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Effect of age on hand grip strength in professional cricket players Pages: 774-776 Pavan K.Talupuru (Chief Clinical Therapist, UP Cricket Team, UPCA, Kanpur, UP) Sivachidambaram Kulandaivelan (Department of Physiotherapy, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana) Naif Ziad Alrashdi and Mahamed Ateef (Department of Physicaltherapy, Majmaah University, Majmaah, KSA) Cricket is most popular team sport in India. Hand-grip strength (HGS) plays a vital part in all roles of cricket which may be affected by age. To find-out the effect of age on HGS in Indian professional cricket players. Study-design: Experimental study; different subject design. Sampling technique: Convenient sampling Sample size: 322 male cricket players aged between 13 and 38 years. Independent variable: Age group (13-16, 17-19, 20-25, and 26-38) Dependent variable: HGS in 3 different positions for both right and left side. Instrument used: Jamar hand-held electronic hand-grip dynamometer. Statistics: Mean standard deviation (SD) as descriptive and one-way ANNOVA with LSD post-hoc analysis as inferential statistics. 13-16 group showed significantly lower HGS than other three age groups. HGS increased up to 25 years without any significance. Peak HGS value was shared between 20-25 and 26-38 groups. Hand-grip strength (HGS) is significantly lower in young players (13-16 years) than adults possibly due to differences in attaining puberty by this age category which affects HGS through testosterone in blood. The possible lack of difference after 18 years may be sports training help those three groups to achieve peak testosterone level in blood which helps muscle building hence HGS. Pages: 774-776Pavan K.Talupuru (Chief Clinical Therapist, UP Cricket Team, UPCA, Kanpur, UP)Sivachidambaram Kulandaivelan (Department of… Read more Get Access
Study to evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on road safety measures among students in selected schools of Rohtak, Haryana Pages: 777-779 Heaven Dahiya and Sudesh Rani (College of Nursing, Pt. B D Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana) Lokanathan V. (Department of Biochemistry, Pt. B D Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana) A Pre-Experimental One Group Pre-test Post-test study was conducted to evaluate the Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching on Road Safety Measures among 120 school students from 9th and 10th standard from selected schools of Rohtak, Haryana by using purposive sampling technique. Structured knowledge questionnaire and rating attitude scale were used to assess the knowledge and attitude of school students. The findings of the study revealed that the mean post test scores were significantly higher than mean pre scores. There was no association found between the selected demographic variables with the knowledge and attitude scores of 9th and 10th standard students regarding road safety measures. Pages: 777-779Heaven Dahiya and Sudesh Rani (College of Nursing, Pt. B D Sharma Post Graduate… Read more Get Access
Effect of duration of sleep on personality and stress in professional students Pages: 780-782 Seema Rani Sarraf (Department of Psychology, M. G. Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) S. N. Dubey (Department of Psychology, K. S. Saket P.G. College, Ayodhya, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh) Sleep plays a vital role in good health and well being throughout life. Getting enough quality sleep at the right time is beneficial for mental health, physical health and quality of life. The focus of present research is to find out effect of duration of sleep on personality and stress in professional students. A total of six hundred and eighty students, aged 20 to 25 years participated in this research. Purposive sampling technique was applied to select the subject. The groups were formed on the basis of duration of sleep e.g. long sleepers (more than nine hours out of twenty four hours) and short sleepers (less than six or fewer hours out of twenty four hours) and type of course e.g. professional courses (B.Tech., MBA, B. Pharma). These are independent variables manipulated through selection. The non- professional group was taken to compare with professional group. A self biographical sheet, Multi- dimensional assessment of personality (MAP-A) and Hassles Scale (Lazarus and Folkman, 1981) were used for the purpose of data collection. In order to find out the significant difference among the groups, analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used. Duration of sleep and course offered by students both produce the significant effect on several dimensions of personality and stress level of students. The results are discussed in the light of previous researches. Students should get sufficient sleep for restoration of physical and mental function. Getting sufficient sleep help them to improve their cognitive processes and mental health. Pages: 780-782Seema Rani Sarraf (Department of Psychology, M. G. Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)S. N… Read more Get Access
Alcohol abuse counseling using motivation enhancement approach: A case report Pages: 783-786 Preeti Sharma (Counselor, Academy of Well-being, Udaipur and Research Scholar, Pacific University, Udaipur) Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) Drinking practices and substance use disorders have increased significantly both globally and in India. Alcohol and substance use is a major concern on college campuses. College drinking is often considered socially acceptable behavior on the college social and cultural scene. College culture often views drinking as a rite of passage, encouraging behavior that is destructive to the college sub culture and general population. Alcohol use and abuse are cause of concern because the educational process and quality of campus student life are disrupted. There is growing concern about alcohol/substance abuse in India also. Precursors of drug and alcohol problems have been described as risk factors for alcohol abuse and are associated statistically with an increased probability of drug and alcohol abuse. There are host of risk factors including cultural norms and values, attitude toward drinking and substance use, legal factors, increased stress in the society, family factors, interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts, cognitive factors like expectancies and beliefs related to alcohol use. In the management of alcohol and substance use disorders, psychological interventions play a pivotal role. Interventions like social skills training, effective coping skills, drink refusal skills, cognitive behaviour interventions, family based and marital interventions are often employed in alcohol use. In recent years, motivation enhance therapy and mindfulness based urge surfing therapy have become common in clinical practice. The current paper will briefly discuss the components, process and efficacy of motivation enhancement therapy in the management of alcohol use. Pages: 783-786Preeti Sharma (Counselor, Academy of Well-being, Udaipur and Research Scholar, Pacific University, Udaipur)Mustafa Nadeem… Read more Get Access
Internet addiction and subjective well-beACing of university students Pages: 787-794 Nishat Afroz (Department of Psychology, MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) In today's world technology have an enormous impact on the young generation. For youth, the Internet offers a number of risks along with a multitude of opportunities. In the present study internet addiction in context of social networking sites and subjective well-being of university students has been studied. The assumption of the present study was that “the one who are most addicted to the internet have poor subjective well-being whereas, the one who are less addicted have good subjective well-being”.A sample of 100 university students (male & female both) was taken of age group 18 -23 years from Varanasi. Participants were selected who are at least 18 years old, must have an internet access in personal mobile, computers, laptops, etc. and, must spent on an average two hours a day online for private purposes. Data have been analysed by using descriptive analysis, t-test, and coefficient of correlation. Findings indicated that level of Internet addiction is high among the university students and Internet addiction affects the subjective well-being of the students. Pages: 787-794Nishat Afroz (Department of Psychology, MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Effect of visual warning cue on sustained attention task performance Pages: 795-798 Tarun Mishra, Naveen, Indramani L. Singh, Tara Singh and Trayambak Tiwari (Cognitive Science Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) In daily life we usually scan the environment in terms of critical events over non-critical events. The ability to detect and maintain attention for extended periods of time is referred as sustained attention or vigilance. The present study examined the effect of visual warning cue on sustained attention task performance. Twenty undergraduate students of Banaras Hindu University were randomly assigned into two different experimental conditions. A 2 (warning cue: No warning, warning cue) x 4 (Block: 10 minute each) mixed factorial design with repeated measure on last factor was used. Super Lab software was used to design and conduct successive go/no-go visual sustained attention task. Reaction time, correct detection and incorrect detection were recorded as dependent measures. Findings revealed that participants took less time to respond, when warning cue was preceded the target. However, rate of correct detection and false alarm scores did not differ significantly under both conditions. Real world application of this research includes traffic system, system that requires operators to sustain attention to complex tasks while receiving and responding to warning. Pages: 795-798Tarun Mishra, Naveen, Indramani L. Singh, Tara Singh and Trayambak Tiwari (Cognitive Science Laboratory… Read more Get Access
The relationship between dispositional mindfulness, marital adjustment and psychological well-being among military wives Pages: 799-802 Nikita Virlley and Jayasankara Reddy K. (Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka) Military families are faced with stressors that are unique in nature and very different from those that are faced by civilian couples, such as extended separation, trauma witnessed during deployment, reintegration into the family after separation, changing roles, frequent transfers, role transitions and the need to adapt to all these changes. This may impact the marital adjustment and well-being of military wives. Mindfulness can help the military wives become aware of the environmental demands, be mindful in their communications with their spouse and help tackle the various issues that come in conjunction with being a part of this lifestyle. The main aim of the present study is to understand the relationship between dispositional mindfulness, marital adjustment and psychological well-being with regard to military wives. 50 military wives whose husbands are currently posted in field areas were studied. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, The Psychological Well Being Scale, and The Marital Adjustment Inventory were administered. The data was analyzed using correlation and regression analysis. The results indicate the existence of a positive relationship between mindfulness, marital adjustment and the overall psychological well-being with dispositional mindfulness significantly predicting marital adjustment and psychological well-being. Pages: 799-802Nikita Virlley and Jayasankara Reddy K. (Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka) Read more Get Access
Effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on symptoms reduction and improving quality of life in patients with excoriation disorder Pages: 803-806 Mohammad Hossein Arab (Department of Clinical Psychology, Bushehr branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran) Hossein Baghouli and Majid Barzegar (Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University Marvdasht branch, Marvdasht, Iran) The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on symptoms reduction and improvement of quality of life in patients with excoriation disorder. Research method was quasi-experimentalwith three-monthpretest and post test design. Thus, thirty patients with excoriation disorder (15 received mindfulness-based therapies as the experimental group and 15 received cognitive-behavioral the rapies as the control group)were selected through convenience sampling from patients attended one of the clinics in Tehran in 2014. Participants were asked to complete the short form of quality of life questionnaire and excoriation disorder revised-scale before and after treatment intervention and three-month follow-up. Findings showed that both the rapies were effective on reducing the symptoms and improving the quality of life of patients in both groups. According to statistical results, there was a significant difference due to preceding mindfulness-based therapy regarding cognitive-behavior therapy. Pages: 803-806Mohammad Hossein Arab (Department of Clinical Psychology, Bushehr branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran)Hossein… Read more Get Access
Role of Family relationship in child rearing of drug addiction afflicted vs normal families Pages: 807-809 Rajni Sharma (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of family relationship in child rearing of drug addiction afflicted and normal families. Sample for the present investigation was comprised of 270 students (7th to 10th classes) from Govt. High schools of rural areas (Mandoli, Harpalpur and Ajrawar) of Patiala district. Sample covered children who are from drug addiction afflicted families (N=135) as GrI and children from non-drug addiction afflicted families or normal families (N=135) as GrII. Family relationship inventory (Sherry & Sinha, 1987) was used to measure three types of perceived parental attitudes, namely acceptance, concentration and avoidance. It was hypothesized that Family relationship in drug addiction afflicted families would be characterized by low concentration, low acceptance and high avoidance rejection as compared to normal families. T-ratio was used to analyze the data. The results of t-ratio revealed that Family relationships in GrI, i.e., students belonging to drug addiction afflicted families were characterized by significant higher attitude of avoidance that is abuse and rejection of children. Family relationships in GrII (normal families) were characterized by significant higher acceptance and concentration and very low on avoidance attitude toward children. Implications of the findings have been discussed. Pages: 807-809Rajni Sharma (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) Read more Get Access
Effectiveness of stair climbing programme on BMI and self-esteem among obese college students Pages: 810-812 Neethu P. S. (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry) The present study investigated the effectiveness of six weeks stair climbing programme on selected physical and psychological variables of obese college students. Thirty obese female students aged 20-25 years were randomly assigned to control (n =15) and experimental (n = 15) groups. Experimental group climbed on staircases located within a four storey hostel building, consisting of 100 steps. The prescribed intensity was involved climbing 25 steps in one minute. BMI and self-esteem of both control and experimental group were measured before and after the training programme. The dependent t-test suggests that there is significant difference between control and experimental group in pre and post-test measures. The findings of the study provide evidence that stair climbing can enhance self-esteem reduce BMI of obese students. Given that such improvement resulted from this moderate exercise, stair climbing should be promoted as a health-enhancing physical activity. Pages: 810-812Neethu P. S. (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry) Read more Get Access
The relationship between parenting styles and social maturity and styles teenagers opposition Pages: 813-816 Mojgan Zahiri and Nazanin Honarparvaran (Department of Counselling, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran) The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and social maturity and coping styles of adolescents. The research design is descriptive and correlational study. Statistical population of this study included all adolescent girls of 11-14 years old of Esfahan who were enrolled in the academic year 2014-2015. Multistage cluster sampling was used to select the sample, a total of 250 students were selected and then the students were asked to complete questionnaires of this study (parenting styles questionnaire, Coping Scale, and a questionnaire maturity Social Rao). This study used both descriptive and inferential data by using SPSS 20 software and statistical methods of Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between parenting style and adolescent girls coping styles and there is a significant relationship between coping styles of adolescent girls and social maturity. Also according to the results, the component weak monitoring is able to predict significant negative predict Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping style. Communication and cooperation with its positive impact and leadership with negative effects are able to predict problem-focused coping style and confidence with negative effects able to predict emotion-focused coping style. Pages: 813-816Mojgan Zahiri and Nazanin Honarparvaran (Department of Counselling, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht… Read more Get Access
Study of life skills among girls of tribal and non tribal KGBV as compared with girls of other schools of Chhattisgarh `Pages: 817-822 Ushakiran Agrawal (Department of Psychology, Govt. D. B. Girls P. G. College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) The present study focuses at studying life sills among girls of Kasturbaa Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya KGBV of tribal and nontribal regions of Chhattisgarh , which is a residential school from class sixth to eighth and comparing the it with model and other school , aim of the study is to see girls of which school have highest life skills a total sample comprises of 720 girls 90 from 2 tribal KGBV ,90 girls from 2 nontribal KGBV , 90 girls from two model schools , 90 girls from 2 other schools. The results are significant in the sense that tribal pupil seem to be much prepared to challenges of life as compared to other schools including the KGBV of nontribal areas. It is also significant to note that the KGBV schools are doing well in giving education and environment to girls , which may be resulting in to development of better life skills as compared to other schools. The result forms a basis for consolidating the policy and demands for further penetration. This paper also indicates the importance of such studies at a much wider level. `Pages: 817-822Ushakiran Agrawal (Department of Psychology, Govt. D. B. Girls P. G. College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) Read more Get Access
Psycho-social correlates of health and quality of life among women: A multivariate study Pages: 823-826 Neeraj Chaudhary (Department of Psychology, D. J. College Baraut, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh) This study aimed to investigate the relationship among Spousal- violence, Assertiveness, Social- Support, Health and Quality of Life. It was also assumed that the different mediated variables such as Age, Type of family, working status, income, and birth- order would be differently related with Health and Quality of Life. A total of 200 women participated as respondents. The selection of females was done from U.P. with the help of simple random sampling. The CMI health questionnaire by Wig, Prasad and Verma (1983) was used to assess health status of the women. Quality of Life scale constructed and standardized by Moudgil and Verma was used, In order to measure spousal violence, violence scale by Sushma Pandey was used. Social-support scale by Nehra, Kulhera and Verma was used. Assertiveness Scale by Kaur and Mehta was used on the selected sample. Some mediated variables like Age, Type of family, Working status, Income level and Birth- order were coded. The data were analyzed by using Pearson's product moment method to see the correlation among these variables. Results revealed that Spousal violence, found to be positively correlated with physical and psychological illness , whereas negatively correlated with Quality of Life. Assertiveness and social support were found negatively related with physical and psychological illness, whereas positively correlated with Quality of life. The other mediated variables like age, type of family, and working status were found to be associated significantly with spousal violence, assertiveness, social- support, health, and Quality of life, Where as birth order, and income level were not found to be associated significantly. Pages: 823-826Neeraj Chaudhary (Department of Psychology, D. J. College Baraut, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh) Read more Get Access
Gratitude and forgiveness as correlates of well-being among adolescents Pages: 827-833 Shruti Shourie (Department of Psychology, D.A.V. College, Sector-10, Chandigarh) Harshmeet Kaur (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh) The field of Positive psychology intends to study positive human strengths and their benefit to enhance optimal functioning. Character strengths have been one of the key elements of Positive psychology. Gratitude and forgiveness are considered as character strengths and have received attention in empirical researches but majority of researches have been carried out among adults. The preventive nature of positive psychology has observed the need to enhance wellbeing early in childhood and adolescent years. The present study explored the relationship between gratitude, forgiveness and wellbeing among adolescents. The sample size taken was 250 (125 boys and 125girls). Statistical analysis included Pearson Product Moment correlation method and t-test. The results revealed that gratitude and forgiveness have been found to be positively correlated with psychological wellbeing. The study also indicated that gratitude and forgiveness showed positive correlation with life-satisfaction, positive affect and negative correlation with negative affect (components of subjective wellbeing). The attempt was made to explore gender differences in the study. Pages: 827-833Shruti Shourie (Department of Psychology, D.A.V. College, Sector-10, Chandigarh)Harshmeet Kaur (Department of Psychology, Panjab… Read more Get Access
A sociological study of usage of new market culture (malls) among middle aged women Pages: 834-836 Manju Jha (Department of Sociology, Govt. College, Dharsewa, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) The present study aims at Sociological Study of usage of new market culture (malls) in terms of time spent in the malls, type of shopping in the malls, frequency of visiting malls and expenses in malls and online Vs malls shopping among middle aged women. The sample chosen comprises of women of 41 to 60 yrs of age, as visitors in malls belong to reasonably well placed economic conditions, survey questionnaire was prepared for collecting data comprising of 14 items, survey study methodology was be used. The findings show that 1. Time spent on malls is found to have significant difference and subjects reported to have effect in their budget with the amount of time spent in the malls. 2 women reported deterioration in their life and negative changes with mall culture. 3. Those who had high frequency of visiting malls reported negative effects in their life 4. Similarly variety of shopping showed significant difference and it also influenced their life as going to mall led to useless buying. Pages: 834-836Manju Jha (Department of Sociology, Govt. College, Dharsewa, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) Read more Get Access
A concept paper on the importance of introducing parents to the multiple intelligences concept to help understand their child’s learning styles Pages: 837-840 Asra Ali and Rajalakshmi M. S. (Department of Early Childhood Education and Administration, SMT.VHD Central Institute of Home Science, Bangalore) Given all the debates about how children should be taught, it may come as a surprise to learn that students spend less than 15% of their time in school. While there's no doubt that school is important, a clutch of recent studies reminds us that parents are even more so. A study published by researchers at North Carolina State University, Brigham Young University and the University of California-Irvine, for example, finds that parental involvement checking homework, attending school meetings and events, discussing school activities at home has a more powerful influence on students' academic performance than anything about the school the students attend. Another study, published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, reports that the effort put forth by parents (reading stories aloud, meeting with teachers) has a bigger impact on their children's educational achievement than the effort expended by either teachers or the students themselves. And a third study concludes that schools would have to increase their spending by more than $1,000 per pupil in order to achieve the same results that are gained with parental involvement. So parents matter a point made clear by decades of research showing that a major part of the academic advantage held by children from affluent families comes from the “concerted cultivation of children” as compared to the more laissez-faire style of parenting common in working-class families. Children who hear talk about counting and numbers at home start school with much more extensive mathematical knowledge, report researchers from the University of Chicago knowledge that predicts future achievement in the subject. Psychologist Susan Levine, who led the study on number words, has also found that the amount of talk young children hear about the spatial properties of the physical world how big or small or round or sharp objects are predicts kids' problem-solving abilities as they prepare to enter kindergarten. Research by Nancy Hill, a professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, finds that parents play an important role in what Hill calls “academic socialization” setting expectations and making connections between current behavior and future goals (going to college, getting a good job). Engaging in these sorts of conversations, Hill reports, has a greater impact on educational accomplishment than volunteering at a child's school or going to PTA meetings, or even taking children to libraries and museums. But often time's parents are clueless about how to teach their children. They adopt methods that their parents adopted, or their peers recommend. They encourage rote learning, and resort to question and answer sessions, looking to verbatim repetitons of what is in the note book. A child who is not strong on language skills may find this burden. It is at this juncture that the approach to learning through Multiple Intelligences framework comes in handy to parents. If parents are sensitised to applying the MI approach in their childrens learning, then learning can be made fun, meaningful and with positive outcomes for both the children and parents. Pages: 837-840Asra Ali and Rajalakshmi M. S. (Department of Early Childhood Education and Administration, SMT.VHD… Read more Get Access
Role of health and emotions in promotion of well-being: Current thoughts in indian perspective Pages: 841-844 Nitin Kumar Verma (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi) Sanjay Kumar (Department of Psychology, Sagar University Sagar, M.P.) Health and emotions have a greater impact over the aspects of well-being. In this respect, it is interesting to focus on Physical mental and social Health strategies and its association with well-being of an individual. There are many health related issues which are expected to play greater role in adaptive functioning of a person. Several other health related challenges are the plausible consequence of maladaptive emotion regulation that leads to emotional and behavioural disturbances. Studies reveal that health and emotions regulation of well-being may influence help seeking behaviour, symptoms report, medical adherence and somatic health of the people. The way people regulate their health is shaped by bio-psychosocial and cultural processes. Gender differences have also been reported in emotional regulation strategies as studies indicate that women are comparatively better than men in attending, valuing, and expressing emotions in daily life. Other findings have reported that styles of emotional expression are related with health as individuals who repress their emotional symptoms exhibit poor health outcomes. While the Individuals, who feel emotions with greater intensity, differentiate among them and regulate them properly, show better health outcomes in their health related issues. Pages: 841-844Nitin Kumar Verma (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi)Sanjay Kumar (Department of Psychology… Read more Get Access
The upside of peer pressure on adolescent behavior Pages: 845-847 Rajesh G. Meshram (Department of Psychology, Jijamata College, Nandurbar, Maharashtra) Peer pressure is influence on a peer group or an individual that encourages others to change their attitudes, values, or behaviors to conform to those of the influencing group or individual. The need to follow the crowd and do what majority of us are doing forces us to do things or take up activities which we wouldn't otherwise. This is especially true for teenagers who are easily influenced by their surroundings or people they socialize with. However, recent studies have shown that peer pressure might have an upside to it; that in certain environments peer pressure can inspire an individual to be a more focused and determined individual (Tejaswini & Romate 2015).Peer pressure has become a big part of the adolescent lives. Whether they are at school or work, peer pressure can affect their output and even impact their general outlook on life. All of us, at some point in our lives, have had to deal with peer pressure. The need to follow the crowd and do what majority of us are doing forces us to do things or take up activities which we wouldn't otherwise. This is especially true for adolescents who are easily influenced by their surroundings or people they socialize with. Parenting styles can also affect peer influence. Authoritative parenting encourages adolescents to be less susceptible to peer influence specifically in domains in which peers are engaging in unacceptable behaviors, but more susceptible to peer influence in domains that are approved by adults (Mounts and Steinberg 1995). However, recent studies have shown that peer pressure might have an upside to it; that in certain environments peer pressure can inspire an individual to be a more focused and determined individual. Pages: 845-847Rajesh G. Meshram (Department of Psychology, Jijamata College, Nandurbar, Maharashtra) Read more Get Access
Positive education and higher achievers role of positive psychology Pages: 848-850 V. Ramachandram (SDLCE, Kakatiya University, Vidyaranyapuri, Warangal) The goal of Positive Education is to guide young people towards positive functioning and flourishing by dovetailing evidence-based positive psychology interventions with best-practice teaching methods. The delivery of Positive Education programs in schools can equip both students and teachers with the skills and confidence to better manage their emotions, develop healthy thinking styles, form a positive self-identity, and foster healthy relationships. Positive Education provides a new educational paradigm which prepares young people to thrive despite the complex life challenges they face in contemporary times. Positive Education, the embedding of positive psychology research findings into education best practices has also been shown to reduce or even prevent depression and anxiety, increase enjoyment and engagement in school, improve curiosity and love of learning, and enhance social skills like empathy, cooperation, assertiveness, and self-control, all of which are correlated with increased academic achievement. It is also the incorporation of the science of positive psychology into the life and work of schools. While it may sound daunting to educators to hear of something else that schools should be doing, Positive Education benefits teachers personally, and then benefits them again by making it easier to get students to engage with and persist in the work they need to master academic material. Pages: 848-850V. Ramachandram (SDLCE, Kakatiya University, Vidyaranyapuri, Warangal) Read more Get Access
Correlates of materialism among teachers in Chandigarh Pages: 851-854 Komila Parthi (Department of Psychology, DAV College, Sec 10, Chandigarh) Ramanpreet Kaur (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh) The departure point of this paper is the definition of materialism as a value as well as a trait. Materialism is seen in a negative light in the literature available on the topic. It is defined as the tendency to assign greater value to material goods and comforts as compared to the spiritual values. It has been a fodder for studies in various disciplines ranging from philosophy, sociology, political science, and psychology. This paper attempts to investigate the relationships between materialism and life-satisfaction, self esteem. To this end, the data was collected from a sample of teachers (N=400) from colleges and universities in Chandigarh. The statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS. The techniques of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and student's t-test were employed. It was observed that people's endorsement of a materialistic lifestyle negatively correlates with their life satisfaction and self esteem. The findings of the study reveal that gender differences exist when it comes to expression of materialism as a trait comprising envy, non generosity and possessiveness. The gender differences were explored on all the variables. Males scored higher on materialism, females scored higher on self esteem and no gender differences were found on life satisfaction. Pages: 851-854Komila Parthi (Department of Psychology, DAV College, Sec 10, Chandigarh)Ramanpreet Kaur (Department of Psychology… Read more Get Access
Role of perceived parental rejection and emotional warmth in marital adjustment Pages: 855-858 Rashmi Rani, Lok Nath Singh and Arun Kumar Jaiswal (Department of Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) Parental rearing behavior is a significant etiological factor in a vulnerability model of psychopathology and connected to child's psycho-social development and social problems. As such, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived parenting rearing styles and marital satisfaction in adult Indian married couples. Therefore, psychometrically validated Hindi version of instruments for the assessment of the perceived parental rearing styles (PPRSQ) and marital satisfaction scale (MAS) were administered on a sample of 300 married Indian Hindi speaking couples which included 50 % male and 50 % female persons with 10 to 20 years of married life. The instruments were filled out by the participants. MANOVA performed on the scores of marital adjustment (marital communication, affectional expression, marital satisfaction, marital cohesion and overall marital adjustment with 'gender' (men and women) and levels (low and high) of perceived parental rejection and perceived parental emotional warmth as independent factors and subsequent univariate analyses revealed: (i) significant main effect of levels of perceived parental rejection on all measures of marital adjustment, (ii) significant main effect of gender on marital communication and marital cohesion measures of marital adjustment foe perceived emotional warmth , and significant main effect of levels of perceived parental emotional warmth on all measures of marital adjustment. Post hoc mean comparisons revealed that low as compared to high scorer respondents on perceived parental rejection and emotional warmth respectively scored significantly low and high on measures of marital adjustment. Moreover, men as compared to women manifested more marital communication and marital cohesion. In summary, the findings indicated that recalled parental rejection and emotional warmth had significant effects on later marital adjustment in Indian married couples. Pages: 855-858Rashmi Rani, Lok Nath Singh and Arun Kumar Jaiswal (Department of Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi… Read more Get Access
To study behavior modification of school children through parental counselling Pages: 859-862 Shabnam Khan (Counsellor and Teacher, Happy Feet School, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) Shabahat Bano (Career Planning Centre, Abdullah Womens college, Aligarh, UP) The behavior of the parents has direct effect on the children's psychological growth and behaviour. Parents are varied in their rearing practice and frequently unpredictable. Sometimes their interactions with children are tinged with odd combinations of beliefs such as personal prejudice, emotional regards, tradition and rule of thumb procedures. According to psychoanalytic theory social value and controls are largely interiorized on the basis of early parent-child interactions. Parents rear their children in the same way that they were reared by their parents. The reward with affection and privilege similar behaviours, punish with rejection and threats the same kind of misbehaviours for which they were chastised. This cultural drift is characteristically in the direction of the prevailing value of the general community with its gradual assimilation of new ideas, technology inventions and the shifting art. When the parents do not deal with their children in a proper way the children may develop internalizing and externalizing disorders, here we focus on externalizing disorders which includes disorders with behaviour that are disruptive and often aggressive. A high level of externalizing behaviour is an obvious indication of a potential problem. Children who do not pay attention, seems exceptionally active, behave aggressively, break rules and cause significant harm to other people and their property are need special concern and proper care of their parents and caretakers. The aim of the current study was to focus on how parental counselling can be helpful in dealing with externalizing behaviour of the child. So parents need special training and counselling to handle such type of children. Pages: 859-862Shabnam Khan (Counsellor and Teacher, Happy Feet School, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)Shabahat Bano (Career Planning… Read more Get Access
Role of integrated value education in the age of globalism: A review Pages: 863-864 Uma Rani (Department of Psychology, SPW Degree & PG College, Tirupati, AP) Value education is the process by which people give values to others. It can be an activity that can take place in any organization during which people are assisted by others, who may be older, in a position of authority or are more experienced, to make explicit those values underlying their own behavior, to assess the effectiveness of these values and associated behavior for their own and others' long term well-being and to reflect on and acquire other values and behavior which they recognize as being more effective for long term well-being of self and others. There is a difference between literacy and education. Values education can take place at home, as well as in schools, colleges, universities, jails and voluntary youth organizations. There are two main approaches to values education; some see it as inculcating or transmitting a set of values which often come from societal or religious rules or cultural ethics while others see it as a type of Socratic dialogue (Bergmark, 2009) where people are gradually brought to their own realization of what are good behaviors for themselves and their community. Youth power is the driving force of a nation; if it moves in right direction. But now a day youth is adversely diverted through different immoral activities which does not only influence the present Indian society but also it stimulates the future generation of our civilization. Therefore, it is imperative to find out the solution of this crucial problem to establish India in the world of peace and harmony that is very much depends over the hand of youth generation. Pages: 863-864Uma Rani (Department of Psychology, SPW Degree & PG College, Tirupati, AP) Read more Get Access
Positive school climate and positive education: Impact on students well-being Pages: 865-866 Vasant Namdeo Borka (Department of Psychology, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune, Maharashtra) School climate has often been described as the “quality and character of school life”, including both social and physical aspects of the school, that can positively promote behavior, school achievement, and the social and emotional development of students. Positive education has been defined as "education for both traditional skills and for happiness" (Seligman et al., 2009). A broader and more useful definition is "applied positive psychology in education". Positive psychology itself has been defined as an umbrella term encompassing theory and research in relation to what makes life worth living (Noble & McGrath, 2008). Positive psychology is extremely relevant to the school setting to assist in the understanding and development of high levels of psychological wellbeing in students, staff and school. Researchers have found that a positive school climate can help solve a lot of problems. Studies find that it decreases absenteeism, suspensions, and bullying, and increases students' academic achievement, motivation to learn, and psychological well-being. It can even mitigate the negative effects of self-criticism and socioeconomic status on academic success. In addition, working in this kind of climate lessens teacher burnout while increasing retention. The education policy framers in India need to pay heed to positive education, which is being successfully applied in progressive educational institutions of the world. Pages: 865-866Vasant Namdeo Borka (Department of Psychology, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune, Maharashtra) Read more Get Access
Validation of computer based administration for gessells drawing test of intelligence Pages: 872-876 S. Venkatesan, V. Hariharan and G. Y. Yashodhara Kumar (Department of Clinical Psychology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangotri, Mysore) The Gesell's Drawing Test of Intelligence is a useful screening tool for research and clinical practice. This cross-sectional exploratory research seeks to compare performance of a purposive sample of 59 children in age range of 5-12 years on the test drawing activity by using computer based Paint Brush Program along with concurrent use of its traditional paper-pencil mode of test administration. Independent scoring by three mutually blinded examiners show no significant difference in scores of subjects between the two modes of administration (p >0.05). However, a consistent pattern of within group differences is seen with higher scores for paper-pencil mode of administration on variables like gender, age, residence, type of syllabus, and family background (p <0.01), while no differences emerge on variables like children having or not having access to computer facilities, rural background, being a girl child or being above ten years (p >0.05). The findings are discussed with merits and demerits in the ongoing efforts to develop computer-enabled testing devices for children. Pages: 872-876S. Venkatesan, V. Hariharan and G. Y. Yashodhara Kumar (Department of Clinical Psychology, All… Read more Get Access

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