio-demographic and clinical information was administered; children were categorised as having the externalized and internalized features by using the Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders (Naglieri et al., 1979); and Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1975), Parent Child Relationship Scale (Rao, 1989) were administered. The obtained data had been analyzed by Kruskal Wallis one way ANOVA. Results reveal that there is a significant difference among children with internalized (ID), externalized (ED) features and control group with respect to rank scores of extraversion, psychoticism, neuroticism, lie score of personality, and perception of different aspects of parent child relationship, i.e., rejecting (from father & mother), demanding (from mother), and neglecting (from mother) symbolic reward (from father), loving (from mother), object reward (from father & mother), neglecting(M) . Pages: 707-710Anindita Mukherjee (Clinical Psychologist, CUIIPP Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Calcutta)Sanjukta Das and… Read more Get Access
Associating Beck’s cognitive behaviour therapy with progressive muscular relaxation technique in treatment of major depression: A case report Pages: 711-714 Neharshi (Department of Psychology, H.N.B. Gharwal University, Srinagar, U.K) The present study attempts to treat Major Depression in relation to Beck's Cognitive Behavior Therapy (BCBT) and Progressive Muscular Relaxation Technique (PMRT). The study attempts to diagnose and treat a 32 years male client. Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to assess the level of depression of client. The treatment proceed in certain steps such as in starting 12 sessions, the client was treated with PMRT along with Motivational Counseling to ready the client for CBT. Once it was assured that the client is motivated and ready for counseling. He was also given sessions of CBT. The sessions of both therapies that PMRT and CBT were given simultaneously to the client. The client had taken total 28 sessions of one hour of each therapy. After the completion of treatment (6 months), it was found that the persistence of positive changes in the patient's life like continuing his job, attending parties, taking inertest in those hobbies in which he lost interest before the CBT and PMRT. Pages: 711-714Neharshi (Department of Psychology, H.N.B. Gharwal University, Srinagar, U.K) Read more Get Access
Association of socio-personal factors with the subjective well-being of infertile women Pages: 715-717 Niharika Joshi and Tejpreet Kaur Kang (Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana) Infertility is a growing problem which is affecting a significant number of individuals. It is not a stable trait but a process with an uncertain trajectory. Infertility has a significant impact on subjective well-being which is a self evaluation of well-being. Since social and personal factors affects the well-being of an individual, therefore studying about them can help to gain a deeper understanding of infertility experience of women. The present study is an attempt to study the association of socio-personal factors with the subjective well-being of infertile women of Ludhiana district. The study was based on a sample of 180 infertile women (90 rural and 90 urban). Socio-personal profile was assessed by a Self- Structured Interview Schedule and subjective well-being was assessed by using Subjective well-being Inventory developed by Nagpal and Sell (1985). Results revealed that socio-personal factors like age, educational qualification, occupational status, family type, duration of infertility are significantly associated with the subjective well-being of the respondents. Pages: 715-717Niharika Joshi and Tejpreet Kaur Kang (Department of Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana) Read more Get Access
Process of psychological intervention and treatment outcome in childhood autistic disorder: A case study Pages: 718-722 Shweta Jha (Clinical Psychologist, Manipal University, Manipal) A 2 year 11 month old child born of non- consanguineous marriage; with full time normal delivery in hospital. Presented to us with family history of autism and ADHD in 2nd degree cousins and she had complaints of absence of social smile, lack of eye to eye contact, lack of awareness of others with impaired speech and stereotypic play activity, and spinning objects. Highly distracted, irritable, poor concentration and attention; with no history of hearing and speech impairment and normal development until 12 month when the present symptoms were noted. Pages: 718-722Shweta Jha (Clinical Psychologist, Manipal University, Manipal) Read more Get Access

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