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Well-being of convicted criminals in relation to their mental health: An empirical investigation Pages: 667-671 Sujeet Kumar and Md Iftekhar Hossain (Department of Psychology, Patna University, Patna, Bihar) The prevalence of mental health problems is high in the offending population. It has been well recognised internationally, that poor mental health is more prevalent among prisoners than the general population. It is needless to mention that mental health aids the aged in developing moral and disciplined life for their own growth and development and that of other. Higher index of mental health indicates high individual effectiveness, and good individual effectiveness reflects health and well being. The purpose of the current investigation is to examine the relationship between mental Health and criminal behaviour. Despite considerable empirical investigation and theoretical argument, the relationship between mental health and criminal behaviour continues to be debated. With the help of Mental Health Inventory it is found out in the present investigation that male convicted criminals of the age group of 33-43 years are in ill/poor mental health and there is no significant relationship between marital status and mental health of convicted criminals. Pages: 667-671Sujeet Kumar and Md Iftekhar Hossain (Department of Psychology, Patna University, Patna, Bihar) Read more Get Access
Acculturative stress: Importance of social support in multicultural workplace Pages: 672-675 Surendra Kumar Sia (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) Shruti Chauhan (Consultant Psychologist, Gandhinagar, Gujarat) Organisational dynamics are changing due to cultural variability among employees. However scant research focus emphasis upon the ways organizations attempt to adapt to multicultural issues such as cultural stereotyping, language problems, acculturation attempt by the employees etc. The present study is a sincere attempt towards that end. The study explores differences in employee perceptions of social support received from sources in a multicultural organization. In addition, the study explores the relationship between Non-Punjabi employees' acculturative stress and social support they perceive receiving from organizational sources. These employees reported receiving more social support from their Non-Punjabi coworkers than Punjabis reported receiving from that source. No differences were found in either group's perception of the amount of social support received from Punjabi coworkers and supervisors. Social support received from Punjabi coworkers was found to be significantly related to Non-Punjabi employees' acculturative stress. Praise and help with personal problems emerged as the most significant type of social support contributing towards acculturative stress. The findings have been discussed in terms of related literature along with future implications. Pages: 672-675Surendra Kumar Sia (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry)Shruti Chauhan (Consultant Psychologist, Gandhinagar… Read more Get Access
A comparative study of depression, anxiety and quality of life among patients with diabetes and asthama Pages: 676-679 Anubha Srivastava (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana) The aim of the present study is to compare the levels of depression, anxiety and quality of life among diabetic and asthmatic patients. Asthma and diabetes are chronic conditions and were considered earlier as having a psychosomatic origin. In the past, prominent psychoanalysts such as Menninger (1935) and Dunbar (1936) claimed that diabetes was a part of psychosomatic disease caused by emotional stress. Diabetes like other chronic medical conditions constitutes a source of stress to sufferers and, as such, affects their quality of life (Rubin et al., 1999). Psychiatric morbidity among asthmatics has also been extensively studied worldwide. The purpose of this investigation was to identify psychiatric morbidity among diabetic patients as compared to asthmatics and their QOL. So, this study was planned to assess the presence of anxiety and depression, if any, and to see their effect on the overall quality of life of people with diabetes and asthma. The sample size is 60 in total, where 30 diabetic and 30 asthmatic patients from different medical hospitals of Raipur and Chandigarh has been taken for the study through purposive sampling. The tools used for assessing the variables are Beck depression inventory (BDI), State trait anxiety inventory (STAI), Quality of life (WHOOL-BRIEF). Findings revealed that there is a negative correlation between quality of life, depression and anxiety in both the groups which means that with increase in severity of the level of depression and anxiety there will be poor quality of life but our findings also suggested that there is significant relationship between depression and quality of life where as no such significance has been observed between anxiety and quality of life it may be due to the reason that diabetics had to depend on lifelong medication and regular medical check-up which is not the case with the asthmatics thus it might be the reason for no significant relationship. Both the groups are of equal severity and life threatening. These patients are just taking pharmacological treatment without any awareness regarding their psychiatric co morbidity so; our study can be useful for the implementation and betterment of these groups. Pages: 676-679Anubha Srivastava (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Subjective rating of visnal acuity A and its impact on duration of astigmatism: An interventional study Pages: 680-683 Lekshmi. K. and Immanuel Thomas (Department of Psychology, University of Kerala, Kerala) Astigmatism is a condition were parallel rays of light entering the eye fails to produce a single clear image on the retina. It gets converged into different points. Children born with astigmatic condition normally gets corrected on its own in ten weeks. In some cases the rectification does not happen resulting in the need to use spectacles to ensure clarity of vision. Even during usage of spectacles most astigmatic patients have eye strain which further deteriorates vision. However, adjustment to spectacles is also seen among constant users. In the present study an attempt is made to assess the effect of eye relaxation intervention of visual acuity of the respondents, taking into consideration the period of usage of spectacles. The sample included 22 respondents; 11 in the experimental group and 11 in the control group. Initial visual acuity of the sample was noted. The experimental group alone was given training in eye relaxation practices. After a period of two months the visual acuity of both the experimental group and control group are noted again. Significant improvement in the level of visual acuity was perceived in the experimental group; with duration of ailment playing a pronounced role in the rate of change of visual acuity in the left eye. Pages: 680-683Lekshmi. K. and Immanuel Thomas (Department of Psychology, University of Kerala, Kerala) Read more Get Access
Mental health issues among adults with obesity Pages: 684-687 Vaishali Chaudhari (Institute of Behavioural Science Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gujarat) Rejani T. G. (Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Behavioural Science, Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat) Obesity and overweight have become a global epidemic, and it is still increasing in both industrialized and developing countries. Aim of this study was to find level of depression, anxiety, stress and self-esteem among adults with obesity Study design was cross sectional survey. Purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of sample. They were selected by inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria and also calculated BMI (Body Mass Index). Total sample size was 60, obese adults were 30 and non-obese were 30. All adults were asked to give consent about their participation as a subject in the study. Demographic details of both groups were collected. Then, they were individually administered following test: Beck Depression scale, Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Perceived Stress scale and The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale for assessing severity of depression, anxiety, stress, level of self-esteem. Result showed statistically significant differences between obese adults and non-obese adults on depression (p=.000,t value 5.860), anxiety (p=.000, t value 5.525), stress level (p=.000,t value 7.077), but there was no significant differences found on self-esteem level (p=..325). Study concluded that adults with obesity found to have depression, anxiety, stress than adults with non-obesity, however there was no significant difference found in self-esteem in adults with obesity and non-obesity. Pages: 684-687Vaishali Chaudhari (Institute of Behavioural Science Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gujarat)Rejani T. G. (Department… Read more Get Access
Impact of perceived social support, social skills and coping strategies on general health of female college teachers Pages: 688-691 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: 688-691Rubina Kausar (Department of the Psychology, Himayat-e-Islam Postgraduate Khwateen College, Lahore, Pakistan)Yasmin N. Farooqi… Read more Get Access
A study of relationship of psychological capital with job satisfaction and turnover intention of LIC employees Pages: 692-695 Swati Chaudhary, J.S. Bidlan and C.R. Darolia (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) The aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between psychological capital, job satisfaction and turnover intention of LIC employees a leading insurance company in India. A sample of 124 employees including 100 males and 24 females is selected for the investigation. PsyCap was measured with the use of the 24-item psychological capital questionnaire (PCQ) by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio (2007). The Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) was developed by Muthayya (1973) and Turnover Intention assessed through Shore and Martin (1989) scale. Findings of study shows that there is a positive significant correlation between psychological capital and job satisfaction and psychological capital and turnover intention. It is also reveals that there is significant difference in male and female's job satisfaction but no significant difference is observed in turnover intention. Pages: 692-695Swati Chaudhary, J.S. Bidlan and C.R. Darolia (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana) Read more Get Access
Relationship between neuroticism, morningness-eveningness preference and academic performance Pages: 696-699 Swati Mishra and Meeta Jha (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) The academic performance influences by many psychological, biological and social factors such as motivation, self regulation, intelligence, ability, level of aspiration, study habits, various personality factors, sleep, mental and physical health, parental support, family environment etc. The aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between neuroticism, morningness-eveningnss preference and academic performance. 620 students were selected in which 357 male and 263 female subjects from Durg and Raipur District of Chhattisgarh State. Neuroticism assessed by NEO Five Factor Inventory (Costa and McCrae, 1992). Morningnes-eveningness preference assessed by Morningness-Eveningness Scale (Horne & Ostberg, 1976). To measure the academic performance marks obtained in the previous examination was taken. The stepwise regression analysis technique was used. Results indicated that the neuroticism and the demographical factor gender and socio-economic status emerged out as the significant predictor of academic performance but the morningness-eveningness preference was not show any significant contribution. Pages: 696-699Swati Mishra and Meeta Jha (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University… Read more Get Access
Mindfulness-based intervention in relation to wellness, emotional wellbeing and quality of life in breast cancer patients Pages: 700-705 Fatemeh Abdollahi and Mahmood S. Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in female worldwide, with almost 1.7 million new cases diagnosed in 2012. This represents about 12% of all new cancer cases and 25% of all cancers in female. Emotional well being is just as essential as the wellness of cancer patients. Health and wellness are an unique state of mind that begins with a conscious decision to shape a healthy lifestyle and adopt it as a priority. It is important to recognize that health and wellness are crucial in personal satisfaction and optimizing quality of life. The diagnosis of a serious illness, such as cancer, may be a time when emotional concerns may need to be addressed. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among mindfulness-based intervention, emotional wellbeing, wellness and quality of life in patients of breast cancer. Mindfulness is the intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focus of one's attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment. Review of the research literature indicated that mindfulness-based intervention was a significant predictor of quality of life, emotional wellbeing and wellness. The present study collated results from various studies, to demonstrate the potential efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions as it could be applied to patients with breast cancer to improve emotional wellbeing, wellness and quality of life. Clinical implications exist for counselors, psychologist and health care. Further research investigating possible moderating acceptance of mindfulness-based intervention among patients of breast cancer is needed. Pages: 700-705Fatemeh Abdollahi and Mahmood S. Khan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar… Read more Get Access
Spirituality and health in college going youths: An empirical investigation Pages: 706-711 Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) In the recent times, psychologists and behavioral scientists have refocused their attention on the role of Spirituality and Religion on Health and other aspects of behavior. Human health is a multidimensional construct which is influenced by gamut of factors. Youths of any nation are important because they are the most potent and productive in their work. The healthy and well-functioning youths are assets to any system and organization. Involving in Spiritual activities is often associated with positive health and many positive behaviors. It becomes vital to investigate these variables in Indian context. The aim of the current paper was to examine Spirituality and Health in college going Youths. The main objectives of the current study were to (i) Examine Health among college going Boys (ii) Examine Spirituality among college going Girls (iii) Examine correlations between Health and Spirituality. A sample of 100 college going students from one of the Government Universities at Aligarh City were selected for the current study using convenient sampling method.The measures used were General Health Questionnaire-28 Item version- GHQ-28 ( GHQ-28, Goldberg & Hillier, 1979) and Spirituality Questionnaire, SQ-20item version(Hardt, Schultz, Xander, Becker &Dragan, 2012).The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics like mean, SD and inferential statistics like t test and correlational analysis was used to examine the relationships among the variables. The findings indicate an insignificant gender differences on the variables of Health and Spirituality, significant positive relationship between Spirituality and Health. The intercorelations among some of the Health subscales were significant and some were insignificant and similar results were obtained on Spirituality variable.. The study highlights the significance of spirituality as possible factor leading to positive health among college Youths and a need to train them in Spiritual oriented practices and interventions to enhance their health. Pages: 706-711Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Emotional maturity and self-esteem among employed and non-employed women Pages: 712-715 Aparna K. H and Aneesh V. Appu (Department of Psychology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala) Paid employment has become increasingly significant in the lives of women. The present study was conducted to compare the level of Emotional maturity and self-esteem among employed and non-employed women. The study also attempts to find out the relationship between emotional maturity and self-esteem. The sample consisted of 30 employed and 30 non-employed women in the age range of 30-50 years. The results showed no significant difference between the emotional maturity of employed and non-employed women. Employed women were found to be significantly higher on self-esteem than non-employed women (t=5.538). A positive correlation (r=0.076) was found between the emotional maturity and self-esteem of employed and non-employed women. Pages: 712-715Aparna K. H and Aneesh V. Appu (Department of Psychology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala) Read more Get Access
Anger, impulsivity and sensation seeking among college going students: An exploratory study Pages: 716-720 Meenu Sharma (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) The aim of the present study was to examine anger, impulsivity and sensation seeking among college going students. The main objectives of the current study were to (i) Examine anger among college going boys and girls (ii) Examine impulsivity among college going boys and girls (iii) Examine sensation seeking among college student (iv) Examine gender differences on these traits. A sample of 108 college going students (Boys=73, Girls=35) were selected students from one of the private coaching centers at Aligarh City using convenient sampling method. The measures used were 1- Socio-demographic Data Sheet 2- Anger Scale (Siegal, 1986) 3-Impulsivity (Barrett, 1994) 4-Sensation seeking (Zuckerman, 1994). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics like mean, SD , and t-test for examine the difference between the variables. The findings indicate an insignificant gender differences on anger, sensation seeking and impulsivity. Pages: 716-720Meenu Sharma (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Health seeking behavior of known type II diabetics in urban population of Rohtak Pages: 721-723 Varun Arora (Department of Community Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana) Tarun (Department of General Medicine, B.P.S. G.M.C. (W), Khanpur Kalan) Ramesh Verma (Department of Community Medicine, B.P.S. G.M.C. (W), Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat) Swati Arora (P.G.T. Computer Science, Pathania Public School, Rohtak, Haryana) Meenakshi Kharb (Q.M.O., NHM, Haryana) Diabetes mellitus, long considered a disease of minor significance to world health is now taking its place as one of the main threat to human health in 21st century. A sizeable proportion of diabetes mellitus cases are undiagnosed& have a poor health seeking behaviour. The objective of the study was to assess Health seeking behavior of known type II diabetics in Urban Population of Rohtak. This Community based study was conducted in Urban field practice area attached to Dept. of Community Medicine PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana. All the study subjects diagnosed with type II (NIDDM) diabetes mellitus attending the urban health centres during July -December 2013 were enrolled for the study. After receiving their verbal informed consent, the patients were interviewed by employing a pretested semi-structured questionnaire that contained details about epidemiological data and health seeking behaviour of the patients. The study variables were analyzed using appropriate statistical tests. Out of 92 known type II diabetics, 78 consented to participate in the study. Less then half (46.2%) were receiving regular treatment. Maximum (65.4%) patients sought treatment from private practitioners. 92.3% of known diabetics resorted to dietary treatment. 88.46% were receiving drugs and 19.23% received treatment in form of injectables. Belief (73.07%) and accessisibility (53.84%) were the major reason for deciding medical aid in chronic condition like diabetes mellitus. Study highlights the need for a community based education programme to emphasize the need for life style modifications and regularity of treatment. Pages: 721-723Varun Arora (Department of Community Medicine, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana)Tarun (Department of General Medicine, B.P.S… Read more Get Access
Obesity related psychological problems and involvement of mothers in obese behavior of adolescent daughters Pages: 724-727 Pragya Tripathi and Anubhuti Dubey (Department of Psychology, D.D.U.Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh) Obesity is one of the most prevalent nutrition-related problems in western societies. Many studies indicated that obese children with body dissatisfaction had significantly lower self-esteem and high level of depressive symptoms than the obese children without body dissatisfaction and normal weight children. The obesity may have many psychological outcomes like low self-esteem, declined academic performances, etc. In India obesity is a growing problem basically in children and adolescents. The present study is planned to track the physical, psychological, social and environmental factors associated with the overweight and obesity of children and adolescents of eastern part of Uttar Pradesh and also try to focus on the parents of such children on how they contribute in their children weight gain and their awareness about the health related consequences of obesity. The preliminary interview data on 25 obese girls (aged between 13 to 18 years) suggested that all the participants were not part in extracurricular activities of school, not using exercises, yoga in their daily routine and also they were admitted that most of the day they are not taking proper breakfast. Aggression, stress and low confidence was also noticed in all the participant girls. Parents were aware of obesity and some of its unable efforts motivate their girls for proper diet and exercise. These obese girls face and teasing by their peers and siblings and this is one reason that they did not participant in social occasion's outdoor activities and parties and their problem of obesity further aggravates. The findings are throwing a light on the causes and maintaining factors of obesity as well as the psychological and social indicators of obesity and some associated factors, the parental role etc. Pages: 724-727Pragya Tripathi and Anubhuti Dubey (Department of Psychology, D.D.U.Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Role of personality, culture and gender in academic anxiety Pages: 728-730 Saroj Sahu (School of Regional Studies, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) Meeta Jha (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) Purpose of the present research is to examine the role of personality, culture and sex in academic anxiety. It is hypothesized thatthe students scoring low on Factor C (Lower ego-strength) would exhibit higher degree of academic anxiety as compared to the students scoring high on Factor C (Higher ego-strength), urban students would show higher academic anxiety as compared to tribal students and the male students would show higher academic anxiety than the female students. One thousand students of class 11th and 12thrandomly selected from different schools of Chhattisgarh were used as the subjects. Half of the subjects were male and remaining half were females. Half of the subjects were taken taken from urban area and remaining half were taken from the tribal area. Academic Anxiety of the subjects was measured by the Academic Anxiety Scale developed by Singh and Sen Gupta (1984).The result indicates that the personality do have the significant role in academic anxiety of the students. An analysis of the data also showed that the cultures do have the significant role in determining academic anxiety of the students and the sex significantly, affects the academic anxiety of the students and female students show higher academic anxiety than the males. The results of the present study have given very important information for minimizing the academic anxiety. These results give insight as to how we can minimize their academic anxiety by providing them such environment which should be responsible for generating less academic anxiety. The study may prove its high significance to minimize academic anxiety and to develop personality that would help in academic achievement. Pages: 728-730Saroj Sahu (School of Regional Studies, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh)Meeta Jha (School… Read more Get Access
Impact of psychosocial factors on women’s career decision making Pages: 731-733 Alka Agrawal (Department of Psychsology, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Universitys, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) Women career decision making has attracted research attention in the last two decades especially when it comes to choosing tertiary education. Despite the importance of decision making skills, there are still limited studies exploring this phenomenon in practice. Therefore this study aims to explore the psycho social factors like socio economic and self esteem affect the career decisions of university students. The study findings for women's career choices indicate a positive overall picture. Both self esteem and socioeconomic status were found to be influential on women's career choices. In order to generalize the findings , further research is required involving other contexts and subject groups. Pages: 731-733Alka Agrawal (Department of Psychsology, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Universitys, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) Read more Get Access
Mental health and housing structure : A slum based study Pages: 734-736 Seema Gupta (Department of Psychology, Gokul Das Hindu Girls College, Moradabad, Uttar Prasesh) Housing is one of the most needful munities that makes its direct impact on mental health, became one has to live and develop himself/herself only living in home. It is also said that home is the first institution so the importance of home in the formation of mental health cannot be denied. Keeping this view in consideration this study was planned and it was aimed to find out the level of mental health among adolescents living in overcrowded homes as a function of gender and age. Two hundred participants (100 males and 100 females) ranging between 13-18 years served as participants. Personal data schedule was used to collect demographic information and mental health battery was used to ascertain the pattern and level of mental health in participants. Four groups of adolescents formed on the basis of gender and age were compared on the mental health through analysis of variance and it was found insignificant so it can be concluded that household crowding do not lay any significant impact on mental health of adolescents. It is only a matter of motivation, chance and interest. Dimensional analysis revealed that the absence of similar trend. As mental health battery was comprised of six dimensions like emotional stability, overall adjustment, autonomy, security-insecurity, self concept and intelligence and many of them are sheer person-based so it is very obvious that they cannot stand in similar raw. So we can say that household crowding is not so strong variable that may lead the pattern and level of mental health is adolescents. Pages: 734-736Seema Gupta (Department of Psychology, Gokul Das Hindu Girls College, Moradabad, Uttar Prasesh) Read more Get Access
Religious interpretations of reincarnation Pages: 737-740 Payal Kanwar Chandel (AIBAS, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan ) Since the origin of mankind the concept of “reincarnation” has been, and still is a mystery, which people are trying to solve. In the present article the effort is made to first define the term(the belief that after death one can be born again as a different person, animal, or any other living creature) Reincarnation, in its literal meaning i.e. based on its literary origin and then the corresponding terms used in various religious texts. Depending on the evolution of civilisations the concept of reincarnation too spread world-wide, but with a discrimination based on the religious beliefs. This article tries to understand the various religious beliefs for 'reincarnation'. Starting from Hinduism, which seems to be the originator of the concept, having a strong belief in rebirth (even gods reincarnate), the beliefs of Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity and Islam are discussed in the present piece of work. It was observed that although many religions like Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism do believe in reincarnation but there exists differences in their beliefs. Majority of Christianity and Islam discard the very concept of reincarnation but there exist some sub-sects that have been observed to believe in life after death. An effort to compare various beliefs is made in the present piece of work, related researches as well are included in the text. Pages: 737-740Payal Kanwar Chandel (AIBAS, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan ) Read more Get Access
Social media and the mental health of teenagers: An insight Pages: 741-743 Gagan Deep (Department of Communication Management and Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana ) Many inventions like light, wheel, printing, sound etc. has been the base of human evolution since ages, but one innovation, which has really brought revolution in the recent times, is internet. Internet itself is a harmless tool but the latest phenomenon which are the social networking sites, have driven the mental health of the masses in a different way, especially of teenagers. The present paper talks about the affects of over use of social networking sites on the mental health of teenagers and offers some solutions to this problem. It is highlighted here that how the social networking sites are doing harm to the teenagers and how some measures at the school and family level can control this situation. Pages: 741-743Gagan Deep (Department of Communication Management and Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and… Read more Get Access
Psychotherapy with a patient of alcoholism Pages: 744-746 Anita Sharma and Sandeep Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh) Alcoholism is the dependence on, or addiction to alcohol and it is a chronic, progressive and sometimes fatal disease (Goedde & Agarwal, 1989). In this article the psychotherapeutic treatment of a 45 years old patient is described. The treatment leads to the exploration of various facets of the patient's life. The results of the treatment were suggestive of significant improvement and the resolution of various underlying issues. Pages: 744-746Anita Sharma and Sandeep Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Psychosocial impact on survivors of Pune landslide disaster: A qualitative study Pages: 747-748 Palash Mandal, Vigneshvaran, K., Sanjeev Kumar and K. Sekar (Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Karnataka ) Disasters strike at most unwanted hour and take troll from human life. During Second World War mental health issues of war survivors were noticed, though further this area was not much explored. Only in past decade this area got attention and lot of changes came into this field. Earlier mental health services were medical model based but now paradigm shifted from medical to bio-psycho-social model, intervention became more community based rather institutional and empowering to the survivors. In developing countries still there is lack of management strategy for assessment and providing basic services to the survivors. This study was aimed to assess psychosocial impact on survivors following the landslide and their need for long term rehabilitation. Indepth interview and observation method were used to collect data. Various kind of psychosocial response of survivors was identified such as loss of family members, property, livelihood, numbness, flashback, guilt feeling, hopelessness, elations, etc. Pages: 747-748Palash Mandal, Vigneshvaran, K., Sanjeev Kumar and K. Sekar (Department of Psychiatric Social Work… Read more Get Access
Effective communication for corporate sector: A need for a paradigm shift Pages: 749-751 Sradhanjali Mishra (Department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relation, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisa) Communication in the present corporate world has gained currency due to the overhauling change of the information system. There is an imperative need for an effective communication in the corporate world. An improved written communication system can make employees happier with their jobs, cut down on confusion and paper work, and even bring in more business. For proper ventilation, employer's views there have to be a full proof communication mechanism. In our present study a humble attempt has been made to focus on the facilities for communication through implementation of Employee Value Proportion (EVP). Recent experience has shown that personal communication is critical for smooth running of companies and cannot be fully replaced by any form of technical communication devices. To shoulder these responsibility employees, must learn to understand their own behavior. Perhaps the largest shift in contemporary corporate communication is an expansion of its strategic mandate, and this expansion is closely tied to the rise in importance of communicating and nurturing corporate identity, brand, and reputation. Most managers are well-known with the language and activities of envisioning a business, setting a strategy, establishing goals, and figuring out how to meet the goals with a series of short-term objectives. This article dwells upon the outcomes of the research on the relationship between the extent of communication among organizational units and its efficiency. Pages: 749-751Sradhanjali Mishra (Department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relation, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisa) Read more Get Access
Prevalence rate of substance use, its association with selected socio-demographic factors and its impacts on education: The case of Halaba secondary school students Pages: 752-756 Gete Tsegaye (Department of Psychology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia) The present study aimed to find out the prevalence of substance use and its relationship with selected socio-demographic factors as well as its educational impacts. Halaba public secondary school was selected purposefully due to its strategic importance. Out of a total of 5,518 students 311 female and 500 male students were selected to take part in the study by using proportionate stratified random sampling technique . A survey questionnaire was used to collect data by the help of 11 secondary school teachers. Three FGDs were conducted with 24 key informants. According to the present study 29.8% of the students were found to be current substance users. Chi-Square Test indicated that gender and substance use were highly significantly associated (p< .001). On the other hand, one way ANOVA indicated that Muslims were more involved in khat chewing compared to other religious groups. Also grades 9 & 10 students were more involved compared to their seniors. The more the parents' were educated the trend observed was that the lesser is the involvement of their children in substance use. Children of vocational level educated parents were less involved in substance use. Likewise, compared to other professional groups farmers' children were more involved in substance use (p<.001). Furthermore, an indication that pointed out negative impacts of substance use on academics was found. In order to control and prevent substance use in schools, an integrated approach that involves Parent Teacher Association, Student Council, Community and Religious leaders and the Government should be employed. Pages: 752-756Gete Tsegaye (Department of Psychology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia) Read more Get Access
An analysis of diabetes empowerment and distress in patients of diabetes mellitus type 2 Pages: 757-762 Gitanjali Kapoor and Kamayani Mathur (Department of Psychology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat ) Diabetes makes many demands on lifestyle and poses debilitating and life-threatening complications which overall have a negative impact on a patient's well-being and social life. India is presently home to 62 million diabetics an increase of nearly 2 million in just one year with more than 50 % of them unacquainted of their condition. Thus the objective of the present research was to study the level of diabetes empowerment and resulting distress in the patients of type 2 diabetes. A total sample of 120 diabetics aged 45 to 70 years equally divided gender-wise was selected from different hospitals of Ahmedabad city through purposive sampling method. The Diabetes Empowerment Scale (Anderson, 2000) and Diabetes Distress Scale (Polonsky, 2005) were administered to the subjects. ANOVA was used to statistically analyze the data. The results revealed that diabetes empowerment was observed to be less in females than in males and more so in the patients with diabetes duration of less than 7 years. Males were found to be better at managing the psychological aspects of diabetes and setting and achieving diabetes goals. Emotional burden, physician related distress and interpersonal distress were observed to be higher in females than in males. Type 2 diabetics with duration of diabetes less than 7 years had more diabetes distress. Pages: 757-762Gitanjali Kapoor and Kamayani Mathur (Department of Psychology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat ) Read more Get Access
Personality profile of alcoholics, drug addicts and normals Pages: 763-768 Anita Sharma and Sandeep Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla) This research has been performed to explore and compare the personality profile of Alcoholics, Drug Addicts and Normals by using the New Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) of Costa and McCrae (1992). Alcoholic and Drug Addicts were selected from drug rehabilitation centers from Amritsar (Punjab) by applying Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) (Skinner, 1982) and Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) (Skinner, 1982) on them. The total sample comprised of 120 subjects with 40 Alcoholics, 40 Drug Addicts and 40 Normals. For the analysis purpose, one way ANOVA and Post-hoc comparison i.e.,Duncan's multiple range test have been used. In terms of NEO-five factor model of personality taxonomy, the present study reveals that alcoholics scored significantly higher on personality dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion followed by drug addicts. Whereas, normals scored significantly higher on openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness dimensions of personality. Pages: 763-768Anita Sharma and Sandeep Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla) Read more Get Access

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