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Meaning in life: The role of personal resources Pages: 907-914 Sangeeta Trama and Venus (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) As an individual moves into the middle years, the question of his existence becomes significant. An individual who lacks meaning in life moves towards stagnation, i.e., perceiving his life to come to a standstill. Such individuals experience an existential vacuum, and feel that their life is not meaningful. Hence, it would be worthwhile to investigate the factors that contribute towards meaning in life in middle-aged people. Based on logotherapy, Frankl (1985) has given three primary ways to find meaning in life: experiential values, creative values, and attitudinal values. Based on this, it was postulated that creative people tend to move towards self-actualization. Therefore, it would be pertinent to study self-actualization in adults vis-à-vis their meaning in life. Apart from this, attitudinal values, such as psychosocial maturity and empathy, could also contribute towards life purpose. Still another construct of immense significance would be spiritual transcendence (experiential value) which could be an indicator of higher life goals leading to meaning in life. Consequently, the present study attempted to examine the relationship of meaning in life with self-actualization, psychosocial maturity, empathy, and spiritual transcendence for middle-aged people. The sample comprised 400 working adults (200 males and 200 females) in the age group of 35-45 years. Participants were from different cities of Punjab in India, belonging to middle to upper middle socio-economic status in adults. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were applied for adult males and females. Self-actualization emerged as the main predictor of meaning in life for adult males and females, and all three aspects of spiritual transcendence, viz., prayer fulfilment, universality and connectedness emerged as significant predictors (in same order of significance) for adult males. However, these did not emerge as significant predictors of meaning in life in females. Only one aspect of psychosocial maturity, i.e., identity emerged as a significant predictor of meaning in life in adult women. Hence, differential pathways for obtaining meaning in life were found for middle-aged men and women. The present investigation is therefore, a significant step in understanding existential issues empirically, and has very far-reaching implications in the realm of motivation and transpersonal psychology. Pages: 907-914Sangeeta Trama and Venus (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) Read more Get Access
Psycho-social stress as a risk factor for cognitive decline in houswives Pages: 915-918 Sadaf Ahmed, Madiha Shaukat, Aleena Hasni and Shamoon Noushad (Advance Educational Institute & Research Center(AEIRC), Karachi, Pakistan) There are various neuro-philosophical views that can be considered to evaluate the effects of the psychological factors on the brain and its functions. The cognitive functions can be best assessed by using various tools that can depict most notably how depression induces a cascade of changes to neuronal system. As these psychological problems directly affect the central nervous system, the mind changes into a distorted state that induces cognitive impairments. We took a random study including 50 university girls (non-married) and 50 house wives, a self assessing Subjective Memory Questionnaire was the tool used to analyze their current memory status by scoring. Where average normal university going girls score 158 that indicate their subjective memory difficulties are minimal and they can Move onto more advanced memory skills training to further improvement in cognitive skills. While the house wives who are on the whole looking stress free but they score 133 and we noticed a moderate degree of memory challenge in them. It indicated that these women must spend more time on developing their basic memory skills before moving to the advanced memory skills training. Our study showed that young educated females have better cognitive function than the middle aged women who are housewives and are consciously maintaining the awareness of surrounding input. We have found an unwavering relation between the life style and the diminutive acts of daily routine. It is suggested that as working memory has a direct relation with stress and depression that may cause memory impairments. Pages: 915-918Sadaf Ahmed, Madiha Shaukat, Aleena Hasni and Shamoon Noushad (Advance Educational Institute & Research… Read more Get Access
Follow up study of dysthymic patients treated with cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), pharmacotherapy and a combination of both Pages: 919-924 C. N. Ram Gopal (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Chennai) The main objective of the present study was to follow up the 45 dysthymic patients belonging to the 3 groups with 15 in each group namely, Experimental group I = Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Alone, Experimental Group II = C B T + Drug, Control Group = Drug Alone. Experimental Groups received a set of intervention techniques namely, Cognitive & Behavioural techniques which were given as package during the therapeutic sessions, while the Control Group did not receive any such treatment.These patients were followed up after the completion of three months of intervention. The follow-up period ranged from three months to eighteen months. Relapse rate was found to be higher in the Pharmaco Therapy Group than in any of the C B T Groups. Follow-up information obtained through the clinical interview, drop-out analysis and follow-up assessment details of reduction of depressive scores are discussed. Pages: 919-924C. N. Ram Gopal (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Chennai) Read more Get Access
Diseases and problems of public health significance and its relation to socio-economic status in an urban slum of Haryana Pages: 925-928 Vinod Kumar, Pardeep Khanna and Huchchannavar Raghavendra (Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak) Garima Shivhare (MD Anatomy) Pooja (Medical Officer, HCMS) Pramod Kumar Saharan (College of Nursing, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak) There is large variation in occurrence of various diseases, their incidence, prevalence, associated complications. Not only is there a difference from one region to another, from north to south, east to west, rural to urban, a contrasting scenario can be seen even within the same city between the posh buildings of the city and the urban slum, between the rich and the poor. The rich and affluent society generally suffers from the non-communicable diseases while the poor are the victims of communicable diseases. The study was carried out in an urban slum of Rohtak district of Haryana. It was an interview based descriptive type of epidemiological study and design adopted was cross sectional. The interview was carried out by conducting house to house survey. All the houses where any family is residing were eligible to participate in the study.Total 400 houses were visited and 1928 subjects were studied.The data hence collected was analyzed using proportions, percentages and chi-square test, wherever applicable using SPSS version 18. Semi-skilled and skilled labourers constituted 19%. Out of total study subjects 51% were labourer or unemployed. A substantial proportion, 16.5% were unemployed. According to Kuppuswamy socio-economic status scale 57% families belonged to upper lower class and 30.5% were in lower middle class. In upper lower class two third individuals fell ill in last one year. In 39.5% families at least one member fell ill and in 24.5% families' two members fell ill in last one year. Most common substance of abuse was tobacco (smoking) 20.5%. In 21% study subjects the duration of use of substance of abuse was more than 10 years. To conclude, the diseases were more common in upper middle class in urban slum and there was also a high prevalence of substance abuse. There is need for massive IEC activities for health promotion, disease prevention and de-addiction services against various substance of abuse. Pages: 925-928Vinod Kumar, Pardeep Khanna and Huchchannavar Raghavendra (Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D. Sharma… Read more Get Access
Association of sense of coherence and depression level among parents of children with Autism Pages: 929-934 Smily Jesu Priya Victor Paulraj, Salasiah Ismail and Jayachandran Vetrayan (Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia) This study aimed to examine the association between sense of coherence (SOC) and depression level among parents of children with autism. The cross sectional study was conducted and two questionnaires were used: Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-29) and the Beck Depression Inventory in parents with autism children (n=50), typically developing children (n=50), and atypically developing children (n=50). Parents of children with autism and atypically developing children had a lower level of total SOC, comprehensibility, manageability, meaningfulness, and depression level compared with parents with typically developing children. The finding revealed that there was a significance difference in SOC and depression level was found between mothers and fathers. In parents of children with autism, the SOC was negatively associated with depression level. The finding suggested that the depression level experience of parents of children with autism, typically developing and atypically developing children is related strongly to a SOC. Pages: 929-934Smily Jesu Priya Victor Paulraj, Salasiah Ismail and Jayachandran Vetrayan (Department of Occupational Therapy… Read more Get Access
Thought processes of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder Pages: 935-937 Gurminder Sokhey and Gurpreet Kaur (Department of Psychology Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) The present investigation aimed to study the Automatic Thought Processes of both male and female OCD patients in comparison to male and female Normal controls. For this purpose 80 OCD patients (Males=40; Females=40) were randomly selected from Psychiatric Department of Rajindra Hospital Patiala, attending OPD in the age group of 25-35 years. 80 Normal controls (Males=40; Females=40) were also randomly selected on the basis of a screening measure in the same age group from general population such as attendants and friends. OCD Patients and Normals were administered Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (Hollon & Kendall, 1980) and a Screening measure (Harding et al., 1980) only for normals. A Two-Way Analysis of Variance with equal numbers was applied with 2 levels of disease (OCD and Normals) and 2 levels of gender (Males /Females). The obtained results revealed significant main effects of disease and gender indicating that OCD male and female patients are higher on negative Automatic Thoughts than male and female Normal controls. Further, OCD females exhibited more negative Automatic Thoughts as compared to OCD males. Pages: 935-937Gurminder Sokhey and Gurpreet Kaur (Department of Psychology Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) Read more Get Access
Mediators affecting caregiving of people living with HIV/AIDS Pages: 938-940 Vidyadayini Shetty (Department of Psychology, Nagindas Khandwala College of Arts and Commerce, Malad, Mumbai ) Sushma Mehrotra (Department of Psychology, SNDT, Mumbai) Presence of family members as caregivers has helped to identify HIV-related medical conditions and bring it to the notice of the health care personnel. Informal caregivers now not only monitor drug adherence but also provide psychological support and care to the HIV infected which has helped in improving their productivity and quality of life. As the informal caregivers are not prepared for the HIV caregiving, neither trained nor compensated, they experience psychological distress which results into symptoms of depression and anxiety. In addition, lack of support, stigma and discrimination heightens the psychological distress experienced by the informal caregivers. Studies on etiology of depression and anxiety indicate a number of demographic variables as predictor variables. The study aims to investigate the relationship of demographic variables such as age, education, and income affecting the caregivers' depression and anxiety. The sample consisted of 112 informal caregivers from NGOs in Mumbai. The results show that demographic variables such as education and income were associated with elevated levels of depression and anxiety. However, there was no significant relationship found between age and caregiver's depression and anxiety. Pages: 938-940Vidyadayini Shetty (Department of Psychology, Nagindas Khandwala College of Arts and Commerce, Malad, Mumbai… Read more Get Access
Interpersonal relations amongst hostel inmates: Role of spatial density Pages: 941-944 Roomana N. Siddiqui (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) Shabana Mazhar (Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad) Spatial density may be related to the experience of crowding but it is argued that spatial density will result in crowding only when this density starts interfering the activities of people. Hostel accommodations in educational institutions are overcrowded where students have to share rooms and other facilities. This has implications for interpersonal relations. To explore this aspect an attempts is made to find out the extent to which spatial density in hostels affect interpersonal relations amongst inmates. It also tries to investigate the role of coping in ameliorating the impact of crowding. Data was collected on 200 students residing in hostels. The crowding experience scale (Nagar & Paulus, 1997) along with items related to four coping strategy namely direct action, avoidance, acceptance and social support was administered. The findings revealed that spatial density did affect interpersonal relations but it was not a direct impact. Its affect on positive relations was mediated by social support but it was uncontrolled disturbance that mediated the impact of density and negative relations. Pages: 941-944Roomana N. Siddiqui (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)Shabana Mazhar (Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology… Read more Get Access
Organizational role stress in relation to marital adjustment among female androgynous university teachers, government doctors and administrative officers Pages: 945-948 Rekha Gujjar (Cosmopolitans Valia College, Mumbai) Manju Mehta (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur) The present study was undertaken to explore the relationship between Organizational role stress and Marital Adjustment among female university teachers, Government doctors and administrative officers with androgynous sex role orientation. A total of 100 female university teachers, 100 female government doctors and 100 female administrative officers from the state of Rajasthan served as sample for the study. To attain the objectives of the study, three psychometric instruments the Bem Sex role Inventory (Bem, 1981) and the Organisational Role Stress Scale (Pareek, 1981) and Marital Adjustment Inventory by Deshpande (1988) were administered to the sample population to obtain data pertaining to the androgynous personality and organizational role stress variables. The data were analysed in terms of the coefficients of correlation. The results of the study revealed that marital adjustment correlated positively with personal inadequacy dimensions of organizational role stress in the case of university teachers and correlated negatively in case of government doctors. It was also found that Organizational role stress and its some components, viz., role stagnation(RS), self-role distance (SRD) and role ambiguity (RA) were negatively and significantly related with marital adjustment among androgynous doctors but were found unrelated among androgynous teachers and administrative officers and total group of working women. Pages: 945-948Rekha Gujjar (Cosmopolitans Valia College, Mumbai)Manju Mehta (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur) Read more Get Access
Relationship of salivary flow and psychological variables: A review Pages: 949-951 Safarulla N. V. M. (Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore) Shamsuddin, H., M.D.S. (Ex- Professor and Head, Department of Periodontics Government Dental College, Calicut) Most of the empirical evidences regarding the association of Salivary Flow and Psychological variables show inconsistent results. Many authors reported concern about the absence of standard mean values and interdependent parameters in Sialometry. The present study conducted a thorough review using electronic data base, and scrutinized various studies of past 50 years. Most of the literature reviewed agreed that Relaxation Responses lead to increased Salivary Flow, which is less viscous and more watery. At the same time, stressful situations, anger, psychoticism and neuroticism lead to decreased Salivary Flow, which is more mucous and viscous. Moreover, the review uncovered empirical evidences showing that Salivary Analysis can be used as biomarkers in the diagnosis of many conditions like stress reactions, pregnancy, smoking and even in HIV. The present study concluded that Salivary Flow decreases in Psychological Stress and other psycho-neurotic conditions and increases in relaxed mental states. Pages: 949-951Safarulla N. V. M. (Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore)Shamsuddin, H., M.D.S. (Ex-… Read more Get Access
Impact of simple intervention on the knowledge and perceptions of HIV/AIDS amongst school children in rural area of Pune Pages: 952-955 Rahul R. Bogam and Sunil M. Sagare (Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune ) Adolescents form substantial risk group due to situations arising out of their curiosity, haphazard knowledge and risk prone behaviour. Concerns about risk of infection with HIV have renewed interest in sexual behaviour of adolescents in developing countries, where they represent a large proportion of population and are at a risk. Primary prevention including sex education is the key factor for eliminating HIV epidemics amongst adolescents. The present study attempted to assess pre and post intervention knowledge and perceptions of high school students pertaining to HIV/AIDS. All 169 school students from rural area participated in quiz competition followed by interactive session and completed pre-intervention and post intervention questionnaire. Each completed questionnaire was assigned marking system. The data was analysed using 'Paired t test'. Significant improvement in knowledge was found after quiz followed by interactive session. (Pre test mean marks: 8.50, post test mean marks: 15.95, t = 32.83, p < .001). Present study showed significant improvement in student's knowledge regarding all aspects of HIV/AIDS from pretest to post-test as a result of quiz competition followed by interactive session. Pages: 952-955Rahul R. Bogam and Sunil M. Sagare (Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed… Read more Get Access
The working woman’s marital happiness: A cross-sectional investigation on Bengali women Pages: 956-960 Sharbani Mullick, Nabamita Chakraborty and Sanjukta Das (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata) The current research explored the relationship between the daily hassles encountered by 30 to 40-year-old working women and the consequent changes in the reported levels of marital satisfaction. The sample size was 80. Self-report instruments, namely, Marital Satisfaction Scale (Amrithraj & Jai Prakash ), the Daily Hassles Scale (Basu, 2005), the Presumptive Stressful Life Event Scale (Singh et al., 1984) and the General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg & Hill, 1990) were filled out by the participants to assess the respective domains concerned with the investigation. For methodological and interpretive convenience, the participants were divided into two broad groups by the median-split technique one having high and the other low marital satisfaction. Statistical treatment and analyses of the obtained data reveal lesser daily hassles reported by the high marital satisfaction group in contrast to the low marital satisfaction group. Implications and conclusions of the findings are mentioned. Pages: 956-960Sharbani Mullick, Nabamita Chakraborty and Sanjukta Das (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata) Read more Get Access
Causal relationship of self-esteem with depression and anger among adolescents of religious minorities in Pakistan Pages: 961-964 Shahid Iqbal (Department of Psychology, Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan) Zaeema Riaz and Riaz Ahmad (Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi, Gulistan-e-Jahuar, Karachi, Pakistan) Nadia Ayub (Department of Business Psychology, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan) The current study evaluated the causal relationship of self-esteem with depression and anger among religious minority adolescents (Christians and Hindus) of Pakistan. Based on preceding literature, it was hypothesized that self-esteem would predict depression and anger in religious minority adolescents. In the current study, 160 religious minority adolescents (i.e. 76 Christians and 84 Hindus) participated. The age of the participants ranged from 11 years to 19 years with the mean age of 15.49 years. All participants of the study belonged to middle socioeconomic class and their educational level ranged from 6th to 13th grade. Research measures employed were: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), Reynolds Adolescents Depression Scale, 2nd Ed (Reynolds, 2002) and Adolescents Anger Rating Scale (Burney, 2001). Through Linear Regression Analysis, self-esteem was found to be a statistically significant predictor of depression and anger in religious minority adolescents. Pages: 961-964Shahid Iqbal (Department of Psychology, Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi… Read more Get Access
Effect of positive therapy in the management of stress and general well-being among patients undergoing Hemodialysis Pages: 965-967 V. Kavitha and Hemalatha (Department of Psychology, Avinashilingan Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore ) Aditi Gupta (Department of Psychology, Tamanna Nai Disha, New Delhi) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a progressive, debilitating, chronic illness that affects quality of life, potentially influencing physical and mental health, functional status, independence, general well-being, personal relationships and social functioning. Not only does it cause significant morbidity, but it also has a high mortality. Because of the costs and the complexity of its treatment, very few patients are able to obtain adequate treatment, and CKD places a heavy financial burden on any society. Because it requires life-long treatment in the form of renal replacement therapy, the quality of life (QOL) of patients may significantly impair. Studies have revealed that patient education can play a significant role in improving the QOL in these patients. The aim of the study was to find the influence of Stress on general Well-being in Haemodialysis (HD) patients and to identify the effectiveness of Positive Therapy. Purposive Sampling method was used to collect data from 40 HD Patients using Stress Inventory (Hemalatha and Nandhini, 2004) and General Well-being Index (WHO, 1998). All the patients, who had high Stress and low General Well-being were given psychological intervention called Positive Therapy over a period of 2 weeks followed by reassessment. Patients receiving HD identified limitations in a number of areas including vitality and significantly lower physical functioning. The results revealed that many patients had high stress due to fear, worry and anger about the illness. Positive Therapy helped to bring down the mean stress of the sample from high (22.55) to low (6.22). The result also reveals that 89% of the subjects had an enormous improvement in their General Well-being after undergoing Positive Therapy. Pages: 965-967V. Kavitha and Hemalatha (Department of Psychology, Avinashilingan Institute for Home Science and Higher… Read more Get Access
Childhood sexual abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder Pages: 968-971 Babita Prusty (Amity Institute of Behavioural (Health) and Allied Sciences Amity University, Uttar Pradesh) Child abuse is a social evil which cause immense harm to the child, its family and the whole community. The present paper discusses different categories of child abuse, especially sexual abuse and it's after effects. Sexual abuse at a tender age has a devastating effect on young minds. The prevalence, incidence & impact of sexual abuse in terms of post traumatic stress disorders, both inside and outside, India are discussed here. The prevention aspect has also been discussed. Pages: 968-971Babita Prusty (Amity Institute of Behavioural (Health) and Allied Sciences Amity University, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
A comparative study of neuropsychological functioning in epileptic and non-epileptic persons Pages: 971-973 Richa Singh (Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat) J. Mahto and Deapti Mishra (Department of Clinical Psychology, Postgraduate Institute of Behavioural & Medical Sciences, Manopchar, Raipur) To see the attention and concentration, intellectual functioning and visuo-spatial functioning of the patient with epilepsy as compared to normal epileptic group. Epilepsy is one of the most commonly encountered organic illnesses in psychiatric set-up. It is the second most common chronic neurological condition seen by neurologists. It is estimated that there are 55, 00,000 persons with epilepsy in India (Shridharan, 2002). Epilepsy is a name of the brain disorder characterized by predominantly by recurrent and unpredictable interruptions of normal brain function called epileptic seizures. The effects of epilepsy are felt in multiple aspects of the person's life, including physical and mental health, cognitive function, educational achievements, vocational prospects, and family and peer relations (Jalava, 1997).Cognition, which includes processes such as intelligent thinking, perceiving, remembering, reasoning, judging, expressing, and understanding, has an important role in the inception, evolution, and manifestation of many of these other aspects of function recognized to be compromised in people with epilepsy. To examine these cognitive disturbances and other severity, psychological tests can be regarded as an important instrument. Pages: 971-973Richa Singh (Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat)J. Mahto and Deapti Mishra (Department of… Read more Get Access
Impact of adherence to medication and gender on family pathology in HIV patients Pages: 974-977 Harprit Kaur and Neeru (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala ) During the management of HIV patients the role of social support, specifically of that of the family is crucial; yet it is equally significant that the impact of this illness is not just on the patient but has far reaching implications for the whole family unit. Gender determines the role as well as the privileges enjoyed by the family member who is a patient; this is particularly evident in the Indian context wherein gender differentiation is marked. Estimates from the World Health Organization (2003) indicate that only about 50% of patients with chronic diseases living in developed countries follow treatment recommendations, the state of Compliance in a nation like ours is bound to be alarming too. Thus the present study evaluated the impact of adherence to medication and gender on family pathology. For this purpose, sixty male and female HIV patients were examined for family pathology while comparing the adherent and non-adherent groups. The paper discusses implications of the results obtained. Pages: 974-977Harprit Kaur and Neeru (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala ) Read more Get Access
Aggression as related to anxiety among physically challenged adolescents Pages: 983-985 Masood-ul Hassan and Md. Jasimuddin Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) The study was undertaken with a view to investigate the influence of anxiety on aggression among physically challenged adolescents of Aligarh. The sample consists of 60 male and 60 female adolescents whose age ranged from 14 to 22 years. Aggression questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) and Anxiety Scale (Sinha, 1961) were used to measure aggression and anxiety of the subjects. The analysis of data were done by Pearson's Correlation analysis and two way ANOVA and independent t-test was used respectively. Pages: 983-985Masood-ul Hassan and Md. Jasimuddin Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) Read more Get Access
Reasons for depression questionnaire (RFD-A): Determining psychometric properties with Indian adolescents Pages: 986-989 Musaddiq Jahan (Department of Psychology, Womens College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) The Reasons for Depression questionnaire (RFD) was originally developed by Addis and Carpenter (1999) to examine the explanations that people give for being depressed. They studied the samples of non depressed and depressed university students and other adults. They obtained an eight factor solution which was based on 48 items. Fitzgerald and Richardson (2002) evaluated the RFD data for New Zealand adolescents sample with addition of a ninth biological factor and confirmed the factor structure of original RFD. Fitzgerald and Richardson also prepared an abbreviated scale (RFD-A) using 35 items of the original 48 items with six factors which would be more appropriate for use with adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to determine the psychometric properties of RFD-A for Indian adolescents. The results of the study confirmed the appropriateness of six factors of RFD-A for Indian adolescents and found significant difference between depressed and non-depressed adolescents on different factors of the questionnaire. Pages: 986-989Musaddiq Jahan (Department of Psychology, Womens College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP) Read more Get Access
Health and safety climate in industrial organisations: Previous studies and future directions Pages: 987-982 B.K. Punia and Amit Kumar (Haryana School of Business, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana ) Industrial health and safety has emerged very strongly in the previous years which can be largely attributed to the phenomenal automation. From the last two decades particularly there has been a major boost in the number of studies of construction area, but the research community is scattered between many different disciplines and institutions. The literature review regarding health and safety climate in industrial organizations has been reviewed in order to identify the new area for research in manufacturing sector. The present paper attempts to explore the reasons of accidents, coworker's safety, supervisor's safety, employee's compliance with safety behavior and as a whole health and safety climate and the safety management has a positive influence on performance of firm. After reviewing the various studies, the authors have endeavored directions of future researches in hazardous industries. Pages: 987-982B.K. Punia and Amit Kumar (Haryana School of Business, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science… Read more Get Access
Academic stress: A global pandemic among students Pages: 990-993 Taruna Malhotra (Vaish College of Education, Rohtak, Haryana) Prabhjot Guron (Department of Education, Sh. Venkateshwara University, UP) Anything that discourages, decreases confidence or creates inhibitions among children can be termed as stress which can be caused by academics, interactions, fear of under achievement and rejection of thoughts and ideas and lack of motivation and encouragement. It becomes very prominent among adolescents when they are undergoing changes or conversely are undergoing lack of changes and purpose. Anybody can define stress among adolescents in a layman language almost quite accurately whereas in this Paper we actually try to understand stress as a study of psychology among adolescents, the factors which create it and the Role of interacting individuals which contribute to its increase, decrease and control. Pages: 990-993Taruna Malhotra (Vaish College of Education, Rohtak, Haryana)Prabhjot Guron (Department of Education, Sh. Venkateshwara… Read more Get Access
The relationship of personal growth initiative, psychological well-being and psychological distress among adolescents Pages: 994-997 Nadia Ayub (Department of Business Psychology, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan) Shahid Iqbal (Department of Psychology, Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan) This study investigates the correlation between personal growth initiatives, psychological distress, and psychological well-being among adolescents. It was assumed that personal growth initiative is significantly associated with psychological well-being, and negatively associated with psychological distress among adolescents. A study consists of 150 (75 males and 75 females) college students of Karachi, Pakistan. A Personal Growth Initiative Scale (Robitschek,1998); Ryff's Scales of Psychological Well-Being (RPWB; Ryff, 1995); & Psychological Distress Scale (K10; Kessler, 1996) were administered. For all statistical analysis, Spearmen's rho was calculated to assess the association among personal growth initiatives, psychological well-being and psychological distress. The findings of the study suggest that personal growth initiative is positively associated with psychological well-being and negatively associated with psychological distress among adolescents. Furthermore, adolescents who are high in personal growth initiative and psychological well-being experience less mental health issues. Pages: 994-997Nadia Ayub (Department of Business Psychology, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan)Shahid Iqbal (Department… Read more Get Access
Anxiety among college going students Pages: 998-1000 O. P. Sharma (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Sajni Devi (Department of Psychology, Government College, Dujana, Haryana) Kalpana Beniwal and Arun Kumar (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur) The present study was design to determine the anxiety among college going students. 120 college going boys and girls were randomly selected from government college Dujana for this study. Anxiety level among the students was identified with the help of Manifest Anxiety Scale (M.A.S) developed by Srivastva and Tiwari. Results revealed that : (a) Maximum of the college going students had low anxiety level and (b) there was significant sex differences in the anxiety level, with girls obtaining more mean anxiety scores then boys. Pages: 998-1000O. P. Sharma (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)Sajni Devi (Department of… Read more Get Access
Economic difference in stress and social support among Kashmiri cancer patients Pages: 1001-1003 Muzamil Ahmad (Government Degree Collage, Ganderbal, Kashmir, J&K) The present research examined economic differences in degree of stress and social support among Kashmiri cancer patients. The sample consisted of 200 patients (poor =123, Moderate =41, sound income =36). The sample for the study was obtained from the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar Kashmir. The purposive sampling strategy was used. The patients were selected on the basis of their willingness to participate in the current research. The Questionnaire on stress in cancer patients' revised version (QSC-R23) and The Questionnaire Interpersonal Support Evaluation List Short Form (ISEL-SF) were used to collect the data respectively. Data was analyzed using One Way ANOVA followed by Post-Hoc Analyses. The results indicate significant economic differences in mean scores of stress. The results further showed that the mean scores of cancer patients with sound income were higher than cancer patients with moderate income on social support scale. These findings have implications for understanding the psychological problems of cancer patients. Pages: 1001-1003Muzamil Ahmad (Government Degree Collage, Ganderbal, Kashmir, J&K) Read more Get Access
Effect of Swadhyay on the mental health of the elderly Pages: 1004-1006 Sareeta Behera (Department of Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha) Anuradha Kotnala (Dev Sanskriti University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand) Mental health is the essence of a happy, healthy and fullfilling life. It is the pivotal raison d'être behind physical, personal, familial, social and overall wellbeing. Without a sound mental health a person is just like a straw in the storm, knowing not where to go. It is the main ingredient that makes or mars man's life. Any distortion in mental health is not only a trubulent phase for the person per se but each and everyone related to him. The incidence rates of mental health issues differ in accordance with manifold factors like age, gender, mental health hygiene, lifestyle, culture, situational variants and so on. However, the most innocent and worst victims of mental health problems are the elderly. In order to treat such problems and illnesses, many treatment interventions have been discovered and practiced since the advent of medical psychology and treatment techniques. However, among them Swadhyay Therapy has also reaped fruitful results in the area. The study is an epitome of the effect of Swadhyay Therapy on the Mental Health of the Elderly. It serves as an outlook towards the theory and practice of Swadhyay and the advantageous effects it has in rejuvenating the mental health conditions of the elderly. Pages: 1004-1006Sareeta Behera (Department of Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha)Anuradha Kotnala (Dev Sanskriti University, Haridwar… Read more Get Access

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