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Self and partner personality in relationship satisfaction Pages: 1483-1486 Shriparna Singh and Ashi Makkar (Department of Psychology, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Personal attributes influence the way partners perceive each other, interact with each other, and determine how marital events are appraised and explained. This study attempts to examine whether similarity in self rating of personality among couples will correlate with relationship satisfaction. Also, whether discrepancy in perceived partner's rating and female self rated personality will correlate with relationship satisfaction. It was hypothesized that similarity in self rating of personality among couples will be positively correlated with relationship satisfaction. Difference score between perceived partners' rating and females self rating will be negatively correlated with relationship satisfaction. The sample for the current study comprised 50 married couples (50 males, 50 females).Participants belonging to the age group of 25-40 years were taken for the study. The scales used for this study were NEO Personality Questionnaire, a short version called TIPI (Gosling et al., 2003), and Relationship Assessment Scale by Hendrick (1988). The data obtained were statistically analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation. Results show that actual similarity on personality dimensions of conscientiousness and agreeableness was positively correlated, whereas neuroticism was correlated negatively with relationship satisfaction. Further, discrepancy between perceived partners' rating and self-rating of personality on openness, and conscientiousness was significantly negatively correlated with relationship satisfaction among couples. Pages: 1483-1486Shriparna Singh and Ashi Makkar (Department of Psychology, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Read more Get Access
The impact of resilience and recovery among the survivors of domestic violence: A perspective study of women in the Indian context Pages: 1487-1491 Moumita Roy (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta) Research on domestic violence on women extensively documents the harm caused by such violence as a result it is a fact that battered women experience increased levels of stress , trauma ,depression and lower self esteem added with higher levels of psychological distress when compared to non battered women. The present study tries to highlight on the psychological, emotional, social and physical effects of domestic violence on Indian women and the impact of resilience and recovery from the trauma caused by it. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 women belonging to the city of Kolkata, subjected to domestic violence for a period of 3-15 years. The results highlighted on the condition of women living with domestic violence and how they directed themselves towards the use of resilience and recovery, to put an end to the trauma caused by it. Future implications of the study highlight on the intervention programs and generation of resources to incentivize these traumatized women to face the hardships and adversity in the Indian context. Pages: 1487-1491Moumita Roy (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta) Read more Get Access
Suicidal ideation in relation to depression and social support among college students Pages: 1492-1495 Rohtash Singh (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Human suicidal behaviour has always been a source of dread and wonder to mankind. Suicide among youths' has emerged as a significant global public health problem and it is third leading cause of death. The present study is designed to examine the relationship of depression and social support with suicide ideation. Sample for the study consisted of 150 participants drawn from different colleges of Kurukshetra (Haryana). The participants were assessed with Scale for Suicide Ideation, Beck Depression Inventory and Social Support Questionnaire. The objectives of the study were (a) to examine the relationship of suicide ideation with depression and social support, and (b) to find out the predictors of suicide ideation. Results demonstrated that suicide ideation was positively associated with depression and negatively associated with social support. Multiple regression analysis found that social support satisfaction, a measure of social support and depression are the potent predictors for suicidal ideation. Pages: 1492-1495Rohtash Singh (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Bilateral transfer deficit among congenitally deaf Pages: 1496-1498 Alpana Mohan (Department of Psychology, VMLG (PG) College, Ghaziabad, U.P.) Bilateral transfer, we mean practicing an activity with a particular part of the body usually facilitates performance of the same activity with another part of the body. The problem of inter-hemispheric transfer (Bilateral transfer) is more complex. The nature of such interhemispheric problem is not clear as yet. Clinical studies indicated that bilateral transfer of skill is significantly reduced in callosectonized patients and normal controls(Lehman & Lampe,1970). Present study is examined whether bilateral transfer deficits would persist in deaf children at a perceptual level. In order to examine interhemispheric transfer among congenital deaf and normal control group, bilateral transfer of motor skill was assessed with the mirror drawing task. Bilateral transfer is indicator of interhemispheric transfer. Findings of the study revealed that congenital deaf subjects were significantly more inaccurate & committed more errors in the mirror tracing task and had significantly less bilateral transfer of motor skill is found in comparison to control subjects. The present findings allow us to accept a hypothesis of lowered bilateral organization' rather than failure to establish normal pattern of dominance in people with congenital deaf. Pages: 1496-1498Alpana Mohan (Department of Psychology, VMLG (PG) College, Ghaziabad, U.P.) Read more Get Access
A study on psychological impact of menopause in Indian working women Pages: 1499-1501 Prianka and S. Thenmozhi (Department of Psychology, IDE, University of Madras, Chennai) Menopause as a permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from loss of ovarian, follicular activity which leads to many physical and psychological issues in middle aged women. The aim of the present study was to assess the psychological impact of menopause on 35 middle aged (45-54 years) working women under low socio economic status compared group of 35 high socio economic status working women were also studied. Beck's Depression scale and Menopause Rating scale (MRS) were used to collect data. Results indicate that women in low socio economic status show mild level of depressive symptoms than the high socio economic status women. Pages: 1499-1501Prianka and S. Thenmozhi (Department of Psychology, IDE, University of Madras, Chennai) Read more Get Access
To study the moral values among male and female school students Pages: 1502-1504 Samriti Mona (Chandigarh College of Education Landran, Punjab) Sushma Saini (Amity Insitute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida) The future of any country depends on the overall development of its students. Moral development is one such aspect of this development. There are many stages of human development. From all these stages childhood stage is most important, as at this stage the mind of child is fresh and raw to perceive any kind of knowledge. Holistic development of an individual is incomplete if moral values are neglected. Moral values play an important role in shaping personality of child. Moral values are things held to be right or wrong or desirable or undesirable. While morality is something described as innate in human, the scientific view is that a capacity for morality is genetically determined in us, but the sets of moral values is acquired, through example, teaching and imprinting from parents and society. Realizing the importance of moral values among elementary school students a descriptive study was conducted using moral value scale for school children by Alpana Sen. Gupta and Arun Kumar. The result was statistically analyzed using mean, SD and t-ratio. The moral value dimensions lying, dishonesty, stealing and cheating was compared and assessed for male and female students. Pages: 1502-1504Samriti Mona (Chandigarh College of Education Landran, Punjab)Sushma Saini (Amity Insitute of Psychology and… Read more Get Access
Accessing role of chronicity on theory of mind in schizophrenia Pages: 1505-1507 Nidhi Aggarwal (Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi) C. R. J. Khess (Director Professor of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi) Masroor Jahan (Additional Professor of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi) Theory of mind (TOM) refers to the capacity to infer one's own and other persons' mental states. Several studies provide convincing evidence of a specific deficit in the theory of mind (ToM) in patients with schizophrenia. The present study attempts to access role of chronicity on Theory of mind in schizophrenia patients. Total 25 patients with ICD-10 DCR diagnosis of schizophrenia were selected as sample for the study from the inpatient department. Theory of Mind Task was used for exploring TOM in Schizophrenia patients. To study the variables independent samples test and chi-square (2) test were used. There was no significant correlation found between duration of illness and Theory of mind in schizophrenia patients. Duration of illness does not influence the theory of mind deficit in schizophrenia patients. This study adds to the growing literature on ToM by suggesting that theory of mind deficit might represent a trait rather than a state marker in schizophrenia. Pages: 1505-1507Nidhi Aggarwal (Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi)C. R. J. Khess (Director Professor of Psychiatry… Read more Get Access
A study of psychological well-being of rural and urban young adults belonging to high income group and middle income group Pages: 1508-1510 Swarn Shikha Sharma and Kiran Sahu (Department of Psychology, G.D.H.G.College, Moradabad, U.P ) The term psychological well being is used throughout the healthy industry as kind of a catch all phrase meaning contentment, satisfaction with all element of life, self actualization (a feeling of having achieved something with one's life peace and happiness). Well-being is a dynamic concept that includes subjective, social, and psychological dimensions as well as health-related behaviors. The most commonly recognized social class includes High- Income Group (HIG), Middle-Income Group (MIG) and the Lower-Income Group (LIG). Lower Income Group includes occupations like factory workers, manual labourers, maintenance workers and welfare recipients. The Middle Income Group is variously described as the managerial class, White collar or middle class. The High Income Group or upper class consists of people with high incomes. The aim of the present study is to find out the difference between HIG and MIG group and rural and urban areas young adults on psychological well-being and further to find out the gender difference regarding psychological well-being. . For this purpose 100 young adults (50 male and 50 female) were taken from Moradabad District of U.P. Psychological well-being scale by Warr (1987) was used to measure well-being of respondents. Results indicated that HIG and MIG groups are significantly differed on psychological well-being on the other hand non significant difference found for rural and urban young adults. Further there is found significant gender difference for psychological well-being. Pages: 1508-1510Swarn Shikha Sharma and Kiran Sahu (Department of Psychology, G.D.H.G.College, Moradabad, U.P ) Read more Get Access
Advanced aternal age and autism Pages: 1511-1513 Nirupama Bhuyan (The Cousellor, D.A.V Public School, Cuttack, Odisha) Autism is a brain disorder also known as social communicative disorder that typically affects a person's ability to communicate, form relationships with others, and respond appropriately to the environment. Some people with autism are relatively high-functioning, with speech and intelligence intact. Others are mentally retarded, mute, or have serious language delays. For some, autism makes them seem closed off and shut down; others seem locked into repetitive behaviours and rigid patterns of thinking. Among other causal factors like vaccines, genetics, immunological disorders, environmental toxins, nature of delivery and maternal infections etc. etc., maternal aging is playing an important role in the development of autism. Older mothers are more likely to have a child who develops an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than are younger mothers. The study was designed to find out the possible causal relationship between maternal aging and the development of autism. 200 subjects were taken for this study. The age range of the participants varied from 3 to 12 or 13 years. The samples were diagnosed through Autism Checklist (AC) and Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS). Later the total participants were segmented into three groups according to their mothers' age levels such as 20 to 30 years, 30 to 35 and 35 to 40 years. All the mothers were compared with each other with respect to their prevailing ages at the time of conception, and any other complications such as illnesses, accidents or miscarriages if they had overcome during their gestation period. It was found from the result that 9 percent of autistic children were having mothers coming below the age of 30 years. The increase in autistic cases moved to 27 percent and 64 percent at 30-35 and 35-40 years of maternal age respectively. However, the risk of having a child with autism was not influenced by the fathers' age. The relationship with fathers' age was not clear. It was also noticed that fathers of 40 or above the age of 40 years only had an increased risk of having a child with autism when the mothers were under the age of 30 years. However, it was concluded that advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age. Maternal age is just one risk factor that is interacting with other genetic and environmental factors that lead to a child developing autism. Pages: 1511-1513Nirupama Bhuyan (The Cousellor, D.A.V Public School, Cuttack, Odisha) Read more Get Access
A study of emotional maturity and resilience among the juvenile delinquents and non-juvenile delinquents Pages: 1514-1516 Devika Raje (National Post Graduate College, Lucknow, UP) Neha Shree Srivastava (Department of Psychology, NPGC, Lucknow, UP) India is set to become the youngest country by 2020, as today every 3rd person in India is youth, and approximately every 6th individual are indulging himself / herself in criminal activities. It was the primary aim of the present research to study the emotional maturity and resilience among the juvenile delinquents boys and among the school going inmates. Sample size was 60, among which 30 were juveniles and 30 were school going inmates, the age group was 12- 17 years. Results yielded clear support for the hypothesis that there is significant difference in emotional maturity among Juveniles and Non- juvenile delinquents. The result shows significant difference in Emotional maturity among juvenile delinquents and non- juvenile delinquents; whereas no significant difference was seen in Resilience among both the samples. The correlation found among Emotional Maturity and resilience in the juvenile delinquents was negative but in Non-juvenile delinquents was positive Pages: 1514-1516Devika Raje (National Post Graduate College, Lucknow, UP)Neha Shree Srivastava (Department of Psychology, NPGC… Read more Get Access
Positive emotions: Facilitator of optimal health and wellbeing Pages: 1517-1519 Prarthna Swani (Department of Psychology, S.R. Government College for Women, Amritsar) A comprehensive review of research relating emotions to health is presented. The consequences of negative and positive emotions on health are highlighted. It is opined that positive emotions produce optimal functioning not just within the present but over the long term as well. Negative emotions, on the other hand, can produce and intensify a variety of health threats and diseases, whose onset and course is influenced by the immune system. Some proven techniques for shedding negative emotions and increasing positive emotions are discussed. The bottom line message is that we should work to cultivate positive emotions in ourselves and in those around us as a means to achieving improved psychological and physical health over time. Pages: 1517-1519Prarthna Swani (Department of Psychology, S.R. Government College for Women, Amritsar) Read more Get Access
A study of parent-child relationship on adolescents self-esteem Pages: 1520-1522 Teena Variamparampil and Nehashree Srivastava (Department of Psychology, National PG College, Lucknow, UP) Self-esteem is a disposition that a person has which represents their judgments of their own worthiness For children, in particular, the environment in which they are raised and the relationship they are having with their parents makes a lot of difference in their own personal worth as being children through the eyes of the parents, they know what they really are which in turn helps them to adapt better to society. The present study's aim was to study parent child relationship among adoloscents self-esteem. Parental acceptance and rejection is the warmth dimension of parenting if the child's self- esteem is boosted up and if it is lacking in some aspect then what could be the consequences. The sample of the study was 30 adoloscents , the tools used were self-esteem scale by Rosenberg and parent-child relationship scale by Dr.Nalini Rao it was hypothesized that there will be positive relationship between parent child relationship and child's self- esteem with the help of correlational design and as well as t-testing, wherein the result came out to be similar to the hypothesis and significant difference was seen between father and mother's relationship with child and positive relationship between parent child relationship and child's self- esteem. Pages: 1520-1522Teena Variamparampil and Nehashree Srivastava (Department of Psychology, National PG College, Lucknow, UP) Read more Get Access
A comparative study on deprivation among male female adolescents Pages: 1523-1524 Azara Parveen and Champa Mathpal (Department of Psychology, M.B.P.G College, Haldwani ) The term of deprivation has been used in various ways. The word deprivation is derived from, the verb to deprived which to deprive which mean to dispossess or strip and it implies a felt loss the word. Deprivation literally refers to dispossession or loss of privileges opportunities, maternal goods and the like. It is also used as social disadvantage, cultural alienation and a condition in which particular external and internal factors merge to narrow a person's behavioral alternatives for achieving self fulfillment. It is the state of insufficient satisfaction of basic needs and deficiencies in individual and family setting. This research is a comparative study on deprivation among male female adolescents. For this study 150 adolescent 75 male and 75 female were taken. Deprivation scale by Dr (Smt.) Chandra Prabha Jain was used to collect data. The result revealed that girls are more deprived than boys. Pages: 1523-1524Azara Parveen and Champa Mathpal (Department of Psychology, M.B.P.G College, Haldwani ) Read more Get Access
Neuroticism as a predictors of marital satisfaction Pages: 1527-1528 Khelchand Bhagat and B. Hasan (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur) The aim of the current empirical piece of research is to examine the predicting effect of neuroticism on marital satisfaction. Following the stratified random sampling technique 160-male partners of married couples within the age range of 38-40 yrs were drawn from Raipur city to serve as participants. Correlational research design was employed to see the predicting effect of neuroticism. Marital satisfaction scale constructed and standardized by Bhagat and Hasan (2013) was used to asses the marital satisfaction. For assessing neuroticism the Hindi Version of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire by Jitendra Mohan (1985) was used. The result indicated that the neuroticism is a significant predictor of marital satisfaction. Pages: 1527-1528Khelchand Bhagat and B. Hasan (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University… Read more Get Access
स्नातक स्तर के छात्र-छात्राओं के व्यक्तित्व गुणों में तुलनात्मक अध्ययन Pages: 1529-1532 शैफाली अग्रवाल (जी.डी.एच.जी. कालेज, मुरादाबाद, यु.पी.) व्यक्ति के अन्दर पायी जाने वाली प्रवृत्तियों को दो भागो (जन्मजात तथा अर्जित) में विभाजित किया जाता है। अनेक मनोवैज्ञानिकों ने यह सिद्ध किया है कि व्यक्ति में लगभग सभी व्यवहारों का निर्देशन एवं संचालन इन जन्मजात प्रवृत्तियों के द्वारा किया जाता है। इन्हीं जन्मजात प्रवृत्तियों में से एक बहुत ही महत्वपूर्ण प्रवृत्ति ‘‘जिज्ञासा’’ है, जिसके कारण हम अपने बारे में चारों ओर की परिस्थितियों के बारे में, वातावरण के बारे में अधिक से अधिक जानकारी प्राप्त करना चाहते है। इसलिए व्यक्ति अनेक प्रकार के व्यवहार करते है। व्यक्ति अपने उन व्यवहारों को ग्रहण कर लेता है जिनके द्वारा उसे अपनी समस्या सुलझाने में सफलता मिलती है और भविश्य में ऐसी समस्या दोबारा उत्पन्न होने पर उस व्यवहार को दोहराता है। व्यक्ति के यही व्यवहार उसके व्यक्तित्व की नई-नई विशेशताओं को विकसित करता है तथा व्यक्तित्व के गुणों का विकास होता है। प्रस्तुत अध्ययन के लिए ‘‘स्नातक स्तर के छात्र-छात्राओं के व्यक्तित्व गुणों का तुलनात्मक अध्ययन’’ का चुनाव किया गया है, जिसमें डा0 एस0डी0 कपूर के 16 पी0एफ0 के माध्यम 200 स्नातक स्तर के छात्र-छात्राओं पर अध्ययन करके, क्रिटिकल रेशियों के परिणामों के आधार पर यह ज्ञात किया कि छात्र तथा छात्राओं के व्यक्तित्व के 16 कारकों तथा समस्त व्यक्तित्व गुणों में से केवल 7 कारकों में सार्थक अन्तर पाया गया है। इन 7 कारकों में छात्रों के पक्ष में 4 कारक (बी.सी.एफ. तथा एच) पाये गये तथा छात्राओं के पक्ष में 3 कारक (ओ.क्यू.1 तथा क्यू 4) पाये गये । Pages: 1529-1532शैफाली अग्रवाल (जी.डी.एच.जी. कालेज, मुरादाबाद, यु.पी.) Read more Get Access
Self-image, temperament and character profile of junior reality television show performer Pages: 1-7 Sanchita Ghosh and Pritha Mukhopadhyay (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India) Reality television show has become a dominating social phenomenon. It transforms regular people into celebrities. In India as well as in Kolkata reality shows of child performers, focusing on singing is enjoying a wide spectatorship. Thus, the aim of this study is to explore the self-image profile (SIP) and personality in the two groups, namely, reality television show performer (Group I) and control group children (Group II). To reach the objective both male and female children between 7 and 11 years of age have been chosen and matched on relevant variables. The tools used for this purpose were SIP for children, Butler (2001) and junior temperament and character inventory, Cloninger et al. (1992; 1994). Data were evaluated using independent sample t-test and Pearson correlation of coefficient. Results indicate that the reality television show performers have high novelty seeking and self-directedness. The study further reveals a lower self-esteem among reality television show performers than non-reality television show performers. Pages: 1-7Sanchita Ghosh and Pritha Mukhopadhyay (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India) Read more Get Access
Self-concept and well-being of young adults: An empirical study Pages: 8-12 Namita Mohanty and Prabhudarsan Sahoo (Department of Psychology, Utkal University Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India) The present study examined the role of personality type and gender on self-concept and well-being of young adults. A 2 (gender) × 2 (personality type) factorial design was used to conduct the research. 200 college students, including 100 males (50 with Type A and 50 with Type B personality) and 100 females (50 with Type A and 50 with Type B personality) with a mean age of 23 years were randomly sampled. Results revealed that females had better self-concept and higher well-being compared to their male counterparts. On the other hand, subjects with Type B personality had higher self-concept and well-being than those with Type A personality. Personality type and gender interaction effect showed that males with Type B personality had optimal well-being compared to all other groups. Moreover, a significant positive relationship was found between self-concept and well-being. It was concluded that not merely biology but the socialization practices also played a vital role in influencing the self-concept and well-being experienced by the individuals. The major implications of the study were highlighted. Pages: 8-12Namita Mohanty and Prabhudarsan Sahoo (Department of Psychology, Utkal University Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha… Read more Get Access
Future anxiety among Isra university students in the light of some variables Pages: 13-17 Hanan J. Halaseh and Iyad J. All Shawareb (Department of Psychology, Isra University, Amman, The Hashemite Kingdome of Jordan) This study was aimed to explore the future anxiety among Isra University students in the light of some variables in Jordan, the sample comprised 353 students 201 males and 152 females randomly chosen in the age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The researchers developed a questionnaire about future anxiety consisted of 28 items distributed into three dimensions. The results showed that the major source of future anxiety among the study sample was fear from future also results indicated that there are statically differences in future anxiety among students on the base of gender, educational streams, family income, whereas there were no statically differences on the base of level of study and the academic qualifications of father and mother. In terms of dimensions the results presented that there were statically differences in fear from future on the base of gender, educational stream, level of the study, family income, and the academic qualification of father and mother. Pages: 13-17Hanan J. Halaseh and Iyad J. All Shawareb (Department of Psychology, Isra University, Amman… Read more Get Access
Marital adjustment, stress, and mental health of wives of alcoholics and non-alcoholics Pages: 18-21 Naved Iqbal, Mehfooz Ahmad and Chanchal Rani (Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India) Alcoholism, also known as alcohol addiction, is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker’s health, personal relationships and social functioning. Alcoholism has a negative effect on the spouse of an alcoholic. The spouse may have feeling of hatred, self-pity, avoidance of social contact. They may suffer from exhaustion and become mentally and physically ill. Therefore, this study was aimed at studying marital adjustment, stress, and mental health of wives of alcoholics and non-alcoholics (NA). In the present study, marital adjustment questionnaire, life stress scale, and mental health inventory were administered on 60 female subjects, 30 wives of alcoholics and 30 wives of NA, from ESI Hospital and Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi. Their age ranges from 25 to 50 years. The t-test was used to analyze the obtained data. The marital adjustment was found poor in the wives of alcoholics than the wives of NAs. There was no significant difference between the wives of alcoholics and NAs on stress. The mental health was found to be poorer in the wives of alcoholics when compared to the wives of NAs. Pages: 18-21Naved Iqbal, Mehfooz Ahmad and Chanchal Rani (Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New… Read more Get Access
Attitude of adolescent and young adult females toward women empowerment: A comparative study Pages: 22-26 Gopal C. Mahakud, Vibhuti Gupta, and N.K. Chadha (Department of Applied Psychology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India) The objective of this study is to compare the attitude of adolescent and young adult females toward women empowerment residing in the urban area of Delhi NCR region. For this purpose the Adolescent Girls Empowerment Scale by Sisodia and Singh, 2009 was used to compare the attitudes of the two groups. Random sampling was used to select the sample of 100 participants each in the adolescent and young adult females group. The scale was administered individually to each participant. The study hypothesized that there will be a significant difference on the attitude of adolescent and young adult females toward women empowerment. Means, standard deviations and Student’s ‘t’ test were computed for analyzing the results. The results indicated that there was no difference in the two groups in all the seven sub-areas of the scale as well as for the total score on women empowerment. The results are discussed in light of existing research and limitations and scope for future improvements are suggested. Pages: 22-26Gopal C. Mahakud, Vibhuti Gupta, and N.K. Chadha (Department of Applied Psychology, University of… Read more Get Access
A study on the correlates of general well-being Pages: 27-32 Somdeb Mitra (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Positive psychology aims to scientifically study human happiness and enhance well-being. The present study explores the roles of cognitive emotion regulation, ego functions and meaning in life in the development of general well-being among individuals. Sample consisted of 110 adult individuals (54 females, and 56 males aged 25-50 years). They were individually administered PGI general well-being scale (Verma & Verma, 1989), cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (Garrefski et al., 2001), ego functions assessment Scale (Bellack et al., 1989) and the meaning in life questionnaire (Steger et al., 2006). Data were analyzed using ‘t’ test, Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Results revealed that general well-being was positively correlated with positive cognitive emotion regulation, presence of meaning in life, and the 11 of the 12 ego functions. It was also found that defensive functioning, positive cognitive emotion regulation and presence of meaning in life contributed significantly to the development of general well-being. Pages: 27-32Somdeb Mitra (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Read more Get Access
Controlling psychosomatic disorders through yoga and meditation Pages: 33-36 Aditi Sharma (Department of Psychology, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India) The purpose of this study was to control psychosomatic disorders through yoga and meditation. The sample of this study comprised of 45 male and female indoor patients from the Naturopathy Center of Bapu Nagar and Shastri Nagar, Jaipur ranging between 35 and 50 years. Multidimensional health questionnaire which was developed by Snell and Johnson (2004) measuring physical and mental health of adults was employed. The scale is usually used to identify the psychopathological symptoms. It consists of 20 sub scales and 100 items. The results revealed that practicing yoga and meditation has proved to be beneficial. Regular practice of yoga and meditation up to 3 months has decreased the psychosomatic symptoms to a great level in the subjects. Practicing yoga and meditation regularly for 3 months have reduced the quantity of medicinal intake of these subjects. Pages: 33-36Aditi Sharma (Department of Psychology, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India) Read more Get Access
A study of quality of life among government and non-government secondary school teachers Pages: 37-41 Mekhla Chadha (Litchi Knowledge Center, Delhi, India) Neelam Pandey (Department of AIPS, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India) Everyday an individual is faced with multiple hurdles. The only factor that sets apart a winner from the others is how they respond to the situation that presents itself in front of them. Teaching refers to the process of imparting knowledge and skills from a teacher to a learner. It encompasses the activities of educating or instructing. It is an act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual. Quality of life (QoL) is the Individuals satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which they live. It is one of the important aspects of individual’s life that influences the person’s performance and growth. It affects both the personal and professional aspects. Life is full of challenges on a daily basis. With the advent of workplace psychology movement, emphasis has shifted onto study of those variables that enhance the QoL of teachers and researchers are working hard to uncover the relationships between them gender difference in these characteristics is important to be studied to see how people of both sexes respond to various challenging situations. The current study aimed at comparing the QoL of government and non-government secondary school teachers. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant difference in the QoL of government and non- government secondary school teachers. The study reported no significant difference among government and non- government secondary school teachers’ social QoL. The study provides an opportunity for further research across age and gender to uncover the possible differences or similarities that may be present. Furthermore, it adds to the already existing data pool with equivocal studies. Pages: 37-41Mekhla Chadha (Litchi Knowledge Center, Delhi, India)Neelam Pandey (Department of AIPS, Amity University, Noida… Read more Get Access
Personality, coping with stress and spirituality of musicians Pages: 42-44 Shruti P. Soudi and Vijaylaxmi A. Aminabhavi (Department of Psychology, Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India) The practice of music is expected to have a greater impact on the behavior of the practitioner. In the view of this, the present investigation is taken up to study whether the musicians are differing significantly from non- musicians on their personality, coping with stress and spirituality. To achieve this objective Eysenk’s personality inventory, brief cope by Carver and spirituality questionnaire by Jochen et al. were used for administration on 40 musicians residing in Hubli-Dharwad of Karnataka state. The age of both samples range from 21 to 73 years. The obtained results revealed that non-musicians have significantly very high neuroticism score than musicians (t=3.62; p<0.001) It means musicians have higher emotional balance than those non-musicians. Further musicians have shown significantly very higher active coping (t=5.49; p<0.001) and planning (t=4.27; p<0.001) than non-musicians. It is also observed that non-musicians have significantly higher coping with stress in terms of acceptance (t=7.08), humor (t=3.79), religion (t=2.83) and behavior disengagement (t=−8.21) and the results on of the spirituality questionnaire indicate that non-musicians have significantly very higher spirituality in terms of belief in God (t=−7.25), search for meaning (t=−7.37), mindfulness (t=−5.26), and feeling of security (t=−6.12). Pages: 42-44Shruti P. Soudi and Vijaylaxmi A. Aminabhavi (Department of Psychology, Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka… Read more Get Access
Study of personal attributes among depressed before and after cognitive behavioristic therapy Pages: 45-48 Feras Ali Alhabees (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Isra University, Amman, Kingdome of Jordan) In the present study, an attempt has been made to study of personal attributes among depression infected before and after cognitive behavioristic therapy. The sample comprised of 20 respondents, 13 male and 7 female. It was hypothesized that there are statically differences in personal attribute among depression infected before and after cognitive behavioristic therapy. The personal attributes were assessed by Raymond Cattel scale 1949, the results indicate that there are significant differences at (α≤0.01). Personal attributes among depressed before and after cognitive behavioristic therapy in warmth, emotional stability, dominance, rule-consciousness, social boldness, sensitivity, vigilance and abstractedness, apprehension, self-reliance and tension in favor of the post-test. While, there were no significant differences in perfectionism, openness to change, privateness, liveliness, and reasoning. Pages: 45-48Feras Ali Alhabees (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Isra University, Amman, Kingdome of… Read more Get Access

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