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A study of the effect of school environment on the academic achievement of 10th class students Pages: 1615-1618 Ram Prakash Gupta (Thakur College of Education Dhaliara, Dehra, Kangra, H.P.) The present study aims to study the effect of school environment on academic achievement of 10th class students of Kangra district. In order to archive this objective, a sample of 300 students of 10th class (200 of govt. and 100 of private school) was selected from the six govt. and three private schools. School environment inventory was used & standardized by Dr. Karuna Shankar Misra (Allahabad). Reliability of tool was (0.873) and validity had founded to possess validity. Researcher observed that there is no significant difference between school environment of 10th class students studying in govt. school situated in rural and urban area. And also observed that unique quality of environment largely depended upon specific way of the pupils who were treated in school and the classrooms Researcher defined the treatment environment as the product of the interaction between teacher and pupil in school situations. Pages: 1615-1618Ram Prakash Gupta (Thakur College of Education Dhaliara, Dehra, Kangra, H.P.) Read more Get Access
Pomegranate juice inhibits bacterial agents of acute gastroenteritis Pages: 1619-1620 Shesh Prakash Maurya, Ashima, Sibadatta Das and Nimerpreet Kaur (SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana) Indira Bairy and Sumit Gupta (Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka) Bacterial diarrhoea is a major health problem in developing countries and travellers to these countries. Various herbal and traditional medicines have been tried to treat infectious diarrhoea, with variable success. Here, we screened different fruit juices for the possible anti-microbial activity against intestinal bacterial pathogens isolated from acute gastroenteritis cases. Seven fruit juices [apple, orange, pineapple, grape, pomegranate, sweet lime and lemon water] were tested against 11 bacterial enteropathogens including Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. via agar diffusion method. Pomegranate juice showed the highest anti microbial activity against enteropathogens. The results with grape juice, orange juice and lemon water were also appreciable but variable with pH changes. Apple juice showed least and negligible activity. Pomegranate juice can provide a dual benefit of rehydration and anti bacterial therapy in infectious gastroenteritis. Pages: 1619-1620Shesh Prakash Maurya, Ashima, Sibadatta Das and Nimerpreet Kaur (SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat… Read more Get Access
Empowering persons with disability in Victoria (Australia): Role of state Pages: 1621-1624 Shalini Bhasin (Department of Social Work, Punjabi University, Patiala) Disability is any physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses or activities. Conventionally it was to referred to attributes that are severe enough to interfere with, or prevent normal day-to-day activities. At present disability is described as a result of discrimination and disregard to the usual conditions of persons with disabilities by the society at large. This shows, it is the social construction of disability which has more ill effects on them than their biological condition. The author in this paper has tried to put forth the major issues related to persons with disabilities and initiatives taken by the government in Victoria (Australia) for their empowerment . Pages: 1621-1624Shalini Bhasin (Department of Social Work, Punjabi University, Patiala) Read more Get Access
Performance anxiety in sports personnel Pages: 1625-1627 Nandita Chaube (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Rajasthan) This paper focuses on the role performance anxiety plays in the achievement of sports personnel. The purpose of the study was to highlight the anxiety levels of the sports personnel and the interventional strategies to reduce the anxiety. It is evident from previous researches that anxiety does affect achievement in a negative manner be it education or achievement in any walk of life. The focus mainly has been in the area of academic achievement and job performance but this paper attempts to understand that how does the anxiety to perform in the area of sports affects final performance of athletes. As sports attract a lot of attention, the anxiety to perform well is very high and it may be on account of personal expectations or societal pressures. It can be concluded that to give a best performance it is not only essential to give in your 100% for preparation but also essential to manage the anxiety level in order to succeed. Pages: 1625-1627Nandita Chaube (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Rajasthan) Read more Get Access
Empowering of women through education with special reference to Manipuri women Pages: 1628-1631 Thokchom Lakshmibai (Lilong Haoreibi College, Manipur) Education is the most significant instrument for changing women's status in the society. Thus women empowerment is an essential tool to bring about changes in their socio-economic condition.To achieve empowerment, women have to be educated about their rights privileges in a modern society. It is educated women have succeeded in changing their stereotype images to more positive ones.In the past, the life cycle of Manipuri women begins at home and ends at home only. But at present, most of the parents have started to keep equal eyes upon the boys and girls regarding education. As a result number of educated women are increasing by leaps and bounds and are found serving in many departments and establishments. A concerted effort by all governmental and private organisation have taken up various new education policies and schemes to increase the number of educated women in the society. Pages: 1628-1631Thokchom Lakshmibai (Lilong Haoreibi College, Manipur) Read more Get Access
Psychological general well being and satisfaction with life among doctors of tertiary care hospital in India: A cross sectional study Pages: 1632-1636 Kapil S. Kulkarni (Department of Psychiatry, Jagjivan Ram Hospital, Western Railways, Mumbai Central, Mumbai) Charles Pinto and Malay Dave (Honorary Visiting Specialist, Department of Psychiatry, Jagjivan Ram Railway Hospital, Mumbai) J. P. Rawat (Additional Chief Health Director, Department of Psychiatry, Jagjivan Ram Railway Hospital, Mumbai) Psychological well being and satisfaction with life are two important component of well being concept and Health Related Quality of Life. There are studies regarding psychological well being, job satisfaction, predictors of well being etc. among doctors. This study is done in tertiary care railway hospital in India. Total seventy five doctors were included in study. They were stratified according to age, sex, marital status and experience in years. Data was collected after distributing “Psychological General Well Being Index” and “Satisfaction with Life Scale.” As the age and years of experience in practice increases the vitality component of psychological general well being increases.(p=0.013 for age)(p=0.014 for experience). Marital status affects both total psychological general well being (p=0.042) and satisfaction with life (p=0.017). Positive well being (p=0.038) and vitality (p=0.012) are two components of psychological well being which are predominantly affected by marital status. There is significant relation between psychological general well being and satisfaction with life. Total psychological well being (p=0.006) with its three important components impacting satisfaction with life are anxiety (p=0.001), positive well being (p=0.01) and self control (0.045). Senior and experienced doctors are more active, energetic and fresh feeling than junior or less experienced doctors. Married doctors have better psychological well being than singles; they are more happy, interested and active. Psychological general well being and life satisfaction are interrelated. Doctors who are relaxed, cheerful, interested and have good control over their emotions, thoughts and behavior are better satisfied than others. Pages: 1632-1636Kapil S. Kulkarni (Department of Psychiatry, Jagjivan Ram Hospital, Western Railways, Mumbai Central, Mumbai)Charles… Read more Get Access
The influence of organizational culture, leadership behavior, and job satisfaction towards teacher job performance Pages: 1637-1642 Karantiano Sadasa (Study Program of Educational Management, Pakuan University, Bogor, West Java Province, Indonesia) Administrators usually adjust their leadership behavior to accomplish the mission of the organization, and this could influence the teacher's job satisfaction. It is therefore essential to understand the relationship between organization cultures, leadership behavior, and job satisfaction towards teachers' performance. The data was collected by the help of self constracted questionaire from a sample of 221 teachers of Junior High Schools in Sukabumi. The research method used was a survey method with causal technique. The research also used a path analysis to analyze the effect of one variable to another variable. In analyzing the data, this research used SPSS software (statistical product and service solution), including descriptive statistical analysis, a prerequisite test data analysis and statistical hypothesis testing. The results emerged that there is a direct and signficant influence of organizational culture toward job performance, job satisfaction toward job performance, organizational culture toward job satisfaction, and leadership behavior toward job satisfaction. These findings also suggest that the organizational culture, leadership behavior and job satisfaction are important determinants of the teachers' job performances of Junior High Schools in Sukabumi. Pages: 1637-1642Karantiano Sadasa (Study Program of Educational Management, Pakuan University, Bogor, West Java Province, Indonesia) Read more Get Access
Psychological well-being : A comparative study of tribal and non-tribal college students Pages: 1643-1647 Pankaj Suvera (Department of Psychology, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat) The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of Types of students, sex and types of faculty of the college students on Psychological well-being. The sample for the study comprised of 120 Tribal and 120 Non-Tribal college students from Sabarkantha District. Tribal and Non-Tribal college students were selected from various Arts and Science college in Sabarkantha. Personal data sheet and Bhogle and Jay Prakash (1995), Psychological well-being scale, Gujarati Translated by Suvera (2001) were used to collect the required data. 2x2x2 factorial design was planned where types of students, sex and types of faculty were considered as independent variables and Psychological well-being as dependent variables. Accordingly, 2x2x2 ANOVA was carried out to test the hypothesis. Results revealed significant difference between Tribal and Non-Tribal College students on Psychological well-being. The non-tribal college student's psychological well-being is batter then the tribal college students. The male college student's psychological well-being is batter then the female college students. The Science college student's psychological well-being is batter then the Arts college students. The interaction effects (A x B), (A x C), (B x C) and (A x B x C) are not significant. Pages: 1643-1647Pankaj Suvera (Department of Psychology, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat) Read more Get Access
Fear management and type of cervical cancer screening Pages: 1648-1653 Glenn Leckie (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Concepts of the Terror Management Theory (TMT) were used in an empirical, hypothesis-testing study to explore fear in women who wait to be examined for cervical cancer using VIA methodology or the Pap smear methodology. The assumption is that because of the association between cancer and death, these women are reminded of their mortality while waiting. The TMT assumes that the consciousness of one's own mortality can be regarded as a source of existential anguish. Proclivities for survival creates potentially paralyzing anxiety, which people manage by investing in a meaningful conception of the world (worldview) that prescribes valued behavior and thus also a way to maintain self-esteem. The respondents in the present study were women who were in the policlinic waiting to be screened for cervical cancer. These women were divided into two groups; one was waiting to be examined using the VIA screening and they would receive their result instantly while the other group was waiting to be examined using the Pap smear screening and they would receive their result in four to six weeks. The results show that self-esteem moderated the influence of the screening method on fear and on world view defense. It is concluded that the levels of fear of women waiting to be screened can at least partly be understood from the perspective of TMT. Applying Fear in a realistic context provides new angles and challlenges to test the TMT theory and to understand psychological reactions in that context. Pages: 1648-1653Glenn Leckie (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Read more Get Access
Malnutrition among school going children in Pakistan Pages: 1654-1659 Shahid Iqbal Sargana and Anwaar Mohyuddin (Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan) Children are considered to vital concern in the process of development. Therefore, investment in children's health is the key element in improving the economic, political and social condition in Pakistan, particularly for Province Punjab in the Context of sustainable development. The present study aims at understanding the different factors which affect malnutrition on school going children's in rural Pakistan.A sample size of 85 Secondary school going children was drawn with the help of multistage random sampling technique by collecting sampling frame from the concerned rural union council secondary schools. Cross tabulations were drawn with the help of SPSS V.16 to show the relationship between different variables. Significancehas been found after the statistical test between family incomes, level of family education with the eating habits of children. Pages: 1654-1659Shahid Iqbal Sargana and Anwaar Mohyuddin (Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan) Read more Get Access
Cognitive reframing strategies to cope with spousal chronic illness Pages: 1660-1664 Archana Shukla and Pooja Pandey (Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh ) Spousal chronic illness is a challenge for both partners. The ill partner suffers due to the disease. The well partner suffers as he/she takes on the additional burden of caring for the ill spouse. Thus although only one partner of the marital dyad is ill, both of the marital partners and their relationships as well as lives get affected. Spousal illness therefore necessitates reframing of the underlying cognitions, remodeling of personal relationships, and reorganizing of lives. Much of these have to be done by the well partners. The present study sampled 304 male and female caregivers belonging to the four age groups of 25-35 yrs, 36-45 yrs, 46-55 yrs and 56-65 yrs and explored the extent to which they used three specific cognitive reframing strategies adaptive outlook, mental renovations and relationship remodeling - in order to care for and cope with spouses who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Data were collected through face to face personal interviews with caregivers and analyzed using 2x4 ANOVAs to study the gender and age related differences in the use of cognitive reframing strategies. The analysis revealed a significant main effect of sex with respect to all three cognitive reframing strategies. As compared to female caregivers, male caregivers were found to make greater use of adaptive outlook, mental renovations and relationship remodeling in their daily living. The findings are discussed in the light of sex roles, gender role socialization and clinical researches. The worth of the study lies in showing how care giving experiences of females differ from that of males in terms of nature, structure, range, amount and quality and also how cognitive reframing interventions, particularly for women, could be of great benefit in the context of caring for their chronically ill spouse. Pages: 1660-1664Archana Shukla and Pooja Pandey (Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh ) Read more Get Access
Influence of laughter yoga on wellbeing and affect Pages: 1665-1668 Plabita Patowary (Department of Psychology, Jain University, Bangalore, Karnatak) The present study attempts to examine the significant influence of laughter yoga on psychological wellbeing, physical wellbeing and affect of the individuals. The sample consisted of 35 individuals aged 40-60 years. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. The tools used in this study are Ryff's Psychological Wellbeing Test and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. B.P and glucose level was also checked. Tests were administered and recorded before and after the intervention. 4 weekly sessions of laughter yoga was used as an intervention. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used where scores of pre and post-test were compared with the help of paired sample t test. Results indicate that the subjects' scores are improved in all the six subscales of psychological wellbeing and positive affect is increased whereas negative affect decreased. Subjects also show marginal improvement in B.P and glucose level. Thus, laughter yoga can be used as a healing tool which has significant influence on both physical and psychological wellbeing of individuals and can also help in leading a prosperous life. Pages: 1665-1668Plabita Patowary (Department of Psychology, Jain University, Bangalore, Karnatak) Read more Get Access
Hostility, guilt feeling, conflict over hostility and approval motive in criminals and non-criminals Pages: 1669-1673 Sona Raghuvanshi (Amity Institute of Behavioral and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana) The present study aims to compare criminals and non-criminals on the basis of psychological factors like Hostility, guilt-feeling, conflict over hostility and different areas of approval motive. The study was conducted on 200 respondents including 100 criminals and 100 non-criminals. The criminals were selected from the four important jails of Bihar namely Patna, Buxar, Gaya and Bhagalpur and equal number of non-criminals (persons having non-criminals record) were also selected from the same four towns of Bihar mentioned above. The sample was purposive one and included only married males in the age group of 21 to 40, who had minimum education up to seventh standard. The scales used were (1) Questionnaire of Hostility, Guilt and Conflict (Q-HGC, Sowaid, 1972), and, (2) Approval Motive Scale developed by Tripathi and Tripathi (1980). The data obtained were analyzed by t-test. The hypotheses formulated were:(1)The criminals would score higher on hostility as compared to the non-criminals.(2) The criminal group of subject would score lower on guilt feeling toward hostility than their non-criminal counterparts.(3) The criminal group of subjects would score high on conflict over feeling of hostility than the non-criminal group of subjects.(4)The criminals would score lower on normative behavior as compared to non-criminals.(5) The criminal group of subjects would score lower on social conformity than the non-criminal group of subjects.(6) The criminals would score lower on positive self-presentation area of approval motive as compared to non-criminal group of subjects.(7)The criminal group of subjects would score lower on the dependency area of approval motive compared to the non-criminal group of subjects.(8) The criminal group of subjects would score lower on defensiveness as compared to the non-criminals.(9)The criminals as a group would score lower on social responsiveness area of approval motive as compared to the non-criminal group of subjects.(10) The criminal group of subjects would score lower on social approval than the non-criminal group of subjects. The findings confirmed eight hypotheses, while two hypotheses could not be substantiated. Pages: 1669-1673Sona Raghuvanshi (Amity Institute of Behavioral and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Applying the constructs of home environment: Implications for developing self-esteem amongst adolescents Pages: 1674-1678 Anjali Malik, Sarvdeep Kohli and Ajay Kumar (Department of Psychology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana) Home is the social-biological unit that exerts the greatest influence on the development of the individual's behaviour. Researchers and theorists have increasingly recognized the role of home environment for the overall development of the children especially the adolescents. Keeping all this in mind, the present investigation was carried out to explore the relationships between home environment and self esteem. A correlational design was adopted in the present study. A sample of 200 adolescents (100 males and 100 females) of 10th and 11th standard was selected. The age range of the participants was 15-17 years. Home environment inventory and self esteem inventory were administered on the subjects individually. The data was analyzed by coefficient of correlation by Pearson's product moment method. The results indicated that out of ten dimensions of home environment only five dimensions are significantly related to self esteem. Punishment, social isolation and deprivation of privileges have been found significantly and negatively related the self esteem whereas significant and positive relationship have been found on reward and permissiveness dimensions amongst adolescents. It indicates that punishment, high social isolation and deprivation of privileges at home significantly lower the self esteem of adolescents. On the other hand, materialistic and symbolic rewards and freedom to express their views lead to high self esteem. No significant relationships were found between control, protectiveness, conformity, nurturance and rejection and self esteem amongst adolescents. From the present findings it can be inferred that modifications in the home environment can be made to make it favorable for the holistic development of adolescents. Pages: 1674-1678Anjali Malik, Sarvdeep Kohli and Ajay Kumar (Department of Psychology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana) Read more Get Access
A study on educational aspiration among school students in regard to gender and medium of learning Pages: 1685-1687 Anjana Bhattacharjee and Rebeka Debbarma (Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Tripura (West)) The present study investigated the level of educational aspiration among school students. The research sample comprised of one hundred and twenty subjects (N = 120) who were categorized in two groups. One group comprised of 60 male students and the other group comprised of 60 female students. All of them were selected purposively from two Government schools of Agartala of which one was English medium school and the other was Bengali medium school. Data were collected by Level of Educational Aspiration Test (LEAT). Results showed significant difference among male and female students in regard to their level of educational aspiration. However the study did not find any significant impact of medium of learning on the level of educational aspiration of school students. Pages: 1685-1687Anjana Bhattacharjee and Rebeka Debbarma (Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Tripura (West)) Read more Get Access
Reasons for domestic violence: A cruelty against women Pages: 1688-1691 Anuradha, Amandeep Kaur, Mukesh Nagar, Jagbir Malik and Varun Arora (Department of Community Medicine, Pt. BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana) Savita Chahal (Department of Psychiatry, Pt. BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana) Domestic violence against women is a widespread, deeply ingrained evil, which has serious impact on health and well-being of the females. It is important to know the reasons for domestic violence for timely intervention. To study the reasons for domestic violence against married females of Haryana. It is a cross sectional study carried out on 880 currently married females of reproductive age group in both rural and urban areas of Haryana using Women's Questionnaire to find the prevalence of domestic violence. A specially designed semi structured questionnaire was administered to participants to assess the reasons for domestic violence. In rural area, the common causes of initiation of violence were arguing, substance abuse and poor family income. Arguing, substance abuse and refusal for sex were the common reasons stated by urban women. Breach of privacy was the most common reason reported by victims for not seeking help. Pages: 1688-1691Anuradha, Amandeep Kaur, Mukesh Nagar, Jagbir Malik and Varun Arora (Department of Community Medicine… Read more Get Access
Parent’s perception about there involvement in children’s academic achievement Pages: 1692-1695 Rajesh G Meshram (Department of Psychology, Jijamata College, Nandurbar, Nandurbar) This study examined the school related activities that parents in with their children. The study also examined how parents in Nandubar perceive their involvement and expectations of their children's academic achievement goals. Sixteen parents (15 females and 1 male) who had children in standards five, six, or seven participated in the study. Participants were parents from four different areas of Nandubar. Parents were more involved with their children at home by encouraging their children to put effort. Parents also went to school to communicate with the teachers at school. Some parents assisted with homework even though most parents were challenged by the content their child was learning. Parents had high expectations of their children's academic life regardless of their children's performance in class. Various beliefs mingled with parents' expectations and their children's achievement goal. Although parents varied in their involvement, there was not much difference in their expectations. Lack of time and challenging subject matter were challenges to parents' involvement. Pages: 1692-1695Rajesh G Meshram (Department of Psychology, Jijamata College, Nandurbar, Nandurbar) Read more Get Access
The effect of Type A and Type B behavior pattern on coping strategies of cardiovascular patients Pages: 1696-1698 Alpna Agarwal (Department of Psychology, C.C.S. University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh) In the present study an attempt has been made to study the effect of Type A- Type B behavior pattern on coping strategies of cardiovascular patients. In order to pursue the above objective Type A/B behavioral pattern scale and coping strategies scale were used to collect the data. The sample considered of 120 patients selected from various hospitals and clinics. 60 patients were those who have Type A behavior pattern 60 patients were those who have Type B behavior pattern. In each group there were equal numbers of male and female. Data were analyzed by using 2x2 ANOVA. Findings of the study revealed that patients of Type A behavior pattern use more approach coping strategies than patients of type B behavior pattern. However there is no difference in the using of avoidance coping. Female patients use more emotion focused coping than male patients while male patients use more problem focused coping than female patients. Pages: 1696-1698Alpna Agarwal (Department of Psychology, C.C.S. University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Quality of life and burden of care of parents of autistic and normal children Pages: 1699-1703 Arti C. Kandolkar (S.N.D.T. Womens University, Pune Campus, Pune) R. N. Kenchappanavar (Karnatata Arts College, Dharwad, Karnatak) Autism is the most severe developmental disability. It involves impairments in social interaction, limited interests, strange eating or sleeping behaviors or a tendency to hurt oneself. Parenting a child with Autism can be an exhausting task, which may increase parental burden of care and may affect the quality of life. The present study aims to examine the Quality of life and burden of care of parents of autistic and normal children. The sample for the research comprised of 56 Parents of Autistic children and 74 Parents of Normal children. The sample of parents of autistic children was selected with the help of hospital and NGO records and the parents of normal children were selected from the schools of Pune and Mumbai city of Maharashtra. The questionnaires used for the study were Psychological Well-Being Scale by Ryff and Burden of Care Scale by Thara et al. (1998). The results reveal that when the 'Quality of life' as a whole, is considered, there is no significant difference between parents of Autistic and parents of Normal children (t= .368 is not significant) but dimension wise analysis shows that the parents of autistic children differ significantly on 'Environmental Mastery' (t = 2.46; p < 0.05), and 'Self Acceptance' (t = 3.31; p < 0.01). On 'Burden of care' scale a significant difference is seen between parents of Autistic and normal children (t = 3.40, p < 0.01). Pages: 1699-1703Arti C. Kandolkar (S.N.D.T. Womens University, Pune Campus, Pune)R. N. Kenchappanavar (Karnatata Arts College… Read more Get Access
Perceived stress and emotional intelligence in patients with erectile dysfunction: A preliminary study Pages: 1704-1708 Raj Kumar and Deepak Malik (Clinical Psychology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) Rohtak, Haryana) Dharmender Kumar Nehra (Clinical Psychologist, State Institute of Mental Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) Campus, Rohtak, Haryana) Amit Kumar Soni (Psychiatrist, State Institute of Mental Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) Campus, Rohtak, Haryana) Rajiv Gupta (Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, & Chief Executive Officer, State Institute of Mental Health Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) campus, Rohtak, Haryana) Erectile Dysfunction is a challenging problem that negatively affects the quality of lives of those affected. Sufferers and their partners face a lot of difficulties in various areas of life including relationship problems. Emergence of ED may be attributed to either organic or psychogenic factors but irrespective of causal factors it often lead to emotional and adjustment problems.The present study was carried out to study perceived stress and emotional intelligence and their interaction in individuals diagnosed with Erectile Dysfunction and their healthy counterparts. This cross-sectional study examined 200 male out of which 100 individuals with erectile dysfunction and 100 healthy controls. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) were administered on study group; whereas, in addition to above mentioned scales General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was also administered on control group. The data obtained for the variables under study have been subjected to different statistical analysis. Significant difference was found in perceived stress and EI scores between study and control group. The findings also indicated significant negative correlation between perceived stress and EI. Overall findings suggest that individual with ED are significantly more stressed and having low emotional intelligence than their healthy counterparts. Thus present study highlights the facts that it is equally important to treat stress in order to achieve better treatment compliance and management. We advocated the need for holistic management including adequate mental health screening and interventions with the persons suffering from ED. Pages: 1704-1708Raj Kumar and Deepak Malik (Clinical Psychology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS)… Read more Get Access
A study on menstrual hygiene among rural adolescent girls Pages: 1709-1711 Anuradha, Raghavendra Huchchannavar and Vinod Chayal (Department of Community Medicine, Pt.BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana) Savita Chahal ( Department of Psychiatry, Pt.BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana) Although menstruation is a natural process, it is linked with several misconceptions and practices, which sometimes result into adverse health outcomes. Learning about menstrual hygiene is a vital aspect of health education for adolescent girls. (i) To find out the status of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls. (ii) To explorethe beliefs, dietary habits and perceptions regarding menstruation among the study population. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted among 110 adolescent school girls with the help of a pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire regarding menstrual hygiene. The mean age of menarche was 12.4 years. Majority of the girls (66.4%) preferred using both sanitary pads and cloth pieces. Only 11.25% girls used sanitary pads during the entire menstruation. Practices of cleanliness were unsatisfactoryamong 43 (39.1%) girls. Eighty four (76.4%) girls had dietary restrictions, 85.5% girls were restricted to visit temples and 62.7% girls were prohibited entry to kitchen during periods. Menstrual hygiene is far from satisfactory among a large proportion of the adolescent girls with rampant ignorance, false perceptions and unsafe practices regarding menstruation. This emphasizes upon the need to encourage safe and hygienic practices among the adolescent girls and bring them out of traditional beliefs, misconceptions and restrictions with the active involvement of medical and paramedical health professionals. Pages: 1709-1711Anuradha, Raghavendra Huchchannavar and Vinod Chayal (Department of Community Medicine, Pt.BD Sharma University of… Read more Get Access
The role of emotional labour in screening appraisal Pages: 1712-1714 Durlabh Singh Kowal ( DRDO Scientist C, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) This paper suggests that the emotional labour provides a vital mechanism by which leadership behaviour and leadership skills can be screened in/out for recruitment purpose in Armed Force context. Emotional labour is an essential requisite in most of the professions. Not all individual prefer Armed Force profession as a career because of its unique nature of requirement. This study attempts to correlate the emotional labour and self-esteem of the subjects to the recruitment in services selection boards at screening level. The results show both are required in order to make career in Armed Force. A comparison is also made that between these two which affect the most for screening at Services Selection Boards. Pages: 1712-1714Durlabh Singh Kowal ( DRDO Scientist C, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Coping processes in ankylosing spondylitis Pages: 1717-1720 Neelam ( Vocational Counsellor, BPSGMC, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat) Joginder Singh ( Department of Sociology, M.D.U., Rohtak, Haryana) Persons with Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are subject to variety of psychosocial consequences, which can be more harmful than the other medical difficulties they have. The present study was mainly aimed at understanding the coping processes used by patients with Ankylosing spondylitis. For this, 100 patients of Anklyosing Spondylitis aged 18 to 30 years were selected from PGIMS, Rohtak and BPSGMC, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat to participate in the study along with 100 normal controls. Data were collected by administering Folkman and Lazarus' Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (Mean, SD, SK, and KU) to ascertain the normalcy of data, t-ratios to compare the two groups in terms of their mean scores of eight measures of coping, and Discriminant Function Analysis to examine the joint contribution of all the eight variables in differentiation of two groups. Results revealed that patients with AS scored significantly low on Confrontive Coping, Self Controlling, Seeking Social Support, Accepting Responsibility, Planful Problem Solving, and Positive Reappraisal. In Discriminant Analysis, Positive Reappraisal, Self Controlling, and Distancing emerged most potent discriminators classifying the two groups correctly by 83.5%. Overall findings revealed the patients with AS to be significantly low on both the problem-focused and emotion-focused ways of coping. Pages: 1717-1720Neelam ( Vocational Counsellor, BPSGMC, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat)Joginder Singh ( Department of Sociology, M.D.U… Read more Get Access
Assessing the correlation between the five factor model of personality and academic performance Pages: 1721-1723 Adnan Khan (Abraham Fischler School of Education Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA) Abraham Fischler (School of Education Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA) The authors examined the correlation between the big five personality traits and academic performance, specifically academic CGPA of college students in Pakistan. The results showed a small positive correlation between Conscientiousness and CGPA. Openness to Experience showed a small negative correlation while Extraversion and Agreeableness did not appear to be dominant factors in terms of their correlation with academic CGPA. Neuroticism was found to have a moderate negative correlation with student CGPA. These findings validate earlier studies in the area, which report a positive relationship between Conscientiousness and academic performance along with a negative relationship between Neuroticism and academic achievement. Similar to this study, research on the other three variables and their relationship with academic performance remains inconclusive. Pages: 1721-1723Adnan Khan (Abraham Fischler School of Education Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA)Abraham Fischler (School… Read more Get Access
A cross sectional study of quality of life among alcohol dependent and dual diagnosis patients Pages: 1724-1727 Bilal Ahmad and Samina Bano (Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) Vibha Sharma (Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi ) Alcohol abuse is a worldwide problem that causes various sequelae, which severely affect physical and mental health, social and daily life. Quality of Life (QOL) is increasingly recognized as an important outcome measure in treatment studies and for service evaluation. The study was conducted with the aim of exploring the Quality of life in dual diagnosis, alcohol dependence syndrome and control group. A sample of 30 male subjects using purposive sampling and quantitative method. In each group a sample of 10 subjects were taken from OPD and ward of Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi. Tool like quality of life (WHOQOL-Brf, 1998) were collected from subjects personally and separately from each other. Descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis Test techniques were used to analyse the data. Results indicate that there was significant difference in quality of life among three groups but the quality of life related to physical domains, social domain and environmental domain was found poor in of dual diagnosis and alcohol dependent patients. The overall quality of life is high in psychological domains in all the three groups. Pages: 1724-1727Bilal Ahmad and Samina Bano (Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)Vibha Sharma… Read more Get Access

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