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Socio-economic status of family as a factor of emotion regulation and well-being Pages: 1521-1524 Sapana Singh (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) Binayak Shankar (Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) The socio economic factors are important determinants of human development. Research shows that socioeconomic status of family isassociated with a wide array of health, cognitive, and socio-emotional outcomes in children and its effects continuing into adulthood. Many empirical evidences have been found that better socioeconomic condition of family facilitate better emotion regulation abilities, cognitive functioning and well-being in children. The present studyanalyzes the role of socioeconomic status in emotion regulation and well-being of adults. The Socioeconomic Scale, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Life Satisfaction Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire have been used in the study for measuring these constructs. The scales are administered on 150 respondents including both male and female, from various courses of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. The correlational analysis of data revealed interesting findings.The high socioeconomic status has been found strongly and positively related to use of functional ER strategies and well-being and negatively related to use of dysfunctional ER strategies. The socioeconomic status revealed as a major predictorof emotion regulation and well-being. Pages: 1521-1524Sapana Singh (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)Binayak Shankar (Personnel Management… Read more Get Access
Employee counseling needs: The influence of personal correlates Pages: 1529-1232 T. V. Ananda Rao (Department of Psychology and Parapsychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh ) P. Raja Sekhar (Department of Psychology, Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry) B. Vijaya Bhaskara Rao (K.L University, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh) In recent times, the need of counseling services has become essential for improving the wellbeing of the employees in organizations. Understanding various kinds of problems experienced in work and family situations would really help to provide better counseling services to employees. Personal problems that include emotional or behavioral issues like marital, family or work problems relates to the employee's attitude, motivation or interpersonal skills were addressed through counseling in various work settings. Problems related to work behavior may include, Poor relations with colleagues or customers, Becoming withdrawn from colleagues, Tensions and conflict in workplace relationships, Loss of motivation and commitment, Increased sickness and absence, Poor time keeping, Increased errors or accidents, Emotional outbursts, Deterioration in personal standards etc. The present study examines the nature of employee counseling needs and find out the influence of personal factors on them. The employee counseling needs are categorized into work, personal, group, health, and economic and psychological types. The results indicate significant types counseling needs were observed among the younger, less experienced and less educated employees. The implications of the findings for minimizing the problems experienced by employees are suggested. Pages: 1529-1232T. V. Ananda Rao (Department of Psychology and Parapsychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh… Read more Get Access
Prevalence of obesity in school children Pages: 1533-1536 Sikandra (Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS Haryana agricultural University, Hisar) Ruby Siwach Sangwan (Research Scholar, NDRI, Karnal, Haryana) Kavita (Department of HDFS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar) The present investigation was conducted on school going children (9-15 years) from Hisar and Gurgaon city, Haryana state India. A total of 400 obese children were selected randomly (200 each from both cities). Hundred healthy school going children having no history of obesity and matching the same age as those of obese children were taken as control (50 each from both cities). The information on socio-economic status, food habits and dietary pattern of the children was gathered using self-developed questionnaire. The study revealed that prevalence of obesity was higher (7.41%) among school going children from Gurgaon city as compared to Hisar city (5.79%). It was observed that mean values for most of the anthropometric parameters for obese respondents were significantly higher than non-obese group respondents.The study revealed that a higher percentage (57.5%) of obese children were from 12-15yr age group. Majorities of non-obese group (76%) as well as obese children were from nuclear families having up to five members in the family. Total monthly income of the family of obese respondents was above Rs. 15,000. Ten percent of non-obese children's fathers were above graduate whereas 30 to 36% of obese children's fathers were above graduate in Gurgaon and Hisar city,respectively. Income of the family of obese respondents was found positively associated with weight of obese respondents. Pages: 1533-1536Sikandra (Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS Haryana agricultural University, Hisar)Ruby Siwach Sangwan (Research… Read more Get Access
Stress and anxiety among college going first year male and female students Pages: 1537-1540 Rupali Joshi (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh) 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: 1537-1540Rupali Joshi (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Individual difference and SSAT performance Pages: 1541-1543 Anurag Upadhaya (Government Inter College, Uttar Pradesh) Richa Singh (Department of Psychology, Vasanta Collage for Women Varanasi, U.P.) The topic of vigilance behavior in today's work setting such as air traffics control (ATC), industrial quality control, sonar and radar operations etc. is gaining much importance among cognitive neuroscientists, academicians, researches as well as psychologists. Like other cognitive capacities, the capacity to sustain attention i.e. vigilance, has been considered to represent a limited resource. This is regarded as the most important determinant of the vigilance decrement. The majority of investigators report large individual differences in susceptibility to decrement. Thus, personality has been found to affect vigilance performance across time periods, besides other individual difference factors. Extraversion and introversion is the central dimension of human personality which differs from each other in terms of cortical arousal level. Researches demonstrated that introverts, who had high level of arousal, showed less decrement function than extraverts, having low activation. But in several experimental studies hypothesized of greater decrement for extraverts was not supported. Moreover, the pattern of vigilance decrement changed with the time of day. Thus, as the technical development is growing rapidly, it has become increasingly necessary to examine how vigil function changes with personality type and task demand and to understand the extent to which these changes can affect their functioning. The researches on the personality aspect, until recently, have been limited in scope while it plays important role in predicting decline reactions during vigil. The present study examined the relationship of personality and sustained task performance. The experiment was conducted on 30 students of Banaras Hindu University (M±SD=22.35year±2.55). Participants were classified as introverts (N = 15) and extraverts (N = 15) based on their EPQ-R score. Performances in terms of correct and incorrect detection were collected. The experimental task comprised of two squares one of 3.5 cm. (target) and another of 3.3 cm (non-target). The task continued for 40 min. Target and non-target ratio was 1:4. The target probability was 20 percent. Participants were required to detect infrequently occurring critical signals. The task was designed on Super Lab (Cedrus, 2007 Version 4.0) and displayed on a 15” SVGA colour monitor of a Pentium IV computer. The overall mean correct detection performance (hits) indicated that introvert participants detected more targets (signals) (M = 88.74%, SD = 14.25%) than extravert participants (M = 75.48%, SD = 19.92%) on vigilance task. Results of personality components revealed that introverts were significantly related to performance efficiency during the task compare to extraverts. Present finding explains the importance of the individual difference factor in reducing the variability in performance which protects declination in vigil. Further the results support an arousal theory perspective in regards to the vigilance decrement. Pages: 1541-1543Anurag Upadhaya (Government Inter College, Uttar Pradesh)Richa Singh (Department of Psychology, Vasanta Collage for… Read more Get Access
Post-modernization and mental health Pages: 1544-1547 Nandita Chaube (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Rajasthan) Abha Sharma (Department of Education, Vivekanand College of Education, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) The purpose of the study is to investigate the way how post modernization affects the human mental health and to explore the role of psychology in this area. The concepts of modernism and post modernism are also discussed in this paper. The mental health issues like stress, social stress, anxiety etc. are also influenced, positively or negatively by modernization. Here in this study, we have discussed how different mental health problems are affected by modernization. Pages: 1544-1547Nandita Chaube (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Rajasthan)Abha Sharma (Department… Read more Get Access
Marital adjustment, depression and stress in late married working women Pages: 1548-1550 Vibha Chaudhary and Sanjay Kumar (Department of Psychology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, U.P.) The study was an attempt to explore the effect of 'Late Marriage' on marital adjustment, depression and stress among in married working women. Sample was consisted of 45 married working women, who were randomly selected from various professions. The selected subjects were randomly assigned to three groups according to their age at the time of marriage, i.e., early married; middle aged married and late married working women. A between groups experimental design was employed in the research. Obtained Results indicated that the late married working women (married after 32 years of age) were found to be showing significantly higher depression and poor marital adjustment as compared to other two groups. Pages: 1548-1550Vibha Chaudhary and Sanjay Kumar (Department of Psychology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, U.P.) Read more Get Access
Attitude of B.Ed students towards e-learning in context to gender and locale Pages: 1551-1553 Deepika Lamba (Govt. College of Education, Patiala) Agyajit Singh (Former Head, Psychology (retired) Punjabi University, Patiala) The objectives of the present study are: (i). to analyse the attitude of B.Ed. students towards e-learning.; (ii) to examine the attitude of students of B.Ed class towards e-learning studying in the colleges located in rural and urban areas (iii) to evaluate the attitude of students of B.Ed class towards e-learning in relation to gender. The data were collected from 400 rural and urban B.Ed students-both males and females from the Colleges of Education in Punjab. In this sample, 200 were from rural colleges and 200 were from urban colleges. From the rural and urban colleges; 50% of the sample was male and 50% female students. They were administered the scale to measure the attitude towards E-learning which was constructed and standardized by the researcher. The main findings of the study were: (i) there were significant differences between male and female B.Ed. students on the attitude towards E-learning and especially among male and female B.Ed. students of urban colleges but not in the rural colleges, (ii) the males were having more favourable attitude towards E-learning. (iii) no significant differences existed on the attitude towards E-learning between the urban and rural B.Ed. College students; whether they were males or females or combined group. Pages: 1551-1553Deepika Lamba (Govt. College of Education, Patiala)Agyajit Singh (Former Head, Psychology (retired) Punjabi University… Read more Get Access
Attributional styles of women in marital relationship: A violence perspective Pages: 1554-1557 Tejbeer Kaur (Department of Psychology, Khalsa College, Patiala) Inderpartap Singh (Department of Psychology, IGNOU, New Delhi) Over the past years, there has been a burgeoning interest in gaining better understanding of violent behavior of women. Theories on marital violence stresses the importance of processes both internal and external to the individual in understanding women's acts of aggression. Research suggests that situational characteristics influence attributions for violent events. Models specific to domestic violence interpret women's use of violence within the context of their own victimization histories, their experiences of childhood trauma, and the depressive and posttraumatic symptoms that ensue. Women's status in a gendered society has been also found to play a prominent role in their violent behaviour, with low socioeconomic status, unemployment, poverty, and a lack of educational and vocational opportunities, all heightens women's risk for behaving violently. The role of women regarding marital violence is economically motivated, undertaken for survival purposes, and as a way of releasing accumulated tension. The present investigation attempted to examine the attributional styles of women. Total Sample comprised 80 women (40 each violent and non-violent), randomly drawn from Patiala city in the age range of 25- 55 years, working professionally. Psychological measure was used to assess attributional styles. Significant t-values indicated differences on various dimensions of attributional styles. Pages: 1554-1557Tejbeer Kaur (Department of Psychology, Khalsa College, Patiala)Inderpartap Singh (Department of Psychology, IGNOU, New… Read more Get Access
Occupational stress among healthcare professionals Pages: 1558-1562 J. S. Bidlan and Anupama Sihag (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) The study examines the occupational stress among 600 healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and support staff) from the private hospitals of New Delhi, NCR using the Occupational Stress Index (Srivastava & Singh, 1981). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed statistically significant results on the dimensions of occupational stress among three occupational groups (doctors, nurses and support staff) with role overload contributing the most, whereas, the gender difference was not found statistically significant. Individuals can easily get away with the severe consequences of stress if the stress at work is addressed with proper interventions. Pages: 1558-1562J. S. Bidlan and Anupama Sihag (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Attitude towards premarital sex among college students Pages: 1563-1566 Priyata Doshi and Divya Dovina T. (Department of Psychology, University of Madras, Chennai) S. Sasikala (Department of Psychology, Ethiraj College, Chennai) The abundant availability of the internet and reality television has a corrupting influence on the people all over the world in general and citizens of India, in particular and they reach a conclusion that Premarital Sex (PMS), extra-marital affairs, divorce without valid reasons, dating, etc. do not stand out of their culture and values. The impact of the technological advancement is more on school and college students. Moreover, in India, sex education is not compulsory in schools and colleges, due to which there is a higher prevalence rate of AIDS in the country now. With theories stating that attitude leads to behavior, proper empirical data on attitude of youngsters is essential to help the Government of India to initiate and introduce sex education in all schools. Thus, the need to study the attitude of students towards pre-marital sex was felt and an attempt was made in this study. Qualitative research method was used and convenient sampling procedure was used to collect data. A questionnaire containing open and closed ended questions were administered to a group of 30 college students. The data was analyzed using both content analysis and percentage analysis. The results were interpreted based on the cultural factor and the role of westernization. Pages: 1563-1566Priyata Doshi and Divya Dovina T. (Department of Psychology, University of Madras, Chennai)S. Sasikala… Read more Get Access
A need analysis of citizens social needs to plan leisure and recreational activities in terms of social-cultural dimensions: A case study of Shiraz, Iran Pages: 1567-1569 Sareh Rahimi (Young Researchers Club, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran ) Marzieh Ebrahimi (Sports Management, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran) Younes Mohammadzadeh (Faculty of Humanities, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran) In fact, human beings are always facing the most basic needs which are the driving force of their movements, actions, and behaviors. People have different needs concerning living conditions, family, age, education, and job. So they behave according to the needs they are facing. Therefore, an analysis of humans' basic needs provides a better understanding of causes and motivations behind individuals' behavioral and this understanding is an essential step in providing suitable education as well as reducing the behavioral and psychological problems. Like all other municipal communities, Shiraz has been affected during the past half-century by changes such as the industrial revolution and the development of technology. Besides, such changes have both positive and negative consequences. The objective of this research was the recreational need assessment of 15 64 Years Old Citizenes in Shiraz City in three dimensions of individual, environmental-social and cultural. The research method was a descriptive survey. The statistical population of the study consisted male and female citizen of Shiraz from which 496 were selected using stage sampling method (appropriate to sample size). The research instrument was a researcher questionnaire containing 65 close ended questions. The reliability of the questionnaire proved to be 0/96 using Cornbrash's alpha coefficient and validity of the questionnaire was a superficial and content validity. The data was analyzed both through descriptive (frequency, percentage and standard deviation) and inferential (one-variable t-test, Independent-sample t-test, One way analyzed of variance, LSD test and Freidman) statistics. Pages: 1567-1569Sareh Rahimi (Young Researchers Club, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran )Marzieh Ebrahimi… Read more Get Access
Depression among people living with HIV infection: A comparative study Pages: 1570-1572 Sabahat Abdullah and Archana Shukla (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Depression among people living with an HIV infection is a matter of extreme concern since depression in turn is associated with poor health outcomes and lower quality of life for them. The purpose of this study was to find out (1) the gender difference in symptoms of depression among people living with an HIV infection, and (2) to compare the symptoms of depression in this group to a demographically similar undiagnosed comparative group. Results indicated that seropositive women had the highest level of depression followed by seropositive men and the diagnosed group experienced more symptoms of depression than the undiagnosed group. The findings can be utilised to develop specialised, targeted intervention for people living with HIV infection. Pages: 1570-1572Sabahat Abdullah and Archana Shukla (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Gender differences in wisdom among school students Pages: 1573-1576 Umed Singh and Suvrata Dahiya (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) The present study was conducted to examine the gender differences in overall wisdom as well as its three components cognitive, affective, and reflective. For it, 456 (279 male and 177 female) 9th and 10th grade students participated in the study. The selected subjects were tested with 3D-Wisdom Scale Descriptive Statistics and t-ratios were used to analyze the data. In contrast to earlier findings, the results revealed the females to be high on overall wisdom as compared to the male students. The female students also outperformed the male students on cognitive and affective components of wisdom. No gender differences were found in reflective wisdom. Such findings may be attributed to socialization practices and socio-cultural perspectives. For generalization future large scale studies are required. Pages: 1573-1576Umed Singh and Suvrata Dahiya (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Sociological study of substance abuser in Gurgaon Pages: 1577-1579 Devinder Kumar (Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana) Sunila Rathee (Department of Psychiatry, University of Health, Rohtak, Haryana) Brahmdeep Sindhu (Senior Medical Officer, General Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana) The issue of drug abuse is one of the major problems of contemporary society. The incidence of drug abuse among rural areas is getting un-expectedly high. The present study is conducted to know the socio-economic profile of drug addicts and to understand the pattern of drug abuse among drug addicts in district Gurgaon of Haryana. Present study revealed that drug abuse among rural youth is a multifaceted problem. Peer pressure or influence, addiction in family history and exposure to drugs were found to be main instigators for youth to indulge in drug abuse. One more interesting thing comes to know, it seems that peer group of drug abuser does not want that respondent quit the addiction, that's why only three friends come to meet during hospitalization and out of them 2 are comes to supply the substance. Pages: 1577-1579Devinder Kumar (Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana)Sunila Rathee (Department of Psychiatry, University… Read more Get Access
Impact of farm mechanisation on family and marriage systems Pages: 1580-1583 Neeru Bala (Department of Sociology, Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Chakkan, Sirsa, Haryana) Darpan Saluja (Junior Programmer, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana) Combined with other technological innovations, farm mechanization has brought about great change in economy of society. As farming has made less arduous; the increased productivity led to increase in production; subsistence production is substituted by production for the market, however, the same has been affected greatly by the varied levels of farm mechanization Like other aspects of social life, family and marriage is also affected by technological changes The study attempts to examine the impact of farm mechanization on the family and marriage The study was conducted in rural agricultural Haryana following the criteria of advancement and backwardness of the agricultural area. For the purpose two districts were selected, one in which certain forces of changes and development were present and other where they were absent. A block was randomly selected from each district, i.e., Asandh block from Karnal district and Bawani Khera block from Bhiwani district. From the selected cluster of -villages a list of all the farmers of the village was prepared and from that list 150 respondents were selected randomly keeping in proportion farmers to the total population of the villages identified in the cluster. So on the whole a total of 300 respondents were selected from the identified clusters. Association between selection authority and farm mechanization was found to be significant Associated with the family is the institution of marriage about which tractor-owners were found more liberal than bullock owners. This so particular in case of giving freedom to children in respect of selection of marriage partner, rigid adherence to caste consideration in marriage, regarding formal talk of concerned persons before marriage etc. Likewise, education of the partner was also considered important by tractor owners than bullock owners. The relatively liberal attitude in terms of different aspects of marriage on the part of tractor-owners seems to be due to their higher education, greater exposure to outside world, more contacts with educated and urbanised functionaires etc. Also preference for same occupationin marriage declined sharply which reflects desire for contacts with non-farming families and greater comforts for their daughters. Pages: 1580-1583Neeru Bala (Department of Sociology, Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Chakkan, Sirsa, Haryana)Darpan Saluja (Junior… Read more Get Access
Cyber bullying: Experiences, impacts and coping strategies among young adults Pages: 1584-1586 Vinita Singh and Neha Sonkar (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) Cyber bullying is defined as an actions that use information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm another or others. The purpose of the study was to explore the nature of cyber bullying, its impacts and the use and effectiveness of online coping strategies used by young adult. The information was collected from those male and female who used communication technologies. The sample consisted of 80 young adults, female (N=60) male (N=20), age range 18 to 26years. Responses were obtained in 2 sections. Section 1 consist general information regarding name, age, educational qualification and in section 2 responses were obtained on cyber bullying by open-ended questions were asked regarding like experiences of cyber bullying, frequency of cyber bulling, and coping strategies. Result showed that numerous adults repeatedly fall victim to cyber bullying through name calling, abuse, harassment, exclusion, and impersonation. More than 75% of participants had used a form of online intervention to try to stop the cyber bullying (e.g. blocking, removing friends, changing own account name). Among them, blocking was found to be most effective, followed by removing the bully from their friends list. Although the study revealed a high proportion of female victims compared to males Pages: 1584-1586Vinita Singh and Neha Sonkar (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Culturally embedded restoration: Concept, agency and method of traditional practices in northern Kerala Pages: 1587-1592 Vijith K. (Zakir Husain Center for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi) This paper explores the concept, agency and the method of traditional healing practices in northern Kerala, with a special focus on the way it is being practiced by the Malayan community in Kannur district of the state, and seeks to examine how these are embedded in the socio-cultural settings of the region. From the review of the studies on healing perspectives across the world this study build the primary focus of this paper to illuminate the varied aspects of the restorative practices of the Malayan community which are given less attention while studying the traditional healing practices by others. Based on the relational model, this paper draws qualitative data from the case-study of the performers who have been carrying out healing practices in the region. These practices are culturally rooted in the inter-subjective and collective consciousness of the people who form as an interdependent caste group in many northern Kerala villages. Fundamentally, these traditional restorative practices have their origins in the belief that pollution to the family and villages is the major cause for psychological disturbances and that their removals by rituals, performed by their traditional hereditary agency of removing such pollution can ensure enhancement of well-being of the people. This belief in the power of the rituals to heal has acquired the status of cultural practices, over the years. Even though increasing acceptance of modern concept of mental health and diseases have whittled down the dependence on and importance of the traditional healing practices amongst both the community and the villagers today, some of their practices are still accepted widely, because they still are etched deep in the collective consciousness of the people of this region. Pages: 1587-1592Vijith K. (Zakir Husain Center for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi) Read more Get Access
Effect of physical fitness on mental health of housewives aged 30-50 years Pages: 1593-1595 Maryam Nojavan (Sport Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran) Leila Jamshidianb and Younes Mohammad Zadehc (Sport Management, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Iran) Roghieh Nooripour (Department and Family Counseling, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Tehran, Iran) Jack Apsche (Walden University, Minneapolis MN, USA) The aim of this study was to investigate effects of physical fitness on mental health of housewives aged 30-50 years. Population of this study included Shimiranat's housewives in Tehran that were selected according to official statistics 375 of 311,108 of total. A quasi experimental design with pre-test and post-test and a control group was used. Research instrument is Geriatric Health Questionnaire with 28items. Participants were housewives who aged 30-50 years and live in Shimiranat of Tehran (N=60). Data were analyzed by using SPSS software version 18 and then Covariance test, Shapiro Wilk test, and Levene test were used. The results showed that housewives who have good physical fitness are in better condition in field of anxiety and sleep disorder, social dysfunction symptoms, depressive symptoms,general health and fitness in comparison with women who don't have good physical fitness. Pages: 1593-1595Maryam Nojavan (Sport Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan… Read more Get Access
Risk factors for hearing impairment in Indian scenario: A retrospective study Pages: 1596-1598 Navnit Kumar (Speech Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore) Ankita Kumari (MASLP, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai) Nachiketa Rout (National Institute of Empowernment of Persons with Multiple Disability, Chennai) The present study explores the significant risk factors that might help in early identification of neonates at risk for hearing loss, at places where objective hearing screening instruments were not assessable. Retrospective information from the database of 617 children diagnosed with hearing loss were compared with high risk factors for hearing impairment as recommended by Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH). Home-delivery (p = .002) was reported amongst 30 % of the data sample. Primary pregnancy (p = .004) and low birth weight (p = .01) were found in 27 % and 25 % of the sample. These Non-JCIH indicators might be used as a screening tool for earliest identification of neonates at risk for hearing loss. Pages: 1596-1598Navnit Kumar (Speech Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore)Ankita Kumari… Read more Get Access
A comparative study of assessment of anaemia and nutritional status in female nursing students: Study from Beed, Maharashtra Pages: 1599-1600 Rupali G. Damke and Vijay Silan (CCM, AIIMS, New Delhi) P. Dahire, Aniruddha Kadu and Udaykiran Bhalge (Department of Community Medicine, S.R.T.R. Medical College, Ambajogai, Beed, Maharashtra) Nadeem Khan (Department of Pathology, S.R.T.R. Medical College, Ambajogai, Beed) In the present cross sectional survey, prevalence of anaemia and its association with nutritional status was assessed. It was carried out among 80 Undergraduate and 64 Nursing students living in girls UG and Nursing Hostel of S.R.T.R. Medical College. The data was collected by personal interview by using pre-tested questionnaire. BMI was calculated using weight and height, Hb was estimated by Colorimetric method. Data was analysed by suitable statistical method. The Prevalence of anaemia was found to be 36.8%. Out of 80 UG students, 19(23.75%) were underweight and 22(27.5%) had mild Anaemia of which only 4(5%) were found to be underweight, whereas out of 64 Nursing students 27(42.18%) were underweight and 28(43.75%) had mild Anaemia, of which 17(26.56%) were found to be underweight, and this difference was found to be highly significant. Pages: 1599-1600Rupali G. Damke and Vijay Silan (CCM, AIIMS, New Delhi)P. Dahire, Aniruddha Kadu and… Read more Get Access
Study of personal and family environment correlates of suicide ideation among youth Pages: 1601-1604 Rohtash Singh (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Pages: 1601-1604 Rohtash Singh (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Pages: 1601-1604Rohtash Singh (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Reproductive and sexual risk taking behavior among married young women Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh Pages: 1605-1607 Usha Devi and Raj Pathania (Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur) The present study was undertaken with specific objectives to assess the induced abortion, knowledge about reproductive health and sexual risk taking behavior. The study was conducted in Bhawarna and Rait blocks of district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh. A total of 100 married women in the age 18-49 years from 4 villages were randomly selected for the study. The data were collected through self structured interview schedule for getting the general information and knowledge about reproductive health and sexual risk taking behavior. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents were above 20 years of age and majority of the respondents were matric pass. Majority of the respondents had undergone three pregnancies and had at least one abortion. Reproductive health was significantly associated with sexual risk taking behavior and treatment seeking behavior. Pages: 1605-1607Usha Devi and Raj Pathania (Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, CSK… Read more Get Access
Influence of alcohol addicted parents in the development of alcoholic behaviour of their children Pages: 1608-1610 Kr. Sajid Ali Khan, Yasmeen Kausar and Md. Ali Imam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) 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: 1608-1610Kr. Sajid Ali Khan, Yasmeen Kausar and Md. Ali Imam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh… Read more Get Access
Psychological cocktail with HIV and different ways to reconstruct post-HIV self Pages: 1611-1614 Rajesh Bhatt (Department of Psychology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand) This study attempts to emphasize the importance and need of clinical counseling in dealing with consequences of post HIV self. Post HIV self may face psychological disorders with symptoms like stress, anger, frustration, anxiety, depression, and chronic psycho-somatic disorder. Many stressors work together with post HIV self. Post HIV self may be affected by chronic physical pain, discrimination, stigma, abuse, rejection and sudden loss of fundamental human rights. People living with HIV also may encounter emotional and social isolation due to losing their independency and depending on others. People living with HIV survive personally and socially in the uncertainty because of their dependency on timing and nature of treatment, progression of disease, daily life style, economic status and approach to health care center. Many people living with HIV are simultaneously coping with grief from already having lost loved ones to AIDS. These kinds of incidents make them hopeless and influence them negatively. They assume that one day they will also die like their loved one and nobody can stop to happen this. There is an urgent need to improve psychological services for people with HIV so that people living with HIV may get better psychological health. In this connection, this paper suggests some ways to reconstruct post HIV self and over come from psychological cocktail. Various recent researches also emphasized that post HIV self may be enhanced by joining HIV/AIDS support group and spiritual group, appropriate knowledge of disease and medication, meditation, prayer, regular exercises, attending HIV related events/workshops, self acceptance, stress management strategies and getting employment etc. Pages: 1611-1614Rajesh Bhatt (Department of Psychology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand) Read more Get Access

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