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Narratives and their role in psychotherapy Pages:1799-1801 Arti and Poonam Gupta (Department of Psychiatry, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana) Narrative or story provides the dominant frame for live experience, for the organization and patterning of lived experience. The term narratives may used to conceptualize the set of processes, activities or strategies in which clients and therapist engage during psychotherapy sessions in order to amplify and understand important issues, events and experiences. Narrative therapy is a form of psychotherapy using narrative. It is a method of therapy that attempts to separate the person from the problem. A problem is something that a person has, not something that a person is. It utilizes the power of people's personal stories to discover the life purpose of the narrator. Clients are encouraged, through a respectful and cooperative relationship, to address the problems in their lives. It also works in two phases of deconstruction and reconstruction, with benefits of sifting the person through the past to uncover things that had previously remained hidden. It can be used as a mean of psychosocial intervention for many psychosocial problems, i.e., Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Alexithymia, Couple or Family problems, Anger problems in people with learning disability, Alcohol dependence, to avoid Stress and burnout in lowered performance people. Therapeutic narrative is clearly any kind of written or spoken narrative/story which promotes physical or mental healing. Pages:1799-1801 Arti and Poonam Gupta (Department of Psychiatry, PGIMS, Rohtak… Read more Get Access
Health care giving and treatment seeking behavior: Gender hierarchies’ among the Galesh Pastoralists of Iran Pages: 1802-1811 Vajihollah Bagheri (Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh) Traditional medicine and indigenous systems of cure have been practiced for centuries among the pastoral Galesh. These Galesh inhabit the mountainous regions of the Alborz in North Iran. The fascinating aspect of their curative systems, as practiced by the Galesh, who are following their ancestral occupation of rearing cattle, goats and sheep. The Galesh women are adept at looking after the health care needs of their entire stock. These women have been handed down the traditional medicines rooted in the ethno-botany and ecology of their surroundings. While shepherding of the animals has been as affirmed male bastion ascribed since ages, the Galesh women have the unique gender hierarchy of having the institutional knowledge of ancient curative systems. These medicines are based in the flora of the Galesh environment. The indigenous medicinal systems would, however, come into direct conflict with the newer systems of health care delivery being proposed for the people under the Department of Health of Iran. This paper attempts to examine the case fro the harmonization of the two different systems of medicine. Pages: 1802-1811Vajihollah Bagheri (Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh) Read more Get Access
Holistic approach to critical issues which impact public well being and health: A review Pages: 1812-1814 Vasant Namdeo Borkar (Department of Psychology, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune, Maharashtra) Well-being is a positive outcome that is meaningful for people and for many sectors of society, because it tells us that people perceive that their lives are going well. Good living conditions (e.g., housing, employment) are fundamental to well-being (Diener, 2009). Tracking these conditions is important for public policy. However, many indicators that measure living conditions fail to measure what people think and feel about their lives, such as the quality of their relationships, their positive emotions and resilience, the realization of their potential, or their overall satisfaction with lifei.e., their “well-being.” Well-being generally includes global judgments of life satisfaction and feelings ranging from depression to joy. Community-based research in public health focuses on social, structural, and physical environmental inequities through active involvement of community members, organizational representatives, and researchers in all aspects of the research process. Partners contribute their expertise to enhance understanding of a given phenomenon and to integrate the knowledge gained with action to benefit the community involved. This review provides a synthesis of key principles of community-based research, examines its place within the context of different scientific paradigms, discusses rationales for its use, and explores major challenges and facilitating factors and their implications for conducting effective community-based research aimed at improving the public's health. Pages: 1812-1814Vasant Namdeo Borkar (Department of Psychology, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune, Maharashtra) Read more Get Access
A study on work life balance and performance management in female teachers Pages: 1815-1817 Nisha Goyal, Sunaina Jain and Ritu Jain (Department of Commerce, F. C. College, Hisar, Haryana) The purpose of this paper is to find the various factors effecting the work life balance and performance of women academician. The sample was comprised o 50 female teachers in the age range of 30-40 years from school and college level. As we know time has been changed women have play a vital role in society. It is very difficult for them to make a balance with their work and performance along their family responsibility. To analyze the data statistical tools like frequency, mean etc. have been used. The results indicated that authority pressure, unreasonable groups and conflict between their role and responsibility affect their work. Factors like stress of overloaded work affect their performance. Pages: 1815-1817Nisha Goyal, Sunaina Jain and Ritu Jain (Department of Commerce, F. C. College, Hisar… Read more Get Access
Dominant personality types of insurance executives from different departments: Implications for selection and placement Pages: 01-06 Diljot Soin and Sudha Banth (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh) The present research examined the personality types of the male managers from different departments of the private Insurance Companies, viz., sales, operations, human resource. This paper makes contribution by probing the dominant and auxiliary functions of the personality types that makes the managers function effectively in the above said departments. For this purpose, MBTI test by Myers and McCauley (1985) was conducted on the sample of 150 male middle-line managers (50 from sales, 50 from operations, 50 from human resource, i.e., HR department) within the age group of 35-45 years, selected randomly from the Private Insurance Companies of the tri-city of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. The results indicated that “ESTJ” was the most common occurring personality type among managers of Insurance Sector irrespective of their departments. Thinking and sensing emerged as the most common dominant and auxiliary functions respectively among them. The results further revealed that preference for the dominant function, i.e., extraverted thinking was greatest among the managers from sales and operations department whereas among the managers from human resource department preference for the auxiliary function, i.e., introverted sensing was greater than the managers from sales and operations departments. Post-hoc comparisons showed that managers from sales were found to be significantly higher than managers from operations and human resource (p < 0.005), and managers from operations were found to be significantly higher (p < 0.005) than managers from human resource on the dominant function of extraverted thinking. Whereas mangers from human resource and operations were found to be significantly higher (p < 0.005) than the managers from sales, and managers from human resource were found to be significantly higher (p<0.005) than managers from operations on the auxiliary function of introverted sensing. Pages: 01-06Diljot Soin and Sudha Banth (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh) Read more Get Access
Gender, acculturative stress, and coping among college students Pages: 07-10 Mohammad Ayoob (Department of Psychology, Barkatuallah University, Bhopal) Tara Singh (Department of Psychology, Barkatuallah University, Bhopal) Maryam Jan (Department of Distance Education, University of Kashmir, Kashmir)br> No previous studies have examining gender difference in acculturative stress and coping among college students in within country context. The present study explored gender difference in acculturative stress and coping among Kashmiri college students who migrated to Bhopal, Central India for receiving education. The sample consists of 219 college students (male = 52.10%, female = 47.90%; mean age = 23.30 years, SD = 1.70) completed self reported measures of acculturative stress and coping. The finding of the study revealed that female participants reported higher acculturative stress in comparison to their male counterparts. There were gender differences in reported coping strategies. Focused on the positive coping and tension reduction coping was the most frequently used coping strategies for male students, whereas for female students, self-blame coping was most frequently employed coping strategy. Implications for reducing the effect of acculturative stress among Kashmiri college students and future research directions are discussed. Pages: 07-10Mohammad Ayoob (Department of Psychology, Barkatuallah University, Bhopal)Tara Singh (Department of Psychology, Barkatuallah University… Read more Get Access
A comparative study of hypertension and coronary artery disease (CAD) patients on stress-related symptoms Pages: 11-16 Sabiha Baby, Mohammad Akram and M. Ilyas Khan (Departments of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) Cardiovascular diseases caused 2.3 million deaths in 1990; this is projected to double by the year of 2020. The present attempt is a comparative study of hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) patients on stress-related symptoms. Data consisted of 200 patients, of these there were 100 hypertensive and 100 CAD patients. Patients were drawn from OPD of the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JNMCH), AMU, Aligarh. Stress symptoms checklist was used to measure different types of stress namely, mental physical, emotional and social. Independent t-test was used to examine the differences between hypertensive and CAD patients on stress-related symptoms. Result indicates that, there were no significant differences between the mean scores of hypertensive and CAD disease patients on mental, physical and emotional symptoms of stress whereas significant difference was found between comparative groups on social symptoms of stress. Both the groups of patients were not differing significantly on overall stress symptoms. It was concluded that stress plays a significant role in susceptibility, progress and outcomes of cardiovascular diseases (i.e., hypertension and CAD). Pages: 11-16Sabiha Baby, Mohammad Akram and M. Ilyas Khan (Departments of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University… Read more Get Access
Risk factors and sexual problems among pre-degree students of university of Ado Ekiti, Nigeria Pages: 17-18 E.O. OSAKINLE (Faculty of Education, University of Ado Ekiti, Nigeria) The study was on risk factors and sexual problems among pre-degree students in the university of Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. The population for the study was all pre-degree students (1340), while the sample was 600 in the 2008/2009 session. The research design for the study was the survey type. And the research instrument was risk factor and sexual problem questionnaire (RFASPQ). The instrument had a reliability co-efficient of 0.78 at 0.05 level of significance. Two hypotheses were raised for the study. Pearson Product Moment Corrrlation Analysis was used to analyse the data collected and the testing was done at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study showed that there was significant relationship among the place of abode and sex of students and their risk factors. It was therefore concluded that the socio-economic status of parents of these students should be enhanced and that the government should make the rural areas more lively for students studying in urban areas. Pages: 17-18E.O. OSAKINLE (Faculty of Education, University of Ado Ekiti, Nigeria) Read more Get Access
Gender differences in trauma symptoms, perceived stress and coping strategies in Kashmiri migrants Pages: 24-26 Ruby Charak and Afsana Bhat (Department of Psychology, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir) The present study aims to compare the trauma symptoms, perceived stress and coping strategies among female and male Kashmiri Hindu migrants in the age range of 30-45 years currently residing in a migrant camp in Jammu. A sample of 30 females and 30 males were collected through purposive sampling. Results indicate that there is a significant difference in trauma symptoms namely anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance and sexual abuse trauma, and also significant differences were found on the dimensions of approach and avoidance coping strategies. No significant difference was found on the dimension of perceived stress among females and males Kashmiri Hindu migrants. The mean scores indicated that anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, sexual abuse trauma, approach and avoidance coping strategies were higher in females. Pages: 24-26Ruby Charak and Afsana Bhat (Department of Psychology, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir) Read more Get Access
The effect of organizational climate on general health of lecturers Pages: 27-30 Ranjana (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of organizational climate as an enhancer of general well being. A random sample of 200 lecturers serving in different colleges of Kurukshetra and Karnal districts were administered with Organizational Climate Inventory (OCI) developed by Chattopadhyay and Agrawal (1976) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) developed by Goldberg (1967). Eleven factors of OCI and six factors of GHQ were confronted by product moment method of correlation. The 17 x 17 intercorrelation matrix for 200 subjects was processed by principal component method of factor analysis. Four factors were extracted and interpreted after varimax rotation. Results of the study revealed that motivational level of organizational climate was positively related with somatic complaints of general health. However, factors support system, identity problems, warmth and organizational structure of OCI showed negative relationship with factors depression, anxiety and sleep of general health .Participants who perceived their organizational climate as having lesser support system, warmth, poor organizational structure and who experienced problems of identification tended to have more health problems. Pages: 27-30Ranjana (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Quality healthcare for better living Pages: 31-37 Shakuntala Manay and Sreelakshmi R. (Department of Food and Nutrition, Smt. V.H.D. Central Institute of Home Science, Bangalore) The paradigm of health needs to be understood with “care”. Growing teleotically in body mind and life is to give its inherent wholesome spiritual dimension. An intervention programme to build theoretical concept of Swasthya/Wellbeing from Gunas of food, Atman, Chakras, types of bodies, Pranas and Aura was constructed. These were introduced as talks to subjects. The subjects were expected to enter into Intraconscient of their inner dimensions and observe their inner and outer growth. In the growth of their inner psycho-physical leading to psycho-spiritual data was obtained. This was compared with Control Group which was not exposed to the special treatment. The complex qualitative growth from inner conscious striving to outer qualitative perfection, their inner experiences were recorded in their diary as case histories. This was also captured in gas discharge visualisation camera as Aura. The Swasthya/Wellbeing was reflected in the well defined spectrum of Aura. Health is not mere Arogya or absence of disease in the physical, but it is Multi-dimensional state, which radiates from the core of one's own being and spreads as quality living seen as Aura. Being and caring to radiate this is quality health is Swasthya. The concept of Swasthya or wellbeing of the experimental group case study also confirmed that this is practically a fully living state with ease. Pages: 31-37Shakuntala Manay and Sreelakshmi R. (Department of Food and Nutrition, Smt. V.H.D. Central Institute… Read more Get Access
Stress: Causes, symptoms and coping strategies of employees Pages: 38-41 Renu Agarwal (St. Johns English School and Junior College, Chennai) The major objective of this project was to study causes, signs/symptoms of stress and coping strategies used by employees for adjustment with their vocational and personal environment. For this purpose, the normative survey method was used to collect information from 400 employees (200 men & 200 women). Information was collected through general information blanks and other psychological tests such as- Frustration test by Chaudhary & Tiwari and Employee-Stress Report Form (stress scale) developed by the investigator self. This study revealed that women use more resignation and aggression modes of frustration (reactions to stress) in stressful situations as compared to men employees. Men show more mental, physical and emotional symptoms of stress than women. It also revealed women exhibit behavioral and depressive symptoms in stressful condition as compared to men. Hence, men use problem-focused coping style and other side women use emotional-focused coping responses. Pages: 38-41Renu Agarwal (St. Johns English School and Junior College, Chennai) Read more Get Access
Home environment as a function of self-concept among children of working women and housewives Pages: 42-46 Iram Feroz and Asma Parveen (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) The main purpose of this research was to determine the home environment as a function of self concept among children of working and non working women. The sample was comprised of 200 children with age range from 13 to 18 years. Out of 200 samples, 100 children were of working and 100 were of non working mothers. Home environment scale developed by Jawa and child self-concept scale developed by Ahluwalia was used to collected the data. The obtained data were statistically analyzed by regression analysis. Results of the present study revealed that there were significant differences among children of working women and non working women. It means those children who have good home environment also have favorable self concept and those children who have a bad home environment they have unfavorable self concept. When both the groups of children were compared on over all home environments it was found that non working women's children have good home environment and favorable self concept as compared to working women's children. Pages: 42-46Iram Feroz and Asma Parveen (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) Read more Get Access
Social perception of Orthodontic treatment Pages: 47-48 Harshavardhan Kidiyoor, Roopak D Naik and Sanjay V. Ganeshkar (Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics S. D. M. College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Sattur, Dharwad, Karnataka) Malocclusion commonly known as irregular teeth affects the psychology of an individual and is associated with social stigmata. Lot of confusion prevails in the society regarding the treatment for the same. Further Orthodontic treatment (treatment of irregular teeth) is associated with a lot of variables. Thus, questions like when to treat? Who should treat? What should be the treatment protocol? Where to treat? Which appliance should be used? Always haunt the operator. The present article tries to demystify the common doubts in the society associated with orthodontic treatment planning. Pages: 47-48Harshavardhan Kidiyoor, Roopak D Naik and Sanjay V. Ganeshkar (Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial… Read more Get Access
Gender disparity in respect of personality Pages: 49-52 Anita Manglani (Central Public Sr. Sec. School, Udaipur, Rajasthan) Underlying the beliefs of many cultures is an assumption that, beyond biology, women and men possess essentially different capacities, functions and behaviour. Understanding this assumption helps make sense of the perpetuation and even institutionalization of male/female difference with regard to behavior expectations, position within the family, legal rights, public status, education, and types of work. In this regard the present research was to investigate the effect of Gender on Personality Profile of adolescents. The initial sample comprised 60 adolescents from class XIth & XIIth, then whole sample was equally divided into two groups i.e.30 male and 30 female. The data were collected on Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI). Two group rendomized design was used to precede the investigation. To analyze the data the present investigation deals with t test. On the basis of analysis following conclusion were made. Result revealed that female possess more introvert and neurotism criteria in their personality whereas Male having more extrovert and stability criteria in their personality. Pages: 49-52Anita Manglani (Central Public Sr. Sec. School, Udaipur, Rajasthan) Read more Get Access
Role stress among doctors Pages: 53-55 Noor Jahan Khatoon (Girls Senior Secondary School Central Karimia, Jamshedpur) Zaki Akhtar (Department of Psychology, Karim City College, Jamshedpur) Hoori ZAki (Business Management, Kanpur University, Kanpur) Doctors are the life line of any nation. They imbibe wellness to the society. On the earth they act with their divine profession and save lives of people. The present study is an attempt to find out the organizational role stress among doctors. The sample consists of 50 doctors (26 males and 24 females). Pareek's (1983) organizational role stress (ORS) scale was used to measure ten types of role stress ( inter-role stress (IRD), role stagnation (RS), role expectation conflict (REC), role erosion (RE), role overload (RO), role isolation (RI), personal inadequacy (PI), self-role distance (SRD), role ambiguity (RA), resource inadequacy (RIn)). The sample further bifurcated into two groups fresher and experience holders. The t-test was used to find out the significance of differences for each type of role stress. Result revealed that there was no significance of difference in male and female doctors. Both are equally experiencing stress. Although, the role stagnation is stronger in female doctors as compare to male doctors. It has also been seen that experienced holders and fresher were differed significantly in terms of organizational role stress. They differ on the dimension of role erosion (RE) and role overload (RO). Role erosion (RE) and role overload (RO) were stronger in experienced doctors as compared to fresher. And total role stresses were stronger in experienced doctors as compared to fresher. Pages: 53-55Noor Jahan Khatoon (Girls Senior Secondary School Central Karimia, Jamshedpur)Zaki Akhtar (Department of Psychology… Read more Get Access
Self-efficacy, family environment and depression among adolescents Pages: 56-60 Shahin Zehra, Sadaf Hameed and Ashfia Nishat (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) It is important to bear in mind that several factors contribute to an adolescent development. The interaction between the environmental factors and the personal factors help the adolescent to develop certain perceptions about his own self and his environment that in turn affects his social development. The present study examined the influence of gender and vocational stream on self-efficacy, family environment and depression among adolescents. Personal self-efficacy scale, family environment scale and depression inventory were administered to 100 students (50 males and 50 females) from Aligarh Muslim University. Results based on ANOVA revealed that the main effect of gender was found statistically significant on depression. Significant main effect of vocational stream was found on cohesion and organization dimensions of family environment scale. Pages: 56-60Shahin Zehra, Sadaf Hameed and Ashfia Nishat (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) Read more Get Access
Positive writing and positive well-being: Issues and implications Pages: 61-64 Papri Nath and Rabindra Kumar Pradhan (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) The benefits of positive writing on positive well-being have been widely studied in psychological, health and writing research (Pennebaker & Seagal, 1999; King, 2001; Lyubomirsky, Sousa & Dickerhoof, 2006; Danner, Snowdon, & Friesen, 2001; Creswell et al., 2007). The purpose of the paper is to understand the relationship between positive writing and positive well-being. Writing about one's negative experiences has been found to positively influence physical and psychological health (Pennebaker & Seagal, 1999; Lyubomirsky, Sousa, & Dickerhoof, 2006; Creswell et al., 2007). But few recent studies have gradually shifted the focus towards positive writing termed as insight view. Insight view says that writing about positive experiences or positive aspect of negative experiences leads to positive growth (King, 2001). The present paper makes an attempt to understand the underlying factors and processes behind positive writing and positive well-being. Theoretical and practical implications of positive writing in positive well-being have also been discussed. Pages: 61-64Papri Nath and Rabindra Kumar Pradhan (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute… Read more Get Access
Parenting style and behavioral problems in adolescents Pages: 65-68 Mandeep Sharma, Kaveri, Nov Rattan Sharma and Amrita Yadav (Department of Psychology, MD University, Rohtak, Haryana) In the transition period of adolescence, parenting styles (Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive and Neglectful) have an effect on behavioral and mental health problems (i.e., adjustment problems, antisocial behavior, depression, psychological distress, etc.) among adolescents. Parenting is a complex activity that includes specific behaviors which work individually as well as in clusters to influence child outcomes. In adolescent's parental involvement, encouragement of psychological autonomy and demand for age appropriate behavior combined with limit setting and monitoring (i.e., Authoritative parenting) contribute to good psychosocial and behavioral adjustment among adolescents. Parenting style has been found to predict the child's well being in various domains such as social competence, academic performance, psychological development, adjustment and problem behavior. Parenting style provide a robust indicator of parenting functioning that predict child welfare being across a wide spectrum of environments and across diverse communities of children. The present paper reviews the impact of parenting style on behavioral problems among adolescents. Pages: 65-68Mandeep Sharma, Kaveri, Nov Rattan Sharma and Amrita Yadav (Department of Psychology, MD University… Read more Get Access
Acculturative stress and coping strategies among Kashmiri students in Bhopal Pages: 69-73 Mohammad Ayoob and Tara Singh (Department of Psychology, Barkatuallah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pardesh) This study examined the relationship of acculturative stress and coping strategies in a sample of 219 Kashmiri college students (52.10% male; 47.90% female; mean age = 23.30 years, SD = 1.70) who migrated to Bhopal for study purpose. Measures used were Social, Attitudinal, Familial and Environmental Scale and Ways of Coping Questionnaire. One way analysis of variance revealed significant difference between coping behavior of participants with three levels of acculturative stress in terms of problem-focused coping, wishful thinking and self-blame coping. Result of regression analysis showed that acculturative stress was positively related to different coping strategies. Implications for reducing the effect of acculturative stress among Kashmiri college students and future research directions are discussed. Pages: 69-73Mohammad Ayoob and Tara Singh (Department of Psychology, Barkatuallah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pardesh) Read more Get Access
Academic stress and achievement motivation among adolescents Pages: 74-77 Mohammad Akram, Sabiha Baby and M Ilyas Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh) The present research paper was undertaken to examine the level of academic stress and overall achievement motivation among science and social science adolescents and their interrelationship. For that purpose, 100 adolescents of class XII were selected randomly from Senior Secondary School (boys) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Among them 50 adolescents were from science stream and 50 were from social science stream. Student Stress Scale and Achievement Motivation Scale were used for measuring academic stress and achievement motivation of adolescents respectively. Results indicated that stressful worries and overall academic stress were significantly higher among science adolescents than in social science adolescents. Stressful worries were the significant predictors of achievement motivation among science adolescents whereas poor administration and inadequate academic environment in college were significant predictor of achievement motivation among social science adolescents. Pages: 74-77Mohammad Akram, Sabiha Baby and M Ilyas Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University… Read more Get Access
A comparative analysis of the symptom patterns, demographic variables and emotional problems of Chikun-Gunya patients from North Coastal Andhra Pradesh Pages: 78-84 N.V.V.S.Narayana and V. Hari Lakshmi (Department of Psychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam) In the southern states of India since two years a rampant spread of chikun-gunya fever was observed it was a state of acute fever accompanied by long range disabilities and psychological consequences. In this study, an attempt was made to investigate the nature of symptom patterns experienced by chikun-gunya patients in the different geographical areas of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, by assessing the psychological correlates of the prolonged arthritic disabilities to normal functioning. In this study chikun-gunya symptom schedule was developed by the researcher. The psychological health of the patient was assessed by using the 'General Health questionnaire (28) (Goldberg & Hillier, 1979)'. The sample of 361 patients (male=186, female=175) were taken from the urban, semi urban, rural and the tribal areas of north coastal Andhra Pradesh. The't' test and ANOVA statistics were used to analyze data. The results showed that considering gender, females showed higher levels of somatization of symptoms with severe depression. Among the four areas investigated, significant differences were found in social dysfunction and somatization of symptoms. Comparing the acidity and no acidity patients, the symptoms of anxiety and insomnia were found to be significantly higher in acidity patients. The smoking and alcohol consuming patients both showed a significantly high score on social dysfunction. Pages: 78-84N.V.V.S.Narayana and V. Hari Lakshmi (Department of Psychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam) Read more Get Access
Perceived opportunities and challenges of providing counseling services at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Pages: 85-93 Shimelis Dejene Yeglefu and M.V.R. Raju (Department of Psychology, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam) Every time, human beings are preoccupied to realize their potentialities to the maximum, to have good interpersonal relationships, and make the right decision at the right place and time. However, being healthy is a sine qua non for every person who is living under the sun. To develop well thought prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation schemes, it is mandatory to undertake scientific investigation and come up with empirical findings on which such program would be based. A descriptive study was conducted among purposively selected counselors (100%) using participant-observation, FGD, document analysis, and interview. The study acknowledged past major achievements, failures while citing future potentialities and limiting factors in terms of gaps in knowledge; infrastructure and facility and management. Treatment without encompassing counseling can be better termed as placebo-treatment. It is without substance and is devoid of healing power. Hence, the current practice of counseling must be revisited. Pages: 85-93Shimelis Dejene Yeglefu and M.V.R. Raju (Department of Psychology, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam) Read more Get Access
Occupational stress and general life satisfaction of male and female officers in government sector Pages: 94-97 Payel Mazumder and Indrani Mukherjee (University of Calcutta, Kolkata) The present study aimed at finding out relationship between occupational stress and general life satisfaction of male (N-30) and female (N=30) Central Government officers. 't' tests had been done first to find out if there was any significant gender difference among the officers on either occupational stress or general life satisfaction which, indeed had revealed a significant difference on occupational stress. Therefore, the two samples were treated independently for finding out the interrelationships. Person's product-moment 'r' had been computed for this purpose. Results indicated that for male officers, such relationships could not be found. However, for female officers, occupational stress and general life satisfaction had been found to be correlated. Pages: 94-97Payel Mazumder and Indrani Mukherjee (University of Calcutta, Kolkata) Read more Get Access
Decision-making quality and substance use risk behavior in young adults Pages: 98-100 Preeti Saini (CMR IMS, Bangalore University, Bangalore) The purpose of this study is to study the difference in decision making quality of young adults who involve themselves in substance use risk behaviour (drinking & smoking) with young adults who don't involve themselves in substance use risk behavior. In this study 130 students (ages 18 to 25 yrs.) were administered Decision Making Quality Scale (DMQS) and demographic sheet. They were divided into 2 groups of 65 students each, one group consisting of smokers and drinkers and the other of non-smokers and non-drinkers. Their decision making quality was found out and compared. A t-test was computed for decision making quality between the two groups. The difference was found to be insignificant which shows that the participants' decision making quality did not affect their substance use risk behavior. It is suggested that in future more hard-core substance use risk behaviors be studied. Another interesting finding of this research was that there seems to be different factors related with risk behaviors in normal population when compared with chronic patients. Pages: 98-100Preeti Saini (CMR IMS, Bangalore University, Bangalore) Read more Get Access

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