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Impact of perceived social support, social skills and coping strategies on general health of female college teachers Pages: 467-470 Rubina Kausar (Department of the Psychology, Himayat-e-Islam Postgraduate Khwateen College, Lahore, Pakistan) Yasmin N. Farooqi (Department of the Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan) The present research explored the impact of perceived social support, social skills and coping strategies on general health of Pakistani female college teachers. Non-probability purposive sampling strategy was used. The sample comprised of 212 female college teachers. Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis was performed to determine the impact of perceived social support, social skills and coping strategies on general health of Pakistani female college teachers. The Results suggest that perceived family support, social skills, emotion- focused coping strategies and problem-focused coping strategies are significant positive predictors for general health of female college teachers in Pakistani society. The findings of this research have implications for promoting our understanding of the impact of perceived social support, social skills and coping strategies on general health of the female college teachers. Pages: 467-470Rubina Kausar (Department of the Psychology, Himayat-e-Islam Postgraduate Khwateen College, Lahore, Pakistan)Yasmin N. Farooqi… Read more Get Access
Future orientation as the mediator of life satisfaction and recruitment saving attitudes and retirement savings perception Pages: 471-474 Amogh Talan and Pragyendu (Sri Aurobindo College (Evening), University of Delhi, New Delhi) Amirul Hasan Ansari (Center for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) The purpose of this study is to analyze the relation between well-being and future orientation of individuals from middle class in India, and their retirement saving attitudes and retirement savings perception. With the life expectancies of individuals in India expected to rise steeply in next 20 years along with their standards of living, it becomes imperative to analyze whether their present well-being and orientation for the future are allowing them to save adequately to ensure a comfortable living after the retirement. Future orientation is the extent to which individuals involve themselves planning for their future after retirement. Well-being measures how much the individual is satisfied with the conditions of his life. Retirement saving attitudes shows the vigor with which an individual practices to save for his retirement. Retirement savings perception reflects how individuals perceive to finance their living after the retirement. Using multiple regression analysis we found a significantly positive relation between the individual's well being and their retirement saving attitudes. Results for retirement savings perception reinforced the belief that middle class people from India are highly conservative when it comes to saving (in contrast of being risk takers). Pages: 471-474Amogh Talan and Pragyendu (Sri Aurobindo College (Evening), University of Delhi, New Delhi)Amirul Hasan… Read more Get Access
Spirituality, personality and general health among college students Pages: 475-479 Jwmwishree Boro and D. Dhanalakshmi (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry) Spirituality is recognised as an important predictor of health and wellbeing in adults. In current days it seems that there is growing interest in determining the specific nature of the relationship that exists among spirituality, personality and general health. The purpose of the current study is to explore the relationship among spirituality, personality and general health among college students and to see if there is any difference between young adults in spirituality, personality factors and general health. The current study is a cross-sectional study on a randomly selected sample of 113 college students. Spirituality Questionnaire (Parsian & Dunning), NEO-Five Factor Inventory (Costa and McCrae) and General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg) were administered on them after obtaining permission from the college and University authorities. The participants were briefed about the study prior to the administration. Pearson's correlation, t-test and multiple regression were carried out to analyze the data. The results indicated that spirituality and dimensions of spirituality are significantly related with conscientiousness; self awareness- a dimension of spirituality is related with Neuroticism and Extraversion; Spirituality is related with Extraversion; and general health is positively correlated with neuroticism and negatively correlated with openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness. The results indicated that women were higher on conscientiousness than men. Spirituality, neuroticism, and agreeableness seem to predict general health. The study suggests that spirituality and personality may be important factors that can influence health and therefore appropriate interventions that would promote more spiritual practices may be introduced. Pages: 475-479Jwmwishree Boro and D. Dhanalakshmi (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry) Read more Get Access
Efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy in management of delusion, hallucination in patients with schizophrenia Pages: 480-483 Md. Raqueb Ansari and Masroor Jahan (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand) Schizophrenia is still considered to be chronic and depilating illness. The aim of the present study is to manage the delusion and hallucination in patients with schizophrenia. 24 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia according to ICD-10 DCR were chosen from different inpatient department of RINPAS, kanke using the simple random sampling technique. After taking informed consent from the patients, socio-demographic and clinical data sheet and PSYRATS were administered and they were randomly assigned to CBT+TAU and TAU group. Cognitive behaviour therapy was given to CBT+TAU group, total 17-20 sessions of 45 minutes each with a frequency of thrice a week. After completion of the therapy sessions, post assessment was done and follow up assessment was done after six months of post assessment. Data was analyzed with the help of Mann-Whitney U test and Chi-square Test was used for statistical analysis. The significant reduction was found in delusion and hallucination. Cognitive behaviour therapy was found to be effective in management of delusion and hallucination. Pages: 480-483Md. Raqueb Ansari and Masroor Jahan (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry… Read more Get Access
Study of psychological well-being in working and non-working menopausal women Pages: 484-487 Neha Parihar (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) Ushakiran Agarwal (Department of Psychology, Govt. D.B.Girls P.G. College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) Menopause is the time in a woman's life when her periods stop. The overall health and well- being of mid-aged women has become a major public health concern around the world. More than 80% of women experience physical or psychological symptoms in the year approaching menopause with various distress and distribution in their lives, leading to decrease in quality of life. The experience of menopause has an impact on women's psychological well-being. The present study was designed to study the psychological well-being in working and non-working menopausal women. The sample of the present study included 60 pri (30 working & 30 non-working) and 60 post-menopausal women (30 working & 30 non-working) within the age range of 35-55 years. For assessment of psychological well-being, Ryff's scale of psychological well-being (42-items version) was used. MANOVA technique was used for the data analysis. Results of this study demonstrated that post-menopausal women shows higher psychological well-being than peri-menopausal women. In other side working menopausal women having better psychological well-being than non-working women. Pages: 484-487Neha Parihar (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)Ushakiran Agarwal (Department of… Read more Get Access
Children’s well-being in contexts of poverty Pages: 488-491 Saloni Chandalia, Divya Saxena and Radha Rani (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Wellbeing is generally understood as the quality of people's lives. It is a dynamic state that is enhanced when people can fulfil their personal and social goals. It is understood both in relation to objective measures, such as household income, educational resources and health status; and subjective indicators such as happiness, perceptions of quality of life and life satisfaction. There is some emerging consensus that childhood wellbeing is multi-dimensional, should include dimensions of physical, emotional and social wellbeing; should focus on the immediate lives of children but also consider their future lives; and should incorporate some subjective as well as objective measures. There has been a gradual shift in the last few years away from being over reliant on objective measures of child wellbeing towards engaging children and young people in defining the parameters around what constitutes wellbeing. This move has revealed some important differences in how adults and children define wellbeing and the aspects of wellbeing that children prioritise compared to adults. Studies have indicated that wellbeing is negatively associated with income inequality and positively associated with spending on family benefits and services. Others have revealed that there is no direct association between poor childhood wellbeing and the prevalence of 'broken families'. There is a close association between childhood wellbeing and positive family relationships. The aim of this research paper is to provide an overview of recent evidence in the field of childhood wellbeing. To fulfill the aim of the study, it will employ purposive sampling including 60 samples (30 unprivileged school going children, 30 privileged school going children) Pages: 488-491Saloni Chandalia, Divya Saxena and Radha Rani (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur… Read more Get Access
Effect of gender, locale and family environment on mental health of undergraduate students Pages: 492-495 Ku. Anupama Bhonsle and K.Nagamani (Kalyan Post Graduate College, Bhilai Nagar, Chhattisgarh) Family is the primary institution where a person get a chance to learn how to interact and how to behave with members of family and when he become a part of society he deal with members of society according to his upbringing. The family environment primarily consists of the prevalent customs, codes and traditions of the community. It is at the same time made highly personal by the human interaction involved. The family furnishes the basic environment for building personality of the individual with its warm intimate contact contributing to their feeling of security and belongingness. As mental health is an important part of human life. It should be sound in every part of life then only a person can be useful for family, society and country. To study the main and interactional effect of gender, locale and family environment on mental health of undergraduate students. There will be no significant main and interactional effect of gender, locale and family environment on mental health of undergraduate students. A sample The students of graduation final year from different colleges of district Durg were selected . A sample of 836 students (353 urban and 483 rural) was randomly selected. Mental health battery developed by Singh and Gupta (2000) and family environment was measured by Family Environment Scale (FES) by Bhatia and Chadha (1993) were used for research. The result revealed that urban boys of unfavorable family environment have higher mental health than other boys whereas rural girls of favorable family environment found higher mental health than other girls. Pages: 492-495Ku. Anupama Bhonsle and K.Nagamani (Kalyan Post Graduate College, Bhilai Nagar, Chhattisgarh) Read more Get Access
Perception of girls’ and their mothers’ on rape: A psychological perspective Pages: 496-499 Nehashree Srivastava and Reetika Pal (Department of Psychology, National P.G College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) The purpose of this study is to explore the perception of girls' and their mothers' on rape. Rape is considered as an act of sexual violence in which the mental and physical well-being of an individual and her family is seen to be shattered. According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) rape is the fourth most common crime in India and the number seems to rise with each passing day. The increasing rape cases calls for obtaining a view of peoples in the society especially that of mothers' and their daughters'. Also such events create a fear of the parents and negative influence which leads to overprotection of girls' by their parents. What mark does these incident make on the psychology of mothers and their daughters'? What support do they expect from other members of the society, government or from police? What views do they hold against rape are important issues that should be found out etc.. The sample consisting of 40 adolescent girls' (mean age =16.8) and their mothers' (mean age= 42.2) with middle socio-economic status, selected from Lucknow city. A semi-structured interview questionnaire was prepared with expert advice and content analysis method was applied. The result reveals that mental illness of men, parenting, internet, westernisation of Indian culture etc. are the major cause of rape and various interventions like self- defence training, awareness campaigns through schools, media etc. are suggested by the subjects. Pages: 496-499Nehashree Srivastava and Reetika Pal (Department of Psychology, National P.G College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Quality of working life among dual career women Pages: 500-503 Arvind K Birdie (Acting Principal, IIMT School of Management (Vedatya), Gurgaon, Haryana) Madhu Jain and Zaineb Chishti (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Girijesh Yadav (Consultant NCERT, New Delhi) In the recent years women has entered into new role of working outside as professionals with taking care of home. The present study was aimed to explore the extent of functional relationship between quality of Working Life in dual career women working in different professions under public and private sector. The participants of the study were 120 dual career working women from various professions i.e. media house (N=40), doctors (N=40), call centers (N=40) in Jaipur. The mean age was 34.21 years (SD = 4.83) range = 25 to 45 years. The measures was used Quality of Working Life (QWL) Scale in the present study. Two-way analysis of variance was employed to analyze the data. The results revealed that: (1) Quality of Working Life was better in media workers then followed by call centers and doctors irrespective of the organizational sector. (2) Quality of Working Life was found better in public sector than the private sector. (3) The interactional effect of type of professions and sectors was found significant on Quality of Working Life. Pages: 500-503Arvind K Birdie (Acting Principal, IIMT School of Management (Vedatya), Gurgaon, Haryana)Madhu Jain and… Read more Get Access
The effect of gender on achievement motivation Pages: 504-507 Nikhat Kaura and Roopali Sharma (AIPS, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh) Achievement motivation is relatively a new concept in the world of motivation. So it can be said that achievement is the result of what an individual has learned from some educational and family experiences. As for every individual there is a driving force. In fact, it is not just a single factor, but a combination of factors that lead people to achieve their goals. This drive is motivation and also the underlying reason for human behavior. Thus motivation refers to the driving and pulling forces which result in persistent behavior directed toward particular goal. Globally, there has been an increasing concern that how to ensure that students learn optimally at school and achieve academic excellence in their academic pursuit. Gender plays a significant role in shaping achievement motivation and is being studied in psychological andeducational research.The present research aims to study the effect of gender on achievement motivation. The sample of the study was 60 adolescents i.e. 30 girls and 30 boys. The age group was 15 to 17 years old school going adolescent. It was hypothesized that there would be a no significant difference between gender and the level of achievement motivation and girls will have high achievement motivation in comparison to boys. The tools used for the research was Achievement Motivation Scale (n-Ach). The study reported no significant difference between gender and achievement motivation and it showed that girls have high levels of achievement motivation as compared to boys. Pages: 504-507Nikhat Kaura and Roopali Sharma (AIPS, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Comparison of social values between children from joint and nuclear family types Pages: 508-510 Shivangi Saxena (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Smriti Tripathi (Department of Textiles & Apparel Designing, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan ) Family is the first school of the child. Family plays an important role in the development of the child. Family is the social agency, which develops the skill of socialization in the child. Traditionally, families in India have been classified as joint in nature. Joint families consist of one or more married couples residing with their children and other close relatives, such as grandparents, aunts, and uncles, all in one home. A nuclear family structure, which is becoming increasingly common, constitutes a single married couple and their children. The structural differences between the joint family and the nuclear family lead to different interaction patterns among members of the two family types. The present study focuses on individual level changes affected by the modifications that are taking place in the family under rapid on-going socio-cultural changes in contemporary Indian society. The sample of 100 adolescent students age ranging from 12 to 16 yrs was taken from the schools of Jaipur city. The data was collected by using Portrait Value Questionnaire. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the social values of the student from joint families and the students of nuclear families. Pages: 508-510Shivangi Saxena (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)Smriti Tripathi (Department of Textiles… Read more Get Access
Emotional intelligence and life satisfaction among servicemen and businessmen Pages: 511-513 Nehashree Srivastava and Bareen Askari (Department of Psychology, National P.G College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) The purpose of the study is to compare servicemen and businessmen on emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. Emotional intelligence and life satisfaction have become a very much talked about topics of psychological research in recent years, especially how they affect the today's workforce. The servicemen and businessmen are the most important part of the economy as they contribute to the sustainment and upliftment of the society. However, they are essentially human beings, anything that impacts the effectiveness of their mind also has an impact on the services they perform and run. With the upcoming changes in the economic conditions and emerging new trends of employee attitudes and their ways of working, researchers focus their attention on investigating the level of emotional intelligence and pattern of life satisfaction of these servicemen and businessmen. The sample consisting of 20 servicemen and 20 businessmen (mean age=49.5) belonging to a middle class family were selected from Lucknow city. Emotional intelligence scale (eis-hpd) developed by Hyde et al. (1971) and Life Satisfaction scale (LSS-AS) developed by Alam et al. (1971) were used. Results showed no significant difference between servicemen and businessmen on emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. Pages: 511-513Nehashree Srivastava and Bareen Askari (Department of Psychology, National P.G College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
The relationship between ABO blood groups and hypnotic susceptibility Pages: 514-516 Sepideh Iranfar (Department of Speech Therapy, Students Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran) Eric Letard (Department of Psychology, University of Nantes, Nantes, France) Correlational research has been undertaken to explain the purpose of the association between ABO blood groups and hypnotic susceptibility. The Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Form (Form C), modified by John F Kilhstrom, with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.95, was used to determine the associations between blood groups and susceptibility. In this study, a clustered random-sampling method was used to investigate the relationship between hypnotic susceptibility and blood-group type, using the Spearman Correlation Coefficient. The results indicate a statistically significant correlation, with a sample size of 40 (n=40), resulted in HS (Hypnotic Susceptibility) to be medium (x= 2.53), and a mean blood group of 2.40 (SDHS: 0.50; SDABO:1.33). The results and hypothesis are described, and support the suggestion of a strong association between blood groups and hypnosis. Pages: 514-516Sepideh Iranfar (Department of Speech Therapy, Students Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences… Read more Get Access
Relationship between gratitude and psychological well-being among youths Pages: 517-519 Mohammad Anas, Asiya Aijaz and Fauzia Nazam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.) The main objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship between gratitude and psychological well-being among youths. The gratitude scale and psychological well-being scale were administered on 152 students from post-graduate classes. The positive correlation coefficient was found between gratitude and psychological well-being (r= 0.438, p .01) among youths. Significant positive correlation coefficients were also found between gratitude and psychological well-being in male youths (r = .614, p <.01) and in female youths (r = .433, p <.01). Pages: 517-519Mohammad Anas, Asiya Aijaz and Fauzia Nazam (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh… Read more Get Access
Mass media use and cognitive development Pages: 520-522 Kiran Maheshwari (Department of Psychology, Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole Univeristy, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Bhanwar Singh (Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan) The present study was conducted with the aim to assess the cognitive development between TV and internet of primary school children. Jaipur city was purposively selected as locale of the study from the randomly selected Jaipur district. A sample of 320 children was using TV (16) and internet (160) from primary school. Cognitive development of student was measured of cognitive capabilities test by Dr. Vasundhara Padmaangbhan and were used of data collection mean SD ant t test were competed to estimate the cognitive development of the children through the standardize test of cognitive development. The findings portrayed that the number of children accessing the interest as will as the amount of time online are steadily increasing. The most common online activities playing video games, assessing web sites and communicating via chat rooms, email and instant messaging. Thus the cognitive development of internet use are more complex than those associated with television use. Pages: 520-522Kiran Maheshwari (Department of Psychology, Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole Univeristy, Jaipur, Rajasthan)Bhanwar Singh (Pacific… Read more Get Access
Attitudes towards comprehensive evaluation system of school teachers as function of gender and level of teaching Pages: 523-525 Gurpreet Kour Chhabra and Meeta Jha (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) The aim of the present piece of research work is to examine empirically that whether or not gender and level of teaching work independently or in interaction with each other are capable of generating variance in attitudes towards comprehensive evaluation system in case of school teachers. Employing a (2)2 ex-post facto, non-experimental factorial design (fixed model) there are two levels of teaching, i.e. primary and higher secondary, and two levels of gender, i.e. male and female were manipulated in the study. Employing the stratified random sampling technique, finally 280 school teachers within the age range of 20 to 48 years were drawn randomly from different CBSE schools of Durg district of Chhattisgarh State to serve as subjects in the present study. All the two independent variables were found to be potential enough in generating variance on attitudes towards comprehensive evaluation system. Barring few exceptions, the interactions were not found significant. Theoretical interpretations have been given. Pages: 523-525Gurpreet Kour Chhabra and Meeta Jha (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla… Read more Get Access
Psychological abuse: Impact on children Pages: 526-528 Shagufta Afroz and P.S.N. Tiwari (Department of Psychology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh) Psychological or emotional abuse of a child is commonly defined as a pattern of behavior by parents or caregivers that can seriously interfere with a child's cognitive, emotional, psychological or social development. Emotional abuse of a child also referred to as psychological maltreatment which can include the acts of ignoring, rejecting, corrupting or exploiting, isolating, neglecting the child, terrorizing, verbally assaulting etc. Some parents may emotionally and psychologically harm their children because of stress, poor parenting skills, social isolation, and lack of available resources or inappropriate expectations of their children while every parent wants best for their child. Although the visible signs of emotional abuse in children can be difficult to detect, the hidden scars of this type of abuse manifest in numerous behavioral ways, including insecurity, poor self-esteem, destructive behavior, angry acts, withdrawal, poor development of basic skills, alcohol or drug abuse, suicide, difficulty forming relationships and unstable job histories. To protect the children from Psychological or emotional maltreatment may be the most challenging and difficult task for everyone because the abused child and the abuser parent are in a strong relationship.The paper concludes with some suggestion to deal with and to prevent this silent but dangerous problem because all children need acceptance, love, encouragement, discipline, consistency, stability and positive attention in their life. Pages: 526-528Shagufta Afroz and P.S.N. Tiwari (Department of Psychology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Subjective well-being for employees in an organization Pages: 529-533 Gunjan Sharma and Babita Tolani (Sadhana Centre for Management & Leadership Development, Pune, Maharashtra) Subjective well being in corporate parlance is becoming very much important for the well being of the employees in an organization which has been prove to be something more than employee satisfaction. Subjective well being in an organization not only includes the cognitive aspect but also take physical fitness into the consideration. Being a secondary research we had taken two research papers which highlights different perspectives regarding the subjective well being of employees in an organization. It captures the dynamics of subjective well being in work settings on a daily basis, it suggest that optimal job performance is most likely when subjective well being is a combination of high activation and high pleasure. It has long being recognised that workplace practices like work attitude, wages and quality of work affect employees motivation and firm performance. Pages: 529-533Gunjan Sharma and Babita Tolani (Sadhana Centre for Management & Leadership Development, Pune, Maharashtra) Read more Get Access
Surrogacy in India: Current scenario Pages: 534-535 Tarun Dagar, Varun Garg, Ashish Singla, Kunal Khanna and S.K. Dhattarwal (Department of Forensic Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana) A surrogate mother is a woman who by contract agrees to bear a child for someone else. Now a day there is a lot of commotion in the health, media and political circles of India and world over regarding the morality of laws surrounding this sensitive albeit legally perplexing issue. Surrogacy in India is relatively low cost and the current legal environment is favorable, however, proposed law amendments and lack of clarity over legal rights of the parties involved raises a few important questions that need to be understood clearly. Increasing infertility rates due to high career aspirations and late age of marriage between couples is leading to a booming capital sector revolving around the market. High surrogacy rate worldwide and cheap womb for hiring, surrogate mothers are quite common in India and the country has emerged as a surrogacy capital of world. In this paper we will discuss the latest aspects of surrogacy in India. Pages: 534-535Tarun Dagar, Varun Garg, Ashish Singla, Kunal Khanna and S.K. Dhattarwal (Department of Forensic… Read more Get Access
Headache impact on migraine and non-migraine headaches Pages: 536-538 Shivani (Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi) Vinod K Sinha (Director Professor, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand) Bharati Roy (Department of Psychology, Ranchi University, Ranchi) A headache is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck; either both sides of head or be isolated to a particular area. Almost every mankind suffer from headaches at some point of their life and the impacts of headache can cause severe disturbance both for the sufferer and its care giver in the daily functioning. The aim of current study was to assess the impact of headache. Individuals with primary headache were divided into migraine (53) and non-migraine (53) and all the subjects were assessed on the headache impact test (HIT-6). No significant difference was found in the mean age and mean duration of illness between migraine and non-migraine. The scores on HIT were higher in migraine group (64.96 ± 4.544) than non-migraine (63.00 ± 4.739). Analyses reveals that headache does have severe impact on the physical functioning, work productivity and psychological well being. Individuals with migraine reported higher impact in comparison with non-migraine. Pages: 536-538Shivani (Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi)Vinod K Sinha (Director Professor… Read more Get Access
Fiduciary relationship: Forensic view Pages: 539-540 Varun Garg, Tarun Dagar, Kamal Singla, Kunal Khanna and S. K. Dhattarwal (Department of Forensic Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana) Since fiduciary relationship is meant for trust and confidentiality which should be maintained; at the same time RTI Act is also very important for implementation of transparency and accountability in all system. So there must be a balance between both so that the confidentiality should be maintained as far as possible along with transparency and accountability. In such a relation good conscience requires the fiduciary to act at all times for the sole benefit and interest of the one who trusts. The present paper reviews forensic view of fiduciary relationship. Pages: 539-540Varun Garg, Tarun Dagar, Kamal Singla, Kunal Khanna and S. K. Dhattarwal (Department of… Read more Get Access
Risk beliefs and sensation seeking as correlate of HIV risk behaviour across gender and locale Pages: 541-547 Priyanka Shukla (Shree Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Madhurima Pradhan (Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS has generated a global epidemic that far exceeds what was predicted even a decade ago. HIV among young people has become a major health problem in recent decades. Young people aged 1524 accounted for about 42 per cent of new adult HIV infections in 2010, and 5 million (4.4 million5.9 million) young men and women are currently living with HIV (UNAIDS, 2012). NFHS III data (2005-06) shows that now HIV/AIDS is not the problem of urban society only but it is spreading in rural areas as well. Recent studies of sexual, drug and alcohol outcome expectancies suggest that the risk beliefs and sensation seeking play a critical role to maintain the high risk behaviors. This paper attempts to assess HIV risk behavior, risk beliefs and sensation seeking of young adults and also to explore the relationship between risk beliefs and sensation seeking with HIV risk behaviours across gender and locale. Sample of the present study included 200 young adults (100 urban and 100 rural) comprising of 50 males and 50 females for each group between the age range of 19-26 years. To assess the participants HIV risk behaviors and risk beliefs, checklists were developed by the researchers on the basis of HIV/AIDS related literature and opinion of experts. To assess the Sensation seeking of the respondents, the Sensation seeking scale V originally developed by Zuckerman and his associates (1980) and standardized on Indian Population by Basu et al. (1993) was used to measure sensation seeking. The findings of the present study reveal that male respondents are higher in HIV risk behavior, risk beliefs and sensation seeking than female respondents and urban young adults are significantly higher in HIV risk behaviors and risk beliefs than rural young adults. In terms of Sensation Seeking, there is significant mean difference between Urban Males and Rural Male respondents except TAS subscale. And lastly, Urban Females are significantly higher in total SS and TAS subscale only than Rural Female respondents. Moreover, present paper also reveals that risk beliefs is positively and significantly correlated with HIV risk behaviours among all the four groups whereas overall Sensation seeking is positively correlated with HIV Risk Behaviour but significantly correlated only in Urban respondents. The present findings suggest that cognitive behavioral interventions may be an effective way to modify the risky beliefs and reducing sensation seeking among young adults so as motivate them to refrain from risky behaviours for slowing down the spread of HIV infection. Pages: 541-547Priyanka Shukla (Shree Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)Madhurima Pradhan (Department of Psychology, Lucknow… Read more Get Access
Psychological distress in relation to quality of life and pain beliefs in head and neck cancer patients Pages: 548-552 Laxmi Shekhawat and Pererna Puri nee Kumar (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) High levels of psychological distress are a concern regarding patients with head and neck cancer. Early detection and intervention for such distress are needed to predict patients' adaptation to treatment or rehabilitation, but few studies have investigated the detection of their distress in a patient population of significant size. In cancer patients, pain is said to be one of the most feared and distressing symptoms and one that disrupts all aspects of life. The purposes of this study were: 1) to assess the psychological distress, quality of life and pain belief in head and neck cancer patients 2) to determine the relationships among psychological distress ,quality of life and pain belief in head and neck cancer patients. A purposive sample of head and neck cancer patients attending to large Cancer Hospital in Jaipur (Rajasthan) were taken for the present study. Three standard instruments were used to measure quality of life (FACIT H&N), depression and Anxiety (the HADS) and pain beliefs (the PBPI). A total of 148 head and neck cancer patients, participated in the study. The main findings of this study were that cancer patients with pain reported significantly lower levels of role functioning, emotional functioning and global quality of life. A higher level of depression was found in head and neck cancer patients. Among patients with pain, higher scores on self blame, pain belief and pain consistency belief were positively and significantly associated with higher depression. This study has demonstrated the effect of psychological distress on patients' quality of life and emotional status and pain beliefs and has supported the multidimensional notion of the cancer pain experience in cancer patients. Although these data are correlational, they provide additional support for a biopsychosocial model of chronic pain. Pages: 548-552Laxmi Shekhawat and Pererna Puri nee Kumar (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur… Read more Get Access
Study habits and attitudes of school children Pages: 553-557 Priya. M and Carolyne Dariti Dkhar (Department of Human Development, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore) The quality of a nation depends upon the quality of its citizens. The quality of citizens depends on the quality of their education, study habits and study attitudes of the learners. Quality of education is reflected through academic achievement which is a function of study habits and study attitude of the students. Thus to enhance the quality of education, it is necessary to improve the study habits and study attitudes of the students. To improve study habits and attitudes, and those factors are needed to be identified which affect these characteristics adversely (Ch.Hussain Abid, 2006). The present study has focused on to assess the level of study habits among school students, such as private and government schools of Coimbatore city with the age group of 13-18 years through random sampling with total number of 160 students. Tests of Study Habits and Attitudes (TSHA) by Mathur. The present study measures the study habits and attitudes in 9 areas which includes attitudes towards teachers, home environment, attitude towards education, study habits, mental conflict, concentration, home assignment, self confidence, views on examination. The samples were subjected to percentile scoring and chi square. The results found that majority of the boys are poor in their study habits compared to girls. Private school students are better in their study habits rather than government school students. Regarding class wise, it has been observed that 8th standard students are better in study habits and attitudes compared to 9th and 10 standard students and it indicates that 9th and 10th standard students need more direction towards education and counseling for improving their skills. Organized Counseling programs are necessary for the students to build up their good study habits .The students need more direction and counseling with regard to study habits so that the students may recognize their strengths and weakness in the education strategies and they may become more aware about better study habits. Pages: 553-557Priya. M and Carolyne Dariti Dkhar (Department of Human Development, Avinashilingam Institute for Home… Read more Get Access
A study of emotional intelligence and facial emotional labeling among patients with remitted bipolar disorder, first degree relatives and normal controls Pages: 558-562 Nandha Kumara Pujam (Department of Clinical Psychology, SRM Medical College & Hospital, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu) Vinod Kumar Sinha and Sai Krishna Tikka (Department of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand) Bipolar disorder characterized by abnormalities in recognizing the emotions in facial expression and display deficits on performance measures of emotional intelligence. The present study aimed to examine the facial emotion labeling and emotional intelligence in remitted bipolar disorder and their first degree relatives, which can provide evidence for the presence of genetic component in bipolar disorder. This was a cross sectional hospital based study done at Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi and purposive sampling was used. The sample consisted of 30 patients with bipolar disorder according to ICD-10 DCR and 30 sex matched first degree relatives of BPAD patients and 30 sex matched normal controls from the community (Matched with patient group). After taking informed consent from the three group socio demographic and clinical data sheet, General Health Questionnaire-12, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Young Mania Rating Scale, Facial Recognition Task, Baron Emotional Quotient Inventory were administered. Data was analyzed with the help of discrete and continuous variables. Chi square test was used for comparing categorical variables and student t- test for continuous variables. Pearson's correlation analysis was used for finding out the correlations between variables. Results showed patient with euthymic bipolar disorder have significant facial emotional labeling deficit and impaired emotional intelligence. These deficits may be considered as an endophenotype of the disease since they are present in euthymic bipolar patients and also in the unaffected relative of bipolar patients. Pages: 558-562Nandha Kumara Pujam (Department of Clinical Psychology, SRM Medical College & Hospital, Kanchipuram, Tamil… Read more Get Access

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