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HIV risk behaviors and risk beliefs among young adults Pages: 1120-1123 Priyanka Shukla (City College of Management, Lucknow, UP) Madhurima Pradhan (Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, UP) HIV among young people has become a major health problem in recent decades. Despite having been discovered in the early 1980s only, it has rapidly developed into an epidemic that has caused the death of millions of people. NFHS III data (2005-06) shows that now HIV/AIDS is not the problem of urban society only but it is spreading in rural areas as well. Recent studies of sexual, drug and alcohol outcome expectancies suggest that the beliefs and perceptions of young people play a critical role in their decisions to initiate and to maintain the high risk behaviors. This paper attempts to assess HIV risk behavior and risk beliefs of young adults and also to explore the relationship between risk beliefs and HIV risk taking behaviours across gender and locale. Sample of the present study included 200 young adults (100 urban and 100 rural) comprising of 50 males and 50 females for each group between the age range of 19-26 years. To assess the participants HIV risk behaviors and risk beliefs, checklists were developed by the researchers on the basis of HIV/AIDS related literature and opinion of experts. The findings of the present study reveal that male respondents are higher in HIV risk behaviors and risk beliefs than female respondents and urban young adults are significantly higher in HIV risk behaviors and risk beliefs than rural young adults. Moreover, present paper also reveals that risk beliefs are positively and significantly correlated with HIV risk behaviours among all the four groups. These findings suggest that cognitive behavioral interventions may be an effective way to modify the risky beliefs of young adults so as motivate them to refrain from risky behaviours for slowing down the spread of HIV infection. Pages: 1120-1123Priyanka Shukla (City College of Management, Lucknow, UP)Madhurima Pradhan (Department of Psychology, Lucknow University… Read more Get Access
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV Infected persons receiving antiretroviral therapy in Haryana Pages: 1124-1127 Mukesh Nagar (Medical Officer, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi) M. S. Punia (Community Medicine, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana) Anita Punia (Senior Medical Officer, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana) Shweta Goswami, Amandeep Kaur, Raghvendra, H. and Anuradha (Post Graduate student, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana) Kiran Nagar (Post Graduate, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur) An estimated 2.39 million Indians are currently living with HIV. In 2004, the Indian government began providing free antiretroviral therapy (ART), through ART centers. Adherence to ART is the most essential component of treatment success in HIV care. ART demands a minimum of 95 percentage adherence to avoid viral resistance and treatment failure. There is limited information available from Haryana on adherence to ART and its predictors. So this study was planned to determine patient adherence to ART and associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted at the ART Centre at Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana from December 2010 to May 2011. A total of 400 patients aged 18 years and above were selected randomly and interviewed using a pretested semi-structured schedule, after taking their written informed consent. The data collected were compiled in MS Excel and analysed using appropriate statistical tests. The mean age of patients was 35.33 years. The median time on ART was 20 months. Average 7-day adherence was 94.34 per cent. 23.5% reported missed doses over the past 7 days; 65.5 per cent of them reported missing a full day's medications. Common reasons for missing doses were “traveling / away from home” (27.6 %), “simply forgot” (21.6%), “ran out of pills” (17.2%) and “busy with other things” (13.8 %). There is a need to create an understanding among patients, their families and health care providers regarding importance of adherence to ART; and develop validated low-cost interventions that optimize adherence. Pages: 1124-1127Mukesh Nagar (Medical Officer, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi)M. S. Punia (Community Medicine… Read more Get Access
Mental Health and Psychological Well being of Adolescents Pages: 1128-1131 Geetika Patnaik (Department of Psychology, BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar) The field of global mental health has recently emerged, which has been defined as “the area of study, research and practice that places priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide”. Moreover, people who are mentally healthy can deal with difficult situations in a better manner (Smith & Segel, 2011) and they remain focused, flexible and creative at all times. The period of adolescence is a time of redefining and developing relationships with parents, peers and society. Biological changes interact with psychological characteristics of the person and the changes in the social environment influence the adolescent's mental health that affects psychological wellbeing to a great extent. Psychological wellbeing is characterized by self acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy and positive emotions. Teenagers of today are a pressurized lot. The fear of humiliation because of below par performance, lack of self confidence to confront the ever changing challenges and the need to work like robots are all pervasive. The present paper enumerates the problems of stress, depression, academic achievement and life skills in general of adolescents in the present socio-cultural scenario. Mental health is not an end in itself but it should be treated as a means to achieve and enhance psychological wellbeing to lead a goal-directed meaningful life, which in turn nurtures good mental health. Pages: 1128-1131Geetika Patnaik (Department of Psychology, BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar) Read more Get Access
Comparative effect of resistance running on vital capacity between untrained tribal and non-tribal school boys Pages: 1132-1136 Atanu Das (Rabindra Mahavidyalaya Champadanga, Hooghly, West Bengal) Gopal Chandra Saha (AFC C license Coach, Department of Physical Education, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal) Resistance running has also proven to be a safe and effective method of conditioning for individuals with various needs, goal and abilities. The research scholar was very much interested to learn that the effectiveness of resistance running out of many available training techniques for scientific and systematic manifestation of specific strength endurance potentialities which were admired as the prerequisites factor for top sports performance and that too on tribals as well as non-tribals school boys and thereby such study was being undertaken. The purpose of the study was to find out the comparative effect of resistance running on vital capacity between untrained tribal and non-tribal school boys. To facilitated the study, twenty tribal and twenty non-tribal school boys of 8th and 9th standard were randomly selected from each categories as the subjects for this study. Subjects were randomly assigned to experimental and control group selected from each category as the subjects for this study (N=20). The Resistance running training was executed in the evening session on three alternative days (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) in a week for twelve weeks. In this study, the variable under taken were Vital Capacity measured by Wet-Spirometer, which was recorded to the nearest in liters. In order to find out the existence of significant differences between the experimental group and control group in each category as well as between tribal and non-tribal school boys on vital capacity undertaken in this study in pre, post and adjusted post-test phases, the analysis of co-variance statistics was applied. Further, in order to find out the existence of significant difference between tribal and non-tribal school boys in vital capacity, the Post hoc-test was used between the paired group means in tribal as well as non-tribal school boys categories. The level of significant was set at 0.05 level of confidence. Based on the findings it was concluded that resistance running was best to be used in developing vital capacity of human body and also suggested that due to the effect of Resistance running training, untrained tribal school boys showed better performance in Vital capacity than untrained non-tribal school boys. Pages: 1132-1136Atanu Das (Rabindra Mahavidyalaya Champadanga, Hooghly, West Bengal)Gopal Chandra Saha (AFC C license Coach… Read more Get Access
Physical activity and mental health Pages: 1137-1140 Damanjit Sandhu, Haroon Shafiq and Bikramjeet Singh (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) Physical activity is any form of movement that causes our body to use energy. Physical activity can not only help individuals maintain a healthy weight and therefore reduce the risk for obesity, but also associated with a lowered risk for developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis. It has also been suggested that physical activity may improve mental health and quality of life. Physical activity can promote mental well- being, prevent mental health problems and improve the quality of life of those experiencing mental health problems and illnesses. The present investigation aimed to study physical activity in relation to mental health. Adult physical activity was studied in relation to mental health. A representative sample of 200 males, of age range 40 to 45 years was drawn from Malerkotla City. The subjects were administered International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) - Long Forms (Craig, et al., 2003) and General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ) (Goldberg & Williams, 1991). Pearsons' Product Moment Correlational Analysis reveals that Physical Activity is inversely correlated with somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia , social dysfunction, & severe depression. Better Mental Health is evident when adult males are physically active. Pages: 1137-1140Damanjit Sandhu, Haroon Shafiq and Bikramjeet Singh (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) Read more Get Access
The development of a group dynamics-based farmer empowerment model for self-reliance in agricultural activities in west Bandung district, West Java, Indonesia Pages: 1141-1145 Nunu Heryanto (Faculty of Education, Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, Indonesia) The primary objective of this research is to establish a dynamic group-based farmers' empowerment model that aims to increase self-reliance among farmers, hence an empowerment model of education in improving farmer abilities in regard to farming. The importance of groups in farm management are, among others, to overcome institutional barriers, to make use of irrigation systems optimally, to enable the utilization of goods, capital, and ecosystem management are emphasized. Empowerment is providing an opportunity to freely choose various alternatives and make decisions according to the level of consciousness, ability, and desire, and providing an opportunity to learn from successes and failures in response to changes, to be able to control the future. In this study, scenarios such as farmer empowerment not being able to address the needs of farmer groups, agri-business efforts conducted by farmer groups being merely theory-based rather than experience-based, and independent farmer groups still constrained from business networking and capital for starting agribusinesses will be addressed. This research was also based on community empowerment, self-reliance, entrepreneurship concepts and counselling program. The methods used are mixed-methods approach with the qualitative approach being used to describe the conditions of the actual implementation; and a quantitative approach was used to test the effectiveness of the actual developed model using a pre-test and post-test experimental design applied to a single experimental group with no control group. Results of this research showed that the development of a dynamic group-based farmer empowerment model is of impact for the self-reliance of the farmers and it can be the basis to achieve autonomy and sustainability if well implemented. Pages: 1141-1145Nunu Heryanto (Faculty of Education, Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, Indonesia) Read more Get Access
Effect of personal variables on locus of control of college students Pages: 1146-1148 Jagdish R. Bhatt and Anjana S. Chauhan (Department of Psychology, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat) The present study has been designed to investigate the locus of control of college students and also to see their differences on gender, area of residence and education stream with locus of control. The study was conducted over a sample of 240 (120 males and 120 females) who were belong to urban and rural area. Roma Pal's locus of control scale was used. The result reported that there exists a significant relationship between locus of control of male students and female students. No significant relationship observed between locus of control of urban and rural area students. And also no significant difference was found between science and commerce students' locus of control whereas science and arts students differ significantly in their locus of control, same way commerce and arts students also differ significantly in their locus of control Pages: 1146-1148Jagdish R. Bhatt and Anjana S. Chauhan (Department of Psychology, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat) Read more Get Access
Perspectives of rehabilitation, legal rights, supports and acts of disability Pages: 1149-1152 Thiyam Kiran Singh (Amity Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Rehabilitation describes specialized healthcare dedicated to improving, maintaining or restoring physical strength, cognition and mobility with maximized results. Typically, rehabilitation helps people gain greater independence after illness, injury or surgery. Rehabilitation plays a critical role in healing, repair and recovery in a wide range of injuries, illnesses and conditions: Improves speech, everyday skills and mobility in stroke, head injury and other neurological disorders, strengthens bones and promotes muscular healing after total joint replacement surgery and other orthopedic surgery and many others. (Understanding the Art and Science of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2010). This study focus on rehabilitation approaches, models, legal rights, empowerment issues, social benefits and supports from government to strengthen in the services of disability. Pages: 1149-1152Thiyam Kiran Singh (Amity Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Read more Get Access
A study of effect of yoga practices on Indian army in Ladakh Pages: 1153-1156 Kavita Suri (Department of Lifelong Learning, University of Jammu, J&K) Yoga, the ancient Indian health tradition is changing the lives of the people worldwide. Yoga has the potential to play multi-faceted roles in strengthening the quality health care system. Though it is gaining popularity in recent times, the sages and rishis in India have been practicing it since ages at the high peaks of the Himalayas. But when part of these Himalayan ranges turn into the world's highest and coldest battlefield, it needs to be ensured that our soldiers guarding our dizzy heights remain in good health and endure extreme weather conditions. Perhaps, this is the reason why the Indian army has adopted yoga for its troops in the Himalayas. The present paper seeks to explore as to how at altitude varying between 10,000-21,000 feet and temperature dipping to -65 degree Celsius, where slight physical activity on the part of the soldiers leave them gasping for breath and a little negligence can either cause severe damage of human body, the DRDO's Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) lab and High Altitude Mountain Research Centre (HAMRC), Leh has devised a Yoga regime for the soldiers in posted to the region to make their lives better in the Ladakh region. Through the study of Yoga practices adopted by Indian army in Ladakh, the present paper would focus on the transformation of lives of the Indian army soldiers posted at Siachen Glacier, the world's highest and coldest battlefield and other parts of Ladakh. The paper would try to find out how Yoga is helping the soldiers to maintain healthy and stress-free lifestyle in Ladakh and helping in the physical extremes of high altitude and hypoxia, besides the psychological stresses of isolation, monotony, separation from the family etc. Pages: 1153-1156Kavita Suri (Department of Lifelong Learning, University of Jammu, J&K) Read more Get Access
Experience of sexual harassment and action taken in response for it by working women Pages: 1157-1160 Kishwar Jahan (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP) Harassment is the most widespread form of violence against women (Fitzgerald & Ormerod, 1993; Fitzgerald & Shullman, 1993; Gutek, 1985; Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. The study seeks to identify what are the actions taken in response to sexual harassment among working married and working unmarried women employees. A qualitative study was done, with the help of an open ended questionnaire constructed by the researcher. Sample size of the present study was 43 working women (19 married and 24 unmarried women) in the age range of 21 to 28. To find the result content analysis and chi squire was done and results revealed that vast majority of female worker experience sexual harassment. And there were no any differences between married and unmarried working women reaction against sexual harassment. Results shows they would rather shun the abuser rather than report him to either management or workmates. because Socio-cultural factors dictated their varying responses ranging from concealment due to fear of shame to ignorance of channel of legal redress. Pages: 1157-1160Kishwar Jahan (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP) Read more Get Access
Causes of academic stress among college students and its managements Pages: 1161-1164 Kamana Tripathi and Krishna Sharma (Department of Commerce, D.D.U. Gorakhpur, University, Gorakhpur, UP) Stress may be defined as "a state of psychological and/or physiological imbalance resulting from the disparity between situational demand and the individual's ability and / or motivation to meet those demands. There's a lot of pressure for the present generation students to learn more and more than in past generations. Just as it can be stressful to handle a heavy and challenging workload, some students can experience stress from regular academic work that isn't difficult enough. The present paper is an attempt to examine causes of academic stress among college students and its management. The first part of the paper deals with the concept of what is academic stress; its causes and effect on college students while the second part deals with common barriers and academic stress management strategies. Pages: 1161-1164Kamana Tripathi and Krishna Sharma (Department of Commerce, D.D.U. Gorakhpur, University, Gorakhpur, UP) Read more Get Access
Gender related changes in the complexity of surface EMG in biceps Pages: 1165-1166 Manjit Kumar and Poonam Sheoran (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology Murthal, Sonepat) It has been observed that there is a difference and loss of complexity in the human body between male and female. This is more prominent in the muscle strength and activity. Surface Electromyogram (sEMG) reflects the strength of muscle contraction. This gender related changes in sEMG have been associated with a reduction in the number of muscle fibers and a drop in the ratio of type II muscle fibers. In this study, we have modified our existing EMG model by populating lifelike parameters which is related to the changes in the muscle due to gender. In order to verify and identify the reasons for these changes, experiments were conducted on subjects male and female groups. Fractal dimension of sEMG, a measure of complexity was computed for both experimental and simulated sEMG signal. Results show that there was significant change in the fractal dimension of sEMG and this change was observed in both experimental and simulated sEMG. Pages: 1165-1166Manjit Kumar and Poonam Sheoran (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of… Read more Get Access
Influence organisation’s HRD practices on employee’s perceived quality of work life and work identification Pages: 1167-1170 Masood ul Hassan and S.A. Ansari (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) The study was intended to examine the effect of organisation's human resource development practices on employee's perceived quality working life and work identification of Engineers of Kashmir division. The sample consists of 120 Engineers whose age ranged from 24-58 years. Work identification was measured through a questionnaire developed by Shrivastava and Dolke (1978). Quality of working life and Human resource development was measured through the questionnaires developed by Shah (2000). The data was analysed by the Multiple Regression method. Pages: 1167-1170Masood ul Hassan and S.A. Ansari (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) Read more Get Access
Mental health: A cross-cultural study on Indian and Iranian students Pages: 1171-1173 Matloob Ahmed Khan (Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia) Muzamil Ahmed (Department of Psychology, Government Degree Collage, Ganderbal, Kashmir, J&K) Md. Jasimuddin Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) The present study aims to study mental health of students between Sistan and Baluchestan University (Iran) and Aligarh Muslim University (India). A sample of 800 individuals was selected for this project, 400 students from Sistan and Baluchistan University Iran and 400 students from Aligarh Muslim University' India. One scale namely General Health Questionairre-28 were administered to all subjects. The obtained scores were analyzed by independent sample t-test and ANOVA. The results of independent t-test showed that there are no significant differences between two groups' i.e. Indian students have higher mean scores and showed lower mental health in comparison to their Iranian counterparts. The results of two-way ANOVA on mental health showed that there is not a statistically significant main effect for gender and also, interaction effect of gender and country in mental health is not statistically significant Pages: 1171-1173Matloob Ahmed Khan (Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)Muzamil Ahmed… Read more Get Access
Influence of alcohol addicted parents in the development of alcoholic behaviour of their children Pages: 1174-1176 Kr. Sajid Ali Khan, Yasmeen Kausar and Md. Ali Imam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) Alcohol addiction is simply defined as a compulsive need for an intoxicating liquid that is obtained from fermented grain or fruit. These liquids include beer, wine, and other hard liquors. One misconception that many alcoholic and addicts seem to have is that their drinking is not affecting anyone else. Many times they make statements like, “I am not hurting anyone but myself”. There is a great deal of research and a vast amount of anecdotal evidence that the behavior of addicts and alcoholics can affect everyone around them, including family, friends, employers and coworkers. Addicted family members are more likely to be violent or emotionally abusive, and when abuse is not a factor; households affected by addiction can be highly disordered, unstable and unloving. If one have a drinking problem and have children in home, they are being affected, sometimes so profoundly that the effects last their entire life time. The most vulnerable effects of alcoholism or addiction are the children. The children of people with alcohol problems usually suffer greatly. Children of alcoholics have deep-seated psychological and emotional reactions to growing up with an addicted parent. Children of addicts often grow up socially isolated and they tend to develop emotional difficulties and behavioral problems. As they grow up, these type of issues can lead to antisocial behavior, mood disorders, and drug and alcohol abuse. Children of addicts often develop feeling of anger and resentment towards their parents. Therefore alcohol addiction is recognized as significant barriers of the empowerment of children, with the consequences of child's health, their health-seeking behavior and their adaptation of the family norms. Studies have shown that a child may be more likely to follow in footsteps of his parents and have the same addictive behaviors. It is vital that children have a positive and honest relationship with their parents. Those who suffer from alcohol abuse need to seek help immediately in order to restore and improve the family relationship. There are many supportive groups and programs available to help those families that are dealing with addiction. The first step is realizing that one' drinking has become a problem, and the second step is willing to do something about the problem. Pages: 1174-1176Kr. Sajid Ali Khan, Yasmeen Kausar and Md. Ali Imam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh… Read more Get Access
Impact of job characteristics and certain personality attributes on employee’s psychological well-being of engineers of Barauni and Kanti thermal power Pages: 1177-1179 Md. Ali Imam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) Current study was conducted to study the Impact of Job characteristics and certain personality attributes on employee's Psychological well being of Engineers of Barauni and Kanti thermal power. The sample consists of study of 300 subjects. The sample consists of 300 employees whose age range from 24 to 58 years. Job characteristics scale developed by Naaz and Akhtar (1993) was used to measure the ob characteristics. Personality attributes scale developed by Arshi Nasreen (1998) was also used and psychological well was measured by Nishizawa (1996). The data was analysed by the Multiple Regression method. Pages: 1177-1179Md. Ali Imam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) Read more Get Access
Spirituality and religiosity as coping strategies in terminal illness Pages: 1180-1184 Medha Tripathi and H.S. Asthana (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP) The relationship between religiosity/spirituality and health is relatively a new frontier in the field of healthcare. The aim of the review is to get acquainted with some recent evidences about possible association between religious/spiritual factors and health outcomes. There are certain links between religious/spiritual practices and reduced onset of physical and mental illness, reduced mortality, and likelihood of recovery from or adjustment to physical and mental illness. It is time to examine this relationship as the link between religiosity, spirituality and health has even begun to receive scientific attention. Unlike other aspects of health, relatively fewer studies and researches have been done in examining this relationship between health and religiosity and spirituality. Overall, available evidences are consistent with the idea that religiosity, spirituality are positively related to physical and mental health. On the other hand, there are little evidences that show a negative impact or no relationship between religiosity, spirituality and health. So the relationship between spirituality, religiosity and health appears a complex phenomenon. Which specific religious and spiritual factors enhance or endanger health and well being still remains unclear. Further, the implication of religiosity and spirituality in the field of health care is discussed. The priority areas for future researches include the exploration of consensual conceptual definitions of religiosity and spirituality and much additional work is needed in the area of measurement of spirituality and religiosity. Pages: 1180-1184Medha Tripathi and H.S. Asthana (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP) Read more Get Access
GIS based spatial analysis of groundwater arsenic contamination and its effect on human health: A review Pages: 1185-1191 Prasoon Kumar Singh, Mukesh Kumar Mahato and Ashwani Kumar Tiwari (Department of Environmental Science & Engineering Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand) The purpose of this review paper is to reveals the GIS based spatial analysis of groundwater arsenic contamination and their effects on human health. Since drinking water is one of the most important causes of exposure to arsenic in human beings. So it is necessary to analyze the status of the arsenic contamination in groundwater to avoid the various arsenic related health problems. With the help of Geographic Information System (GIS) one can delineate the exact distribution of arsenic contamination in groundwater. Now a day, arsenic pollution is of major concern due to its toxic nature that is why arsenic pollution in ground water has become a major quality problem and health hazard. Now the geographic information system (GIS) technology has become an extremely effective tool for analyzing, manipulating, managing and prioritizing natural resource management alternatives. Since natural resources management problems are spatial in nature. The GIS tools are used for evaluating the extent of the problem to facilitate the design and implementation of alternative management strategies. Since GIS is flexible in design so it can couple with the ability to integrate models with spatial data which gives resource managers and planners the tools to manage natural resources in a well ordered manner and to assess the implementation of regulatory policies before they are implemented. Pages: 1185-1191Prasoon Kumar Singh, Mukesh Kumar Mahato and Ashwani Kumar Tiwari (Department of Environmental Science… Read more Get Access
Effect of anxiety on subjective well-being in male and female NIDDM patients Pages: 1192-1194 Neema Sharma (Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan) Sangeeta Khullar (M. K. P (P.G) College, Dehradun, UK) The present paper aims to understand the relation of Anxiety and Subjective Well-Being in Male and Female Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) patients. Data were collected from 300 NIDDM patients, 150 males and 150 females from the age 40 -70 years. Tools used to collect data were- Subjective Well-Being Inventory ( Brinda Amritraj) and IPAT Anxiety Scale ( S. D Kapoor ) measuring 1) Q3- Perfectionism, 2) O- Apprehension, 3) Q4 Tension, 4) C Emotional Stability and 5) L - Vigilance. It was found that there exists a low but significant negative relation between Anxiety and Subjective Well-Being in NIDDM patients. It is seen that O (Apprehension) and C (Emotional Stability) are significantly related to Subjective Well-Being while the other factors are not significantly related to Subjective Well-Being. The analysis reveals that females reported a significant negative correlation between Anxiety (Q4, O, C) and Subjective Well Being while males reported a non significant relationship between all aspects of Anxiety and Subjective Well-Being. . Thus, it can be implied that 1) Anxiety has a low but significant effect on Subjective Well-Being in NIDDM patients 2) Gender influences the relationship between Anxiety and Subjective Well-Being in NIDDM patients. Pages: 1192-1194Neema Sharma (Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan)Sangeeta Khullar (M. K. P (P.G) College, Dehradun, UK) Read more Get Access
Assertiveness and its theoretical rationale Pages: 1195-1196 Ruby Gupta (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala) Assertiveness, as a variable, has been extensively used in popular literature and in social sciences, business, education and leadership training. Assertiveness represents the ability to stand as what you really are, to be able to express what you feel as opposed to being dominant and humiliating on one hand and submissive on the other hand. The aim of Assertiveness is 'win-win' situation for both the sides as an assertive individual maintains that he or she is the ultimate judge of his/her own behavior although other people are free to have their own opinions and approve or disapprove as they feel. However, to have a deeper understanding of the 'why' behind the assertive behavior, the theoretical rationale behind the variable acts as the building block. The same is discussed in the light of literature Pages: 1195-1196Ruby Gupta (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala) Read more Get Access
Factors affecting quality of life of rural population Pages: 1197-1198 A. B. Singh and P. S. N. Tiwari (Department of Psychology, D. D. U. Gorakhpur, University, Gorakhpur, UP) Quality of life in the rural setting is a multifaceted phenomenon determined by the cumulative and interactive impacts of numerous and varied factors like housing conditions, infrastructure, access to various amenities, income, standard of living, satisfaction about the physical and social environment (Phillips, 2006).The present study is an attempt to examine the factors affecting quality of life of rural population. Two hundred forty villagers belonging to various categories from Ballia district of eastern U.P. were subjected to measure of quality of life. Results revealed that the factors such as number of earning member in the family, level of education, land holding, level of ecological change and age of the villagers emerged as significant predictors of quality of life. The implications of the findings have been discussed. Pages: 1197-1198A. B. Singh and P. S. N. Tiwari (Department of Psychology, D. D. U… Read more Get Access
Stress and anxiety among college going first year male and female students Pages: 1199-1202 Rupali Joshi (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, UP) Stress represents any disruption or difficulty in the smooth course of life and occurs when demands on the individual exceed his or her coping abilities. Survey of available literature suggests that many undergraduate students undergo considerable stress, especially at the point of entry which require adapting to dramatic life changes, due to demands associated with change, leaving home, becoming independent, decision making, competing with new students, assuming greater responsibility for one' life, making new friends, studying regularly and learning about as well as adjusting to a new environment. Inability to cope with stresses is likely to lead to negative consequences with anxiety being one of the most prominent one. Availability of counseling at this stage can be crucial for adjustment to the college life and eventually in carving a desirable career path. The present study primarily aims to explore the differences between college entrant boys and girls on stress experienced in various areas and anxiety, and also to study the relationship between stress and anxiety within the two groups along with attempting to identify the areas which need to be focused upon while providing counseling to college entrants. College Student Stress Scale (Srivastava & Kumar, 2000) consisting of five stress areas, viz., academic, environmental, family, financial and hostel stress and the free floating anxiety subscale of the State, Trait and Free Floating Anxiety Scale developed by Tripathi and Rastogi (1986) were administered to 101 boys and 100 girls, all of whom were hostel residents and in first year of college. The obtained scores were subjected to statistical analysis by computing Mean, S.D., t-test and Pearson's 'r'. Obtained results indicated that boys and girls experienced similar levels of environmental, family, financial, hostel stresses and were also similar on free floating anxiety, but girls reported higher level of academic stress. Stress in the areas of academic, environmental, family for boys and that in the areas of academic and hostel for girls was positively and correlated with free floating anxiety. Results have been analyzed in context to the differences in socialization of girls and boys in the Indian society and their distinctive counseling needs. Pages: 1199-1202Rupali Joshi (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, UP) Read more Get Access
Immediate effect of anaerobic exercise on hematological parameters Pages: 1203-1205 Arnab Ghosh, Papan Mondal and Sudip Sundar Das (Department of Physical Education, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal) This study was conducted in order to determine the influence of 400m running load on hematological levels of male Inter-university players. Six male cricket players with an average age of 22.16±1.85 years participated in this study on voluntary basis. Hematological levels of the players were analyzed before running (BR) and after the running (AR) 400m course. In order to determine hematological levels, blood samples with 5 ml EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) were taken from the forearm ante-cubical area before and after running, and erythrocyte, leucocytes and blood platelet parameters were analyzed in laboratory with using auto-analyzers. Measurement results were presented as average and standard deviation. Student T-test for dependant samples was used in order to make a comparison between BR and AR values. P< -0.01 value was considered to be significant. The result of the study revealed that, the decrease in AR than BR values for Platelet, Neutrophil% and the increase in Hemoglobin, PCV, RBC, MCHC, Lymphocyte% values were found significant. Conclusively, erythrocyte, leukocytes and blood platelet levels displayed different behaviors in relation to acute anaerobic exercises. Pages: 1203-1205Arnab Ghosh, Papan Mondal and Sudip Sundar Das (Department of Physical Education, Jadavpur University… Read more Get Access
Parenting styles in relation to needs Pages: 1206-1211 Ranjana and Sonia Rani (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) The present study explores the relationship between parenting styles and need. Sample comprised of 400 students (226 females +174 males) between the age group of 17 to 22 years (mean age-19.5 years) studying at various colleges of Haryana. Tools used for data collection were the (1) Parental authority questionnaire, (2) Tripathi Personal Preference Schedule, chosen after a comprehensive review of related literature. Subjects were contacted in groups and data was collected. The responses were scored and statistically analyzed. Pearson's correlation was calculated. Results indicated that Permissiveness dimension of Mother's parenting style correlated positively with Change need whereas Permissiveness dimension of Father's parenting style correlated positively with Succorance need and negatively with Dominance need. Authoritarian dimension of Mother's parenting style indicated positive correlation with Abasement need and Nurturance need and negative correlation with Heterosexuality whereas Authoritarian dimension of Father's parenting style correlated positively with Affiliation need and Nurturance need and negatively with Aggression need. Authoritative dimension of Mother's parenting style has shown a positive correlation with Interception need, Abasement need and Change need, and negative correlation with Exhibition need, Heterosexuality need and Aggression need. On the other hand Authoritative dimension of Father's parenting style correlated positively with Interception need, Abasement need and Nurturance need and correlated negatively with Heterosexuality need. Pages: 1206-1211Ranjana and Sonia Rani (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Read more Get Access
School counselling: A necessity in modern education Pages: 1212-1213 A. R. Lohia (Department of Psychology, Govt. Meera Girls College, Udaipur, Rajasthan) Rashmi Singh (Department of Psychology, UCSSH, M.L.S. University, Udaipur, Rajasthan) The school plays an important role in enhancing educational competence as well promoting psycho-social development of children and adolescents. Today's children have to cope with heavy syllabi and stress of examinations, often manifesting psychosomatic complains, problems of sleep and appetite, behavior problems and declining performance, as signs of stress. Parents are facing their own problems, and when they face problems related to school performance and behavior of their children, they often approach teachers for help. This paper focuses on how school counseling can help students of various gender, age, etc. to resolve their problems of life with their own abilities, potentials etc. In modern education time school counseling is necessity for overall personality development of students. Pages: 1212-1213A. R. Lohia (Department of Psychology, Govt. Meera Girls College, Udaipur, Rajasthan)Rashmi Singh (Department… Read more Get Access

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