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A short study on relationships between anger and defense style in functional gastrointestinal disorder Pages: 27-33 Urmita Chakraborty (Doctoral Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta & Lecturer at H.M.M College for Women Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Sadhan Das Gupta (Professor and Former Head, Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Dilip Todi (Consultant Gastroenterologist, West Bank Hospital, Howrah, West Bengal, India) Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are familiar diagnostic categories showing chronic and bizarre complaints in patients. Perhaps, they are caused by dysmotility and hypersensitivity of the digestive system, the symptoms remain unexplained and untreated in many instances. So, they are idiopathic in nature. The way we experience or express our angry feelings and monitor our anger through defenses may lead to the development of the disorder. The present study covers three types of FGIDs; functional bowel disorder-unspecified, functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (Rome III classification). In this study, we seek to understand the relationship between anger experiences and the defense styles in the said patients. The sample consists of 11 patients. Tools include general information schedule, state trait anger (T-Anger) expression inventory (Spielberger, 1988) and defense style questionnaire-40 (Andrews et al., 1993). Non-parametric statistics, as well as descriptive statistics, have been applied. The study reveals important findings that guide us for further elaborative study. The present sample scored high on the neurotic defense factor and anger control domains. No significant differences in scores have been noted due to gender. The three illness categories did not produce any significant variance on scores of selected variables. The marital status of patients did not result in any significant variance on scores of selected variables. A significant relationship has been estimated between T-Anger and immature defense factor. Most of the patients were of FD sub-group having family history for their illness, undergoing the complications for minimum 1 to maximum 5 years in a mild form without much significant stressful life events which may have influenced the manifestations. Pages: 27-33Urmita Chakraborty (Doctoral Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta & Lecturer at… Read more Get Access
Physical activities and its effect on students’ mental health: A comparative study between athlete and non-athlete students Pages: 34-37 R. Parveen Bano (Research Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India) A physical activity is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellbeing. Physical activities not only affect on the body health but also affect on the mental health. It can increase the ability of adaption with the society. And it can also improve the mental illness, increase the ability of remembrance and accepted as a tool for maintaining and increasing psychological health. Physical activities play an important role in peoples vitality. Today, students play an important role in the future of each country and are considered as one of the most important groups in the society, about increasing the mental health problems in the students, this study aims to determine the physical activities and its effect on students mental health, systematically comparing athletes (regular practitioners of exercise) to non-athlete students (students who do not practice any organized athletic activity). The study sample consisted of 250 female and male athlete and non-athlete students were chosen who were aged 21-26 years. In this study, a standardized questionnaire, general health questionnaire designed by Goldberg and Hillier was used; it consisted of 28 questions to measure four subscales (physical symptoms, anxiety and sleep disturbance, social dysfunction, depression). The reliability (reliability coefficient) of the questionnaire was obtained as 0.85 through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test. By analyzing the proposed hypotheses at the P≤0.05 demonstrated a significant difference in mental health score between athlete and non-athlete students. Pages: 34-37R. Parveen Bano (Research Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India) Read more Get Access
Determinants of sleep quality among working population from North India: A pilot study Pages: 38-42 Monika Sharma (Department of Sleep Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India) Samhita Panda (Department of Sleep Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India) Recent information on sleep and its quality in working population are not available in India. The aim of this study was to determine stress, physical activity, and obesity as independent risk factors for poor sleep quality among healthy, white collar, full time workers from North India reporting subjective sleep complaints. The sample comprised of employees at local government and private companies who had annual health checkups. The study incorporated a retrospective descriptive design using a convenience sample of 134 subjects from tertiary care hospital of Delhi. All data were obtained through self-administrated questionnaires and annual health checkups. Apparently healthy sample of 49 women and 85 men, with a mean age of 37±12 years, who were free from any significant medical disorder resulting in sleep disturbance, reporting subjective sleep complaints were recruited. Sleep quality was measured using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI]. In a given population, the mean global PSQI score was 8 (standard deviation=5.0), with 76% of the sample classified as poor sleepers. Age (P=0.001), marital status (P=0.003), body mass index (P=0.012) and stress (P=0.001) were found to be associated with poorer sleep quality. Logistic regression revealed that middle age (odds ratio [OR]=1.07) and higher stress level (OR=1.08) were independent determinants of poor sleep quality. A significant percentage of working population reported poor quality of sleep. This study suggested that mid-life and high level of stress are strongly linked to poor quality of sleep. Given the close relationships between sleep quality and physical and mental health, intervention programs for poor sleep quality in this population should be considered. Pages: 38-42Monika Sharma (Department of Sleep Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India)Samhita Panda… Read more Get Access
Resilience: The power to recover from adversities Pages: 43-45 Nisha Chaudhary (Department of Psychology University of Delhi, New Delhi, India) N.K. Chadha (Department of Psychology University of Delhi, New Delhi, India) Women in our culture have always being portrayed as the courageous ones. She has that mental power to overcome all obstacles and take care of her man and his family in every and any kind of situation. Resilience is one of her greatest strength. On these lines, the current research was carried out to find the level of resilience in women having lost their husbands at different ages of their lives. One group consisted of women who became a widow at the age of 25-35 years and the other group consisted of women who lost their husbands after 55 years and above. For the purpose of the study, resilience scale was being used, and each group consisted of 10 widows. The results clearly showed that the resilience level of widows in the first group was much lower and even the ways to recover were quite different when compared with the second group. Pages: 43-45Nisha Chaudhary (Department of Psychology University of Delhi, New Delhi, India)N.K. Chadha (Department of… Read more Get Access
Demographic factors associated with suicidal ideation among college students in Kolkata, India Pages: 46-51 Sreeparna Dutta (Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Sadhan Das Gupta (Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) The present study tried to focus on the issue that why some individuals are at high risk for developing suicidal thoughts by examining the various demographic variables. Demographic variables were divided into three categories: Demographic-behavioral variables (e.g., drug use, smoking and drinking), interpersonal and family related demographic variable (peer relationship, family relationship, staying with family, history of suicides in family/friend) and personal demographic variable (academic achievement and parent staying together). Correlation, Regression, and Chi-square test were done. Results indicated smoking, drinking, family relationship, history of suicides in family/friends, parents living together emerged as possible predictors of suicidal ideation. Significant difference between suicidal ideators and non-suicidal ideators found regarding the history of suicides in family/friends, academic achievement, parents staying together, smoking, peer and family relationship. Statistical analysis revealed suicidal ideations among 12.88% of the sample studied (N=29). The results provide insight into the factors that predict suicidal ideation among youths. Pages: 46-51Sreeparna Dutta (Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India)Sadhan Das… Read more Get Access
Personality characteristics of male substance dependents: A correlational study Pages: 52-55 Imran Khan (Drug De-Addiction Center and Stress Management Helpline Police Control Room, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India) Showkat Ahmed Shah (Department of Psychology, University of Kashmir Hazaratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India) The present study investigates the personality dimensions of substance dependents and the correlation of personality dimensions (extraversion and neuroticism) with substance dependence. The sample consists of (N=150) substance dependent males taken from different drug de-addiction centers and various areas in district Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir). Alcohol smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST 2010) was first used to screen the individuals for substance dependence and to assess their substance dependence and then modified version of Eysenck’s Maudsley’s Personality Inventory (MPI 1959) by Jalota and Kapoor was used to assess the personality dimensions of the participants. The results in this study showed that the majority of the sample group (50.7%) score high on neuroticism dimension of personality however majority of the sample group (70.0%) score average on extraversion dimension of personality. Further, significant positive correlation was found between neuroticism and substance dependence (P≤0.01, r=0.269**). However, negative insignificant correlation was found between extraversion and substance dependence. These results were found consistent with previous research. Pages: 52-55Imran Khan (Drug De-Addiction Center and Stress Management Helpline Police Control Room, Srinagar, Jammu… Read more Get Access
Attention, memory, and severe mental illness: Role of comprehensive rehabilitation and vocational training Pages: 56-58 Smita Pandey (Lecturer (Clinical Psychology) Institute of Behavioural Sciences Gujarat Forensic Sciences University Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India) S. Haque Nizamie (Professor (Neuropsychiatry), Central Institute of Psychiatry, Patratoli, Ranchi Jharkhand, India) Amool R. Singh (Professor (Clinical Psychology), Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India) Several studies have emphasized on the role rehabilitation, but there are very few studies that have focused on a comprehensive rehabilitation as compared to vocational training. This study described the effect of a comprehensive intervention of cognitive retraining and vocational training when compared to the vocational training alone in the patients of chronic schizophrenia. A group of 12 patients diagnosed as schizophrenia as per ICD 10 for a minimum of 5 years (chronic cases) between the age range of 30 and 45 years were taken who were on the maintenance dozes of antipsychotic medication, staying in the hospital (Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi) for 6 months, having significant cognitive deficits and compliant to intervention. Six of them were assigned to comprehensive training group, and six were for the vocational training group. The results indicated that though there were no significant differences between the comprehensive group and the vocational group, but there had been significant improvement within the each group from baseline through final assessment. The vocational training was as effective as comprehensive training program. However, the comprehensive group was somewhat better than the vocational group. Pages: 56-58Smita Pandey (Lecturer (Clinical Psychology) Institute of Behavioural Sciences Gujarat Forensic Sciences University Gandhinagar… Read more Get Access
Factors affecting career aspirations among married women Pages: 59-63 Neha Dubey (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad Allahabad, UP, India) Vivek Tiwari (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad Allahabad, UP, India) The general goals which an individual sets for himself/herself in life are called aspirations. The present study is an effort to understand the carrier aspirations of married women along with highlighting the reasons of married women taking up or continuing higher education after marriage and probe the factors affecting and hindering their carrier aspirations. This exploratory study was conducted through qualitative approach which included open ended questions and in-depth interviews with women who were pursuing their carrier in academics after marriage. The sample size of the present study was 30 married women research scholars drawn from University of Allahabad having the age range of 25-35. Content analysis of the responses was done and the results revealed that the challenges posed by the married women are responsibility which includes childcare and house hold activity, cultural expectation within the family, lack of time for themselves due to maintaining balance between work-life and role demand. Results also indicate that most of the women do not change their career aspirations after marriage and one of the important reasons behind this was the support of their husband and family. Other factors that emerged for continuing higher education by the married women are self-dependence, extension of their knowledge and enhancing social prestige through an academic degree. Results also emphasize that married women with children are facing more challenges in comparison to those married women who had no children. Pages: 59-63Neha Dubey (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad Allahabad, UP, India)Vivek Tiwari (Department of… Read more Get Access
Internet addiction and impulsivity among adolescents Pages: 64-67 Komal Chandiramani (Research Scholar, Department of Psychology Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India) Internet is one of the transformational technologies having marvelous impact on psychosocial life. However, internet is becoming addictive which is the condition of being compulsively occupied with or involved in something. Internet addiction may lead to impulsive behavior which is a swift action without forethought or conscious judgment. The purpose of the present study was to compare 13-15 and 16-18 years old adolescents on the measures of internet addiction and impulsivity and also examine their relationship. A two group design was followed and the total sample consisted of 90 internet addicted (low to moderate) adolescents, with equal number of two age groups. They were administered internet addiction test (Young, 1999) and Barratt’s Impulsiveness Scale (Barratt, 1994). The data was analyzed using t-test and correlation. Significant group differences were found between 13-15 and 16-18 years old adolescents on the measures of overall impulsivity and overall internet addiction and its dimensions of mood and relationships. Moreover, 13-15 years old adolescents indicated more significant relations between two constructs as compared to 16-18 years old adolescents. Hence, both the above constructs are important in accounting for age differences in adults. Pages: 64-67Komal Chandiramani (Research Scholar, Department of Psychology Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India) Read more Get Access
Psychological well-being: Spirituality and successful aging Pages: 68-71 Musaddiq Jahan (Department of Psychology, Women’s College Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India) Sabira Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University Uttar Pradesh, India) Aging is a multidimensional change involving the physical, psychological as well as social aspects for an individual. India has earned the distinction of being a “greying nation” with about 7.7% of its population consisting of older adults. In the last few decades, however researchers have become increasingly interested in psychological well-being (PWB) of elderly persons. Spirituality has been found to be a major predictor of PWB and shapes individuals’ perspectives on the world and is expressed in the way that they live life. This study examined the relationship between daily spiritual experiences and PWB among male and female elderly persons of above 65 years of age. Two hundred elderly persons were drawn randomly from various cities and old age homes situated in India. Of these, there were 100 female and 100 male. The daily spiritual experience scale (DSES), (Underwood & Teresi, 2002) and Ryff scale of PWB (Ryff, 1989) were administered on these subjects. Results showed significant positive relationship between DSES and PWB among male and female elderly persons. Pages: 68-71Musaddiq Jahan (Department of Psychology, Women’s College Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India)Sabira Khan… Read more Get Access
Process of psychological intervention and treatment outcome in obsessive compulsive disorder: Case study Pages: 72-76 Shweta Jha (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Kasturba Medical College, SOHAS, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India) Researchers have concluded that lifetime prevalence for schizophrenia is 1% and for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) it is 2-3%. Co-morbidity rates for OCD in the schizophrenia population are substantially higher than what would be expected to occur randomly. In the schizophrenic population, the reported prevalence of clinically significant orthopedic clinical specialist and of OCD ranges from 10% to 52% and from 7.8% to 26%. Here we report a case of a 20-year-old, single Hindu female, from MSES, PUC failed, pre-morbidly with difficult temperament, diagnosed with past history of paranoid schizophrenia and currently diagnosed with OCD. Mostly comorbid conditions are difficult to treat but in the present case: Psychotic symptoms were reported to be in control with medication, but patient never returned to pre-morbid level of functioning and since past 3 months she started having repetitive, intrusive thoughts which were distressing and also decreased her day to day life functioning, for treating OCD researches have suggested that exposure and response prevention (ERP) methods of treatment id most adaptable, A meta-analysis by Eddy et al., (2004) examined data from 15 clinical trials. Treatments included ERP, computed tomography (CT), and active and passive control conditions. Overall, approximately two-thirds of the patients who completed treatment improved, findings were stronger for ERP than CT, and individual therapy was more effective than group therapy, but in the present study we used habituation training to decrease the response to the stimulus. We initiated with this because we still had doubt that these symptoms could be part of her hallucinations as there was a past history of schizophrenia; but as patient was not able to describe very clearly, we started with habituation training, so that the repeated presentation of the stimulus results in the decline of the behavior and make her less responsive or reactive to the stimuli. Habituation training is not a standard treatment method for OCD; but in our study we found an improvement in patient personal, social and occupational level and level of intensity of thoughts, follow-up showed that the improvement was maintained for 6 month; after which contact with the patient was lost. Pages: 72-76Shweta Jha (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Kasturba Medical College, SOHAS, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India) Read more Get Access
Impact of psychological distress, work family interface and social support on mental health of working women Pages: 77-82 Navdeep Batth (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India) C.R. Darolia (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India) This investigation was carried out with an aim to study the effects of work-family interface on mental health of working women. The study sample consisted of 70 women (30-45 years) working in various occupations across Ambala and Yamunanagar in Haryana. The participants were tested on job distress, family distress, work- family interface, social support, and mental health. Obtained data were processed for Pearson’s correlation and step-wise multiple regression. The results of the current study have indicated that family distress, job distress, work’s interference with family and family’s interference with work exert negative effect on mental health. These variables lead to somatic complaints, sleep disturbance, problems in social functioning, anxiety, and depression. From the research findings, it is also clear that work facilitation as well as family facilitation have positive effect on mental health. Pages: 77-82Navdeep Batth (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India)C.R. Darolia (Department of Psychology… Read more Get Access
Perceived stress and coping strategies of senior players and relationship with doping Pages: 83-88 Samvedna Sharma (Department of Psychology, University of Jammu, Gujarbasti, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India) The present study examined the strength and difficulties in the path of senior players to achieve a gold medal. When they are not achieving the gold medal, they use many types of doping strategies to reduce their stress. A cross-sectional analysis of data of 40 senior players aged 20-45 years were selected through purposive sampling. Two questionnaires and one semi-structured interview were carried out on the senior players. Results have shown the perceived stress and coping strategies of senior players range in the normal spectrum, semi-structured interview revealed that players use doping to enhance their performance. Pages: 83-88Samvedna Sharma (Department of Psychology, University of Jammu, Gujarbasti, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India) Read more Get Access
Different pattern of educational system effects on creativity of adolescents: A comparative study Pages: 89-94 Shakti Desh (Department of Child Psychologist Sahara Welfare Foundation, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) A.K. Srivastava (Department of Psychologist, DAV College Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India) The present study was conducted to study the creativity of adolescents studying in a different pattern of education system. A total of 400 adolescents randomly selected in the age range of 14-16 years studying in different classes from each type of urban educational institutions (Public and Convent English Medium, State Government and Government aided schools, Hindu Religious School and Private Recognized Schools) were selected from Kanpur, Lucknow and Haridwar for the study. It included both male and female adolescents all the students taken in the sample at the three years of the stay in the institutions. As per our finding in the present investigation Hindu religious schools have been found to provide best of atmosphere in their respective systems for development of creativity vice-versa it has been found of very low level in public and convent (Type A) schools, Central and State Government Schools too have not been found very high but they have provided significantly more better atmosphere in comparison to Public Convent English Medium and Private Schools. Pages: 89-94Shakti Desh (Department of Child Psychologist Sahara Welfare Foundation, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India)A.K. Srivastava… Read more Get Access
Comparing single arm military press test performance in females with and without non-specific neck pain Pages: 95-98 Sujata Sharma (Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India) Shabnam Joshi (Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India) An observational study design was used for the study. A case-control type of observational study design was used. To find out the performance of single arm military press test (SAMP test) among the patient group with non-specific neck pain and healthy group of young females. The study was carried out on 60 females (mean age 22.93±2.25) selected from the campus of the Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana. The subjects were first screened for the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and then they were assigned into two groups: Group A-healthy females (n=30) and Group B female patients with nonspecific neck pain (n=30). The visual analog scale (VAS) score of maximum pain in last 24 h was noted before the inclusion of the patients in Group B. Patients with VAS more than 2 and <8 were included in Group B. The SAMP test was performed under supervision for both the groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS (21 version) and significance level was set at P≤0.01. No statistically significant difference was found in performance of SAMP test between the dominant hand and non-dominant hand of the normal group (t=0.008, P≤0.01). No statistically significant difference was found in performance of SAMP test between the dominant hand and non-dominant hand in Group B (t=0.0007, P≤0.01). However, statistically significant difference was found in performance of SAMP test for the dominant hand (t=4.24, P≤0.01) between Group A and Group B. Furthermore, statistically significant difference was found in performance of SAMP test for the non-dominant hand (t=1.2774, P≤0.01) between Group A and Group B on within group analysis (intra-group analysis). Performance of SAMP test was found to be better in healthy females when compared to nonspecific neck pain patients both for dominant and non-dominant hand. Thus, it was concluded that the SAMP test can be used as a performance-based measure to assess the upper limb disability among females with non-specific neck pain. Pages: 95-98Sujata Sharma (Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana… Read more Get Access
Stress among adolescents and the role of counseling in managing it: A review Pages: 99-104 Minakshi Rana (GGDSD College, Chandigarh, India) Adolescence is a developmental stage characterized by multiple changes in virtually every aspect of an individual’s life. It is a pivotal period of development when teenagers are preparing for adulthood. This period is full of challenges for adolescents. They are confronted with new kinds of stress stemming from different sources. The parents and the teachers lack the essential tools for handling the problems of adolescents. Therefore, a counselor can play a very effective role in helping the adolescents in overcoming such stressful challenges by applying the robust scientifically tested techniques. The focus of this research paper is on understanding stress and types of stressors experienced in adolescence. Besides, studying how counseling appears to be a useful intervention in managing the stress among adolescents. Pages: 99-104Minakshi Rana (GGDSD College, Chandigarh, India) Read more Get Access
Study of self-concept of tribal and non-tribal adolescents Pages: 105-106 Neha Parihar (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India) Meeta Jha (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India) This study was designed to examine the role of culture in self-concept of adolescents. The sample of this study included 200 tribal subjects in which 100 male and 100 female, both are students of XI class, and 200 non-tribal students in which 100 male and 100 female of XI class are included. Subjects, 400 in number were administered Swatva Bodh Parikshan developed by Sherry, Verma and Goswami. T-test was used for the data analysis. Results revealed that culture affect the self-concept of adolescents; it produces significant variance in self-concept. Results of this study demonstrated that non-tribal students showed higher mean scores on total scores of self-concept in comparison to tribal subjects. Pages: 105-106Neha Parihar (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India)Meeta Jha (Department… Read more Get Access
Workforce diversity at workplace: A report on Tata Consultancy Service Pages: 107-110 Priyanka Saini (Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India) As we know that as globalization come the word diversity in workface also come in India. Many of the organizations facing the problem that how to identify the problem associated with the diversity and how to retain the employees, attract the employees overseas. Diversity includes various dimensions such as gender based diversity, cultural based diversity, age based diversity and qualification based diversity. Hence, this report is basically provide an idea how Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is managing their diverse workforce and provide some sort of guidelines to the other organization so that other can also manage diversity in effective ways. The present study is purely based on the secondary data. TCS is managing all the dimension of diversity very effectively and it also helps to increase the productivity of the workforce. This is the only reason that TCS is Asia’s largest IT consultant service provider in India. Pages: 107-110Priyanka Saini (Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India) Read more Get Access
Sex and socioeconomic status influence on emotional intelligence among college students Pages: 111-113 Bharat Naik (Department of Counseling Psychology, Mahavir College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) The main aim of the study is to examine the influence of sex and socioeconomic status (SES) on emotional intelligence of college students. It was hypothesized that: (1) Sex factor will affect significantly on emotional intelligence of college students. (2) SES factor will affect significantly on emotional intelligence of college students. (3) Interaction between sex and SES factors will affect significantly on emotional intelligence of college students. 360 undergraduate college students were selected by using random sampling method from various colleges of the Kolhapur and Sangli city. 2×3 factorial research design was used. Factor sex varies at two levels viz. male and female as well as SES varies at three levels viz. upper, middle and lower SES. Sex and SES are independent variables while emotional intelligence is dependent variable. The obtained data has been analyzed by using two-way ANOVA and Scheffe’s post-hoc multiple comparison test. The findings revealed that the sex factor of college students does not affect significantly on emotional intelligence. SES factor of college students affect significantly on emotional intelligence. Sex and SES factors of college students interaction does not affect significantly on emotional intelligence. Upper SES students are having high emotional intelligence than lower SES and middle SES students. Pages: 111-113Bharat Naik (Department of Counseling Psychology, Mahavir College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) Read more Get Access
A study of birth order and family size differences on depression Pages: 114-117 Sudha Banth (Department of Psychology, Panjab University Chandigarh, India) Anubhuti Sharma (Department of Psychology, Panjab University Chandigarh, India) The present endeavor was aimed to assess the differences among different birth orders (only child, first born, second born, and third born) and family sizes (one child family, two child family, and three child family). For this purpose, 480 young adults were randomly selected from the Tricity of Chandigarh, Panchkula, and Mohali. Zung’s depression inventory (1975) was administered on the sample. 4×3 factorial analyzes of variance design was applied to assess the differences among the young adults. Further, Scheffe’s post-hoc test was also applied. Results showed a significant difference among different birth orders and family sizes on depression. Pages: 114-117Sudha Banth (Department of Psychology, Panjab University Chandigarh, India)Anubhuti Sharma (Department of Psychology, Panjab… Read more Get Access
Cognitive styles are varied with academic achievement among college students Pages: 118-120 Vikas S Kamble (Smt. Kasturbai Walchand College, Sangli, Maharashtra, India) This study reports an investigation of cognitive style and academic achievement among college students. Systematic and intuitive cognitive style is a dimension of cognitive style that has been studied with various student groups by worldwide psychologist. In the present study, the standardized cognitive style inventory developed by Dr. Praveen Kumar Jha was used to assess cognitive style of 120 college students. The study initiated with postulation that cognitive styles are varied with academic achievement. One-way analysis of variance and Scheffe’s post-hoc multiple analyses were used to analyze the data. The finding indicate that student’s level of systematic cognitive style are differ with academic achievement while intuitive cognitive are not. Pages: 118-120Vikas S Kamble (Smt. Kasturbai Walchand College, Sangli, Maharashtra, India) Read more Get Access
Organizational commitment and union commitment in public bank employees: A correlation study Pages: 121-123 Sujata Hooda (P.G.T. (Psychology), G.G.H.S. Jaurasi Panipat Haryana, India) Shalini Singh (Department of Psychology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India) The study was intended to examine the relationship between organizational commitment (OC) and union commitment (UC) among public bank employees. A total of 180 clerical level employees were personally given OC scale by Allen and Meyer (1990) along with UC Questionnaire for the purpose of finding out the relationship between these variables. Obtained results in our study in the light of OC and UC as cause and effect relationship showed no significant relationship between these two variables. Pages: 121-123Sujata Hooda (P.G.T. (Psychology), G.G.H.S. Jaurasi Panipat Haryana, India)Shalini Singh (Department of Psychology, Maharshi… Read more Get Access
A success story of an international collaboration on training school administrators in school psychology Pages: 968-973 P. Ramalingam (UGC-Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, Puducherry) R. Parthasarathy (Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Puducherry) After laying the foundation of Indian School Psychology Association (InSPA) in collaboration with the experts of International School Psychology Association (ISPA) in 2011, it occurred to the coordinator of these meetings P. Ramalingam to engage the experts from the two associations to impart first-hand training to school administrators and school counsellors in India. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), an ambitious project of the Government of India to universalize elementary education, provided the most suitable platform in various ways. Training modules were prepared on international guidelines so as to suit to the Indian context. There were 60 participants in the training: 15 higher secondary school principals and 30 high school head masters of the Union Territory of Puducherry, and 15 school counsellors and teachers from various parts of India. They had the opportunity to acquire knowledge in various aspects related to School Psychology, such as building capacity, developing shared vision between the school administration and the teacher, along with the need to provide primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Focus was on skills in School Psychology, lecture cum interaction, demonstration and role play, skill practice and material preparation, practice workshop with primary and secondary school children, assignments and tests. Interactive technical sessions were scheduled for five days and the feedback received from the participants of this innovative international collaboration was highly satisfactory. There was so much enthusiasm in the community that a School Psychologist Training Institute has been envisioned to conduct such programmes regularly to advance the cause of School Psychology. Pages: 968-973P. Ramalingam (UGC-Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, Puducherry)R. Parthasarathy (Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan… Read more Get Access
Analysis of the sex differentials in the extent of social isolation among the aged Pages: 974-980 Harpreet Kaur and Sarita Saini (Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, P.A.U. Ludhiana) The present study is an attempt to analyze the sex differentials in the extent of social isolation felt by the aged in our society. It is based upon 120 aged drawn from an urban setting (Ludhiana city). The sample was distributed equally over the three socio-economic strata (high, middle and low) and the two sexes. The investigations revealed that the males and females experienced social isolation in comparable proportions and degrees across various dimensions of social isolation (family, friends, neighbours and coping mechanisms) and across all socio-economic levels (high, middle and low). Pages: 974-980Harpreet Kaur and Sarita Saini (Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, P.A.U… Read more Get Access
Drug use and harm reduction approach: Responding to the public health challenge in Bangladesh Pages: 981-988 Sonia Sharmin (Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh) This paper attempts to investigate the application of Harm Reduction Model that is largely in practice, in the context of Bangladesh. The Injective Drug Users (IDU) is considered to be most susceptible to blood borne diseases and Harm Reduction approach is vital in containing the epidemic of such contagion and depleting the threat eventually. This paper applies mixed methods to identify the commitment and activity of Drop in Centers (DIC's) of major NGOs, which are locally and globally funded, with the support of local government to attain the Health Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of 2021. The paper is investigative to the operational effectiveness of Harm Reduction Model and suggestive to social policy development. Pages: 981-988Sonia Sharmin (Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh) Read more Get Access

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