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Pages: 71-75
Sandeep Kaur (Department of Education and Community Services, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

The study examined procrastination in relation to anxiety among university students. The study was conducted on 164 female college students of Punjab. 164 postgraduate students from two colleges of Punjab University, Chandigarh i.e. Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur and S.B.S. Memorial Girls College, Sukhanand, Moga were taken randomly for this study. Tools used for this study were Procrastination Scale (2013) Abraham and Test anxiety scale (1978) Sharma Descriptive method of research was used to conduct the study. T-test and Pearson's product moment correlation was used for attaining the objectives of this study. After analysis of the result, it was found there was no significant mean difference in procrastination among female college students in relation to locale. There exists no significant mean difference in procrastination among female college students in relation to rural and urban family structure. There exists no significant mean difference in anxiety among female college students in relation to locale. There exists no significant mean difference in anxiety among rural and urban female college students in relation to family structure. It is also found that there is negative correlation between anxiety and procrastination among female graduate students.
Pages: 71-75 Sandeep Kaur (Department of Education and Community Services, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)
Pages: 65-70
Sharma I. and Sudhesh N.T (Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangaluru, Karnataka)

Social media usage has grown tremendously over past few years. As more people connect with each other through online medium, it becomes essential to find a balance between virtual life and real life. Corporate world requires a balance between work and life priorities. Employees often struggle to manage different responsibilities in their lives within and outside work. Advancement of technologies has helped in connecting with family and friends during work hours. This has bought about a change in nature of work, blurring the boundaries between work and life commitments. The present study aims to understand if there is a relationship between social networking and work life balance. This study will also look into gender difference amongst the two variables and the level of work life balance due to online usage. Samples of 60 corporate employees from different work setting in Bengaluru were used for the research. Correlation research design was adopted and statistical test of Spearman rank correlation, Mann Whitney-U test and Kruskal-Wallis was run for the purpose of the study. The results of the current study show that there is a negative significant correlation between internet addiction and two dimensions of work life balance. The study also found that there exist no gender difference when it comes to online usage and two dimension of work life balance- Intrusion of Personal Life into Work and Work Enhancement by Personal Life while there exist a difference in gender in the other two dimension of work life balance- Intrusion of Work into Personal Life and Personal Life Enhancement by Work. The study reveals that the more time an individual spends online, more interference in work and/or personal life exists. The implication of this study will help corporate companies plan effective ways for their employees to maintain work life balance in this technological world.
Pages: 65-70 Sharma I. and Sudhesh N.T (Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangaluru, Karnataka)
Pages: 58-64
Meenakshi and Navneet Kaur Dhaliwal (Department of Education and Community Services, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

The purpose of the present study was to study the academic achievement and self-regulation of adolescents in relation to happiness and to compare the academic achievement and self-regulation among adolescents at three levels of happiness, i.e., high, average and low. The other objective was to find out the correlation of happiness with academic achievement and self regulation. The study was based on a sample of 200 government senior secondary schools adolescents. Adolescents were selected from urban area. Adolescents were administered the oxford happiness inventory (OHI) developed by Argyle in 2001 and self-regulation questionnaire developed by Ryan and Cannell in 1998. Results showed that there was significant difference between academic achievement and self- regulation among boys and girls. But in happiness they did not differ significantly. There was significant and positive relationship between happiness and academic achievement, happiness and self-regulation.
Pages: 58-64 Meenakshi and Navneet Kaur Dhaliwal (Department of Education and Community Services, Punjabi University, Patiala…
Pages: 55-57
Shweta Sanjeev Kumar (Junior Research Fellow, D.O.S in Social Work, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka)
S. Y. Swadi (D.O.S in Social Work, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka)

Women health is the most prominent factor for family and to any society. 48% Indian women are anemic according to studies. Especially women working in the unorganized sector are more vulnerable to health problems, as they have to deal with gender based socio-cultural and economic challenges of family and its members, along with, they need to take care of their physical and psychological health needs which is substantially challenging. Therefore it is the need of the hour to understand all these complexities in their totality to enable women to enter into quality life. This study is based on the secondary data and study employs Descriptive research design to understand the health seeking behavior of women working in the unorganized sector and the factors influencing their behavior. Review reflects close nit relation between the health seeking behavior of women their family, work place and society at large.
Pages: 55-57 Shweta Sanjeev Kumar (Junior Research Fellow, D.O.S in Social Work, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka) S…
Pages: 51-54
Rijul Sihag (Department of Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Self help groups are small informal association of the poor created at the grass root level for the purpose of enabling members to reap economic benefits out of mutual help and joint responsibility. Self help groups are formed voluntarily by the rural and urban poor to save and contribute to a common fund that can be lent to its members as per requirement and for working together for social and economic uplift of their families and community. The present study therefore focused on evaluating the functional aspects of Self Help Groups. For meeting the objectives primary data were collected through a structured, non disguised questionnaire. A total of 300 respondents from four villages of two districts of Haryana formed the sample size of the study. Chi Square test used to find whether the two attributes are associated or not. The study found that these groups consisted of mostly 15- 20 members, mostly belonging to lower castes and poorer sections are the members of Self Help Groups. Groups resolve conflicts through collective leadership and mutual discussion. Every group has code of conduct for effective administration and management of group. The outcome of the study revealed that monthly meetings were their regular feature and majority of Self Help Groups were using saving for inter-loaning purposes. Self Help Groups act as immediate agents of empowering rural women.
Pages: 51-54 Rijul Sihag (Department of Sociology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)
Pages: 48-50
Jesline Maria Martin Mamen (Department of Psychology, Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kottayam, Kerala)

There is a worldwide growth in populations of people aged 55 years and over. India's older population will increase dramatically over the next four decades. It is a positive fact that longevity has increased. Ageing is often associated with many rewarding experiences. It is however also a time when significant changes might occur and poses challenges. Positive ageing, in this context connotes sustaining within oneself, a positive attitude towards ageing. This attitude helps in combating negative feelings towards the gradually debilitating conditions, so that an adult can step into another phase of his life full of zest and positive energy. The terms positive ageing, ageing gracefully, successful ageing and ageing well are terms that can be used interchangeably. The positive ageing movement is about striving to create a society for all ages that prepares for and celebrates the ageing process. Positive ageing is not difficult and efforts should be made by the government and the broader community to make sure that as people live longer, they continue to lead healthy, happy and fulfilling lives. As an ethical duty to understand and support ageing population, it is the purpose of this paper to explore: 1) conceptual framework of ageing gracefully 2) models and research studies on ageing gracefully 3) factors that affect ageing gracefully 4) Brain plasticity and ageing gracefully 5) various strategies to achieve ageing gracefully
Pages: 48-50 Jesline Maria Martin Mamen (Department of Psychology, Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kottayam, Kerala)
Pages: 42-47
Ashma and Rita Goel (Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)
Mujahid Khan (Department of Mathematics Statistics and Physics, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Media is now-a-days playing an important role in educating the society. It has also been noted that media has often instructed the audiences about the current happenings which affect them. Media is an essential tool of communication which helps in educating the masses. The study was conducted to analyze content analysis on the coverage of Swachh Bharat Mission in Hindi newspapers of Hisar city of Haryana state. Four Hindi newspapers i.e. Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Tribune and Punjab Kesri were selected based on maximum circulation of these newspapers. Content analysis of Swachh Bharat Mission was conducted in three phases i.e. 15 days before and 15 days after in launching year, first anniversary and second anniversary. Majority of the items were published in the form of news followed by campaigns and photographs. Most of the items related to issue were covered by the newspaper correspondents and national agencies. Majority of items were of national level and placed on local page.
Pages: 42-47 Ashma and Rita Goel (Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, Chaudhary Charan Singh…
Pages: 39-41
Jyoti Rani and P.S. Malik (Department of Sociology, College of Basic Science & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)
Satnam Kaur (DHRM, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Education has significant contribution to farmer's awareness. Family education affects socio-economic and cultural life of an individual, his attitude and awareness towards life and society. Level of family education had affected adoption of agricultural practices . So family education of the respondents was taken for examination in the present study. The present study was conducted in rural agricultural Haryana. For the purpose, four districts namely Sonipat, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, and Hisar were selected on the basis of highest area under vegetable cultivation. From each selected district, one tehsil was selected. Seventy five respondents from each tehsil were randomly selected for the purpose of data collection. Respondents were personally interviewed using well structured schedule. The data reveals that majority of the respondents had family education up to matric (56.33%) followed by up to graduation (25%) and illiterate (16%). Only about 3 per cent of the respondents had family education up to graduation and above. Those who were belongs to more educated family were more prone to change and adopted new scientific techniques more than compare to less educated family and innovative farmers who were diversified to vegetable cultivators were belongs to more educated family as compare to the traditional farmers. Though Association of scientific technique of farming and Innovative vegetable cultivators were found to be positively associated with higher family education,
Pages: 39-41 Jyoti Rani and P.S. Malik (Department of Sociology, College of Basic Science & Humanities…
Pages: 35-38
Neetima Batra, Beenu Sehgal, and Manju Mehta (College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)

Water quenches thrust next only to air water is essential for the life of plants, animals and human beings. Drinking water is an absolute necessity, its quality being as important as its availability. Consumption of unsafe drinking water contributes to the 4 million annual cases of diarrhoeal cases worldwide. This study aimed to determine the knowledge and practices of water purification and to assess the quality of drinking water at the point of use at Hisar city of Haryana state A total of 100 respondents from a corresponding number of households were selected through a multistage sampling method. Data was obtained with the use of well structured interviewer administered questionnaire. Water works water supply is the main source of water in the both localities selected. less than 50 percent of the respondents believed that hand pump water is good for drinking in sector 15-A locality where as old city housewives were preferring water works water for drinking (56.0%). Cent percent of the respondents were aware of boiling technique as a method of purification.60 to 70 percent respondents were aware about use of muslin cloth, potassium permanganate , alum and Bleaching powder as a source of purification in Old city where as percentage was little bit high in sector's people. In general 82.0 % respondents were using water filters in their home in both the locality.
Pages: 35-38 Neetima Batra, Beenu Sehgal, and Manju Mehta (College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)
Pages: 31-34
Palak Agarwal, Rahul Chhugani, and Vedant Wanchoo (Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, Maharashtra)

This paper measures the brand value of the American cereal brand “Kellogg” that sells cereals and convenience food worldwide at a premium, generating high profit margins for the company. It uses brand valuation approaches in order to arrive at a monetary value for the brand “Kellogg” by analysing the financial advantage the company possesses because of the brand name. Kellogg's Co is compared to Post Holdings Inc., a generic cereal manufacturing company. Generic operating margin approach, Generic return on capital approach, Generic excess returns approach and Relative valuation are four valuation approaches used to get a valuation range for the “Kellogg” brand. After using these techniques, we arrived at a brand value range of $10661 million to $21000 million for Kellogg's Co.
Pages: 31-34 Palak Agarwal, Rahul Chhugani, and Vedant Wanchoo (Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce, Narsee…
Pages: 28-30
Deepshikha Bishnoi (Independent Researcher, Psychology, Hisar, Haryana)
Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer, Hisar, Haryana)

Bullying is a serious problem with negative consequences for both the aggressor and the victim. Studies have shown that more boys than girls engage in, and are subjected to, physical and direct verbal bullying, while indirect and relational bullying is experienced to an equal extent by boys and girls (Craig, 1998) or to an even greater extent by girls (Crick & Nelson, 2002; Juliano et al., 2006). There are consistent discussions about the gender difference in aggressive behavior and bullying behavior among school students. The present paper reviews on gender differences in school bullying and victimization and their consequences.
Pages: 28-30 Deepshikha Bishnoi (Independent Researcher, Psychology, Hisar, Haryana) Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer, Hisar…
Pages: 24-27
Priya Makkar, Saorj S. Jeet Singh, N. Pruthi, and N.M. Rose (Department of Clothing and Textiles, College of Home Science CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Farm workers need a lot of attention regarding their clothing as application of pesticides has steadily increased. Wearing the proper clothes at work can help to prevent some injuries to the body. Various farm jobs require different types of clothing. These should not only protect the body, increase safety and health but also should improve workers job efficiency and allow the wearer, maximum use of senses. The problems cannot be completely eradicated but can be solved up to some extent through specially designed 'Functional Clothing' that may prove to be a boon for the farmers. Here an effort has been made to design and construct functional clothing for farm workers.
Pages: 24-27 Priya Makkar, Saorj S. Jeet Singh, N. Pruthi, and N.M. Rose (Department of Clothing…
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