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Pages: 190-194
Seema Garg (Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab)
Agya Jit Singh (Former Head (Retd) Psychology, Punjabi University Patiala)

Children of today are the assets of the nation tomorrow. We have to nurture them to harness their potential and use it for future. So main purpose of the study was to find out the gender difference on Locus of Control of High School students of Punjab State. It was also the aim of the study to make comparison of Locus of Control on the basis sex Location of schools and type of schools. In this study descriptive and survey method were used. For this study test constructed by Dr. Hasnain & Dr. Joshi were administrated to 400 high school students. The results of the study shows no significant differences existed between the male and female students on the internal external & total Locus of control variable. There were significant differences between the rural and urban school students both in the case of internal & external as well as total Locus of Control. The result of the study showed also the types of schools did not have any effect on the Locus of Control.
Pages: 190-194 Seema Garg (Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab) Agya Jit Singh (Former Head (Retd) Psychology…
Pages: 186-189
Shinde Vinodrao V. (Consultant for RMSA, TSG, Ministry of HRD, Department of School Education, New Delhi)

In the present status of inclusion education most of the inclusive classrooms have been assessed to be benefits for both the teachers and students. There are however, limits set on inclusion. In most of the classrooms are having students with learning disabilities and slow learners are benefiting but still students with severe and profound disabilities are omitted by schools. The success of inclusion for students with Intellectual Disabled in inclusive education classroom program are depends on the number of variables. One such variable, and perhaps the most important one, is the regular classroom teacher and their expertise. The nature of their work has undergone a tremendous change since the implementation of inclusive education programs in India. They are now required to perform a number of additional tasks in order to meet the students with Intellectual Disabled. In terms to address the learner needs, they have to adapt or learn the new thinking ways? A fully inclusive education setting requires to planning, modification of barrier free environment, modification of curriculum, trained teachers and other supporting staff. Such an inclusive classroom is a challenging task but it has the possibility of being effective. This paper first discusses inclusive education importance, required changes, roles and responsibility of schools in the context of inclusive education. It then provides a background about the topic that is inclusive education. In that researcher has given detail about history, definition, benefits of inclusive education and other things. Objective is the main part of research and our ultimate objective is inclusion of PWD. Researcher will explain the benefits of inclusive education for intellectual disabled children in inclusive classrooms. In content Researcher has given the some points to achieve the above mentioned objective. In the last suggestions are given for further implementation.
Pages: 186-189 Shinde Vinodrao V. (Consultant for RMSA, TSG, Ministry of HRD, Department of School Education…
Pages: 180-185
Aroonmalini Boruah (Centre for Studies in Behavioral Sciences (Applied Psychology), Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh)

The present study was conducted to find the psychological distress and socio cultural adaptation difficulties of the International students studying in United Kingdom. It further explores the moderating effect of social support on the socio cultural adaptation difficulties .When a person from one culture moves to different culture it requires lots of psychological adjustment to adapt and accept the new culture. And when it comes to students it becomes even difficult as they have to adapt in the new culture and manage academic challenges simultaneously. Ward and Kennedy has been a pioneer in this field as they have done studies on the socio cultural adaptation of overseas students and about their cultural transitions. At the same time if they get good social support in the host country it helps the students to cope well with stress situations and to adapt easily with new culture (Mallinclodt & Leong,1992).The study was a questionnaire based correlation study where the Demographic Questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire GHQ-12, Socio Cultural Adaptation Scale SCAS-29 and the Short Form Social Support (SSQ-6) were used. It was hypothesized that those with psychological difficulties will have more problems in socio cultural adaptation and the inability to adapt well in the new culture will result in psychological distress. In addition, it was also hypothesized that social support would moderate the effect of psychological distress on socio cultural adaptation. The correlation and multiple regressions were used for analyzing data and findings suggested that strong correlation between socio cultural adaptation and psychological distress as significant values were obtained and further regression analysis also supports that General health Questionnaire GHQ-12 is a strong predictor of Socio Cultural Adaptation (SCAS).
Pages: 180-185 Aroonmalini Boruah (Centre for Studies in Behavioral Sciences (Applied Psychology), Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh)
Pages: 175-179
Saraswathi V. (Co-researcher, LAMED (Psychology), Chennai)
Harini Jayaraman (Co-researcher, LAMED, Language Acquisition), Chennai)
Arun Kumar A. (Chief Ideator, LAMED, Chennai)

Children's drawings are indicators of emotions, self-esteem, social competence, as well as other aspects of personality and are a way for children to call attention to topics that are personally important or emotionally significant. Strong emotions emerge in the form of images instead of words. Drawing allows students to experience rather than verbalize feelings. This study aims at understanding the child's emotions and personality using drawing as a tool and to develop a protocol for teachers. From August to October 2015, we conducted image analysis of 35 drawings of kids between three to six years of age from private schools in Chennai. Fifty kids (conveniently sampled) were asked to draw anything that they feel like and interviewed about their drawing (the reason behind the particular character/theme, the color, etc). Phenomenological analysis of the drawings were done under the following headings: theme, contents, zones used, connections between various elements of the picture, orientation to each other, spacing, margin, size, pressure, clarity and colors used. Field notes and reflective notes based on observation of each kid were developed and analyzed separately using N Vivo 7. This paper describes the study protocol and the preliminary findings of the pilot study.
Pages: 175-179 Saraswathi V. (Co-researcher, LAMED (Psychology), Chennai) Harini Jayaraman (Co-researcher, LAMED, Language Acquisition), Chennai) Arun Kumar A…
Pages: 170-174
Richa Chaturvedi and A.K. Dubey (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

The purpose of this study was to explain the relationship of person-organization fit with job satisfaction of Nurses and to know the mediating role of need satisfaction in this relationship. The sample consisted of 400 Nurses as participants selected from different government and private hospitals. Person-organization fit of nurses was measured with the most commonly used items of P-O Fit scale (Cable & Judge, 1996). Job satisfaction was measured through Job descriptive index developed by Smith Kendall and Hulin (1969). Need satisfaction was measured by Need satisfaction at work Scale (Deci & Ryan, 2001). Results indicated that p-o fit of nurses was positively correlated with and significantly predicted the job satisfaction. It was also found that need satisfaction partially mediate this relationship between p-o fit and job satisfaction.
Pages: 170-174 Richa Chaturvedi and A.K. Dubey (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)
Pages: 165-169
Niti Shukla, Komal Rai and Damanpreet Kaur (Department of Psychology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab)

In India your self-worth is measured through your academic excellence , if your not good in studies than people perceive you in a negative way and also because we are developing country so for us our human capital is very important. In spite of all program such as guidance and counseling strategies still poor performances by students were although recorded every year. So being a student of Psychology, researcher want to investigate what are the reasons behind the poor academic performance of students. There were various reasons because of which students get poor performance in academics such as, birth order, family size and number of siblings can affect the student's academic success and performance level. So as student of psychology this is my prime concern to measure “the association between Number of Siblings and Academic Achievement”. For this from Lovely Professional University, Phagwara the researcher selected 150 students through random sampling method. Data obtained regarding number of siblings and academic performance of students (CGPA) in+2 was analyzed by using Anova. Results depicts that there is no significant association between number of siblings and academic achievement. So from the present finding of the research it can be suggested that, in future we can include variables like the role of sibling's relationship, parental education, home environment, socioeconomic status on academic achievement.
Pages: 165-169 Niti Shukla, Komal Rai and Damanpreet Kaur (Department of Psychology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara…
Pages: 160-164
Saloni Egbert (Department of Clinical Psychology, AIPS, AUUP, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)
Ritu Sharma (Assistant Professor, AIPS, AUUP, Noida, UP)

The objective was to examine the relationship between workload, employee engagement and somatic complaints among private sector employees in both males and females. Motivation for the research came from the understanding that many work related factors negatively impact employees' well-being. A correlational research design was used. Survey method was conducted among 100 employees in private organisations. The measuring instruments included Physical symptom inventory Scale, Quantitative Workload Inventory and Gallup Q12 questionnaire. Statistically significant relationship was found between employee engagement and somatic complaints among females. The t-test score showed males to be more engaged than females and females reported more somatic complaints then males. The implication of the research is that interventions that focus on enhancing employees' physical and psychological health will contribute to the engagement of employees. This research contributes to the knowledge that organisations must adopt female adapting working conditions and strategies at workplace.
Pages: 160-164 Saloni Egbert (Department of Clinical Psychology, AIPS, AUUP, Noida, Uttar Pradesh) Ritu Sharma (Assistant Professor…
Pages: 155-159
Ajapa Bhardwaj, Sushila Pareek and Nirmala Singh Rathore (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

Effective teaching stimulates student curiosity and active learning, encourage analytical, logical and creative thinking and increase both their desire and capacity for future learning. The teaching effectiveness implies achieving the objectives and intended results of education and thus contributing hugely to the quality education. The present study aimed at evaluating teaching effectiveness and personality correlates of teachers. The sample of 60 teachers was taken from the management colleges of Jaipur district. The present research used the 16 PF Questionnaire for measuring pattern similarity coefficient among teachers. The results described the overall personality profile of teachers under study and revealed that the present group is more or less average on all the dimensions of 16 personality factors, except on the traits C and F the group scored below average, indicating that the present sample of teachers is emotionally less stable and sober type. On the traits B and Q1 group scored above average that means the teachers are experimenting and above average in intelligence. There is clear cut difference between present teachers group and “ideal” pattern, where the present group is distinctively less intelligent, sober, more conscientious, shy, less imaginative and less self sufficient in comparison to their “Ideal” counterparts. The studied group is average at humbleness, tender mindedness, forthrightness and experimentation. The results also disclosed pattern similarity value of individual teacher with ideal group; which also incorporates similarity and deviation of individual teachers from general population. It was indicated that only 38.33% teachers are significantly similar to the “ideal” pattern.
Pages: 155-159 Ajapa Bhardwaj, Sushila Pareek and Nirmala Singh Rathore (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan…
Pages: 149-154
Anjana Prusty and Satyananda Panda (Department of Psychology, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim)

The aim of the present study was to investigate mental health in relation to personality traits of school going adolescents from urban slums of Bhubaneswar, India. There are approximately 1 billion slum dwellers in the world, and projected to grow to 1.4 billion by the year 2020. Research demonstrates that children and adolescents living in slums shoulder a poor mental health and disturbed personality compared to their adult counterparts. The present study intends to get a holistic picture of the personality patterns and mental health status of school going adolescent boys and girls from urban slum areas aged 16-19 years. 60 senior secondary students (30 boys and 30 girls) from two urban slum areas of Bhubaneswar, Odisha studying in two Government Colleges (B.J.P Autonomous College and Ramadevi Women's College of Bhubaneswar) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha were selected for data collection. Mental Health Battery short form MHB-SS and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire- Revised (EPQ-R) were selected for collection of data. Overall mental health has negative and significant relationship with psychoticism which shows that since majority of the adolescents have good mental health. However, adolescent boys and girls did not differ significantly on various dimensions of mental health and personality. Policy makers in field of mental health should ensure that there is adequate and proper mental health services for those having indications of mental health problems in school going adolescents from urban slums. The results have an implication for future research.
Pages: 149-154 Anjana Prusty and Satyananda Panda (Department of Psychology, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim)
Pages: 144-148
Debadeepa Banerjee (Department of Psychology, Bethune College, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata)
Anjali Ray (Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata)

Knowledge Management is the process through which organizations generate value from their intellectual and knowledge-based assets (Santosus & Surmacz, 2001). This phenomenon includes social, geo-physical, economic and cultural conditions and also social network for transformational knowledge by decision makers, who collectively constitute the emergent network pattern for quality management changes and organizational outcome (Firestone & McElory, 2005). In the highly competitive and rapidly evolving organizations, Leadership and Knowledge Management focuses on identifying and addressing agency competencies so that the promotion of organizational achievement is ensured, knowledge is shared across the organizations and an environment of continuous learning is present. With these theoretical assumptions the present study aimed to find out the nature of relationship of knowledge management with transformational leadership among the middle managers of various IT companies of Kolkata. Accordingly, the data were collected from 100 purposively selected sample groups of IT professionals, working as middle managers by using three tools namely 1. General information schedule, 2.Knowledge Management Inventory (Banerjee & Ray, 2014), and 3.Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire 5X, Leader form (Avolio & Bass, 1995). The responses were treated for ANOVA, Correlation and Regression. The data based facts highlighted that 1. Moderate level of Knowledge Management is the general characteristic features of IT professionals of Kolkata working as middle managers, 2. The level of Knowledge Management is positively correlated with the selected attributes of transformational leadership, i.e., idealized influence (behaviour), inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation. The quantitative analysis recommended some thrust areas for policy level issues and forms of economic interventions for management of optimum utilization of knowledge base of the IT professionals.
Pages: 144-148 Debadeepa Banerjee (Department of Psychology, Bethune College, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata) Anjali Ray (Department of Applied…
Pages: 139-143
Atinder Pal Kaur (Department of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh )

The decision to migrate is often influenced by multiple reasons and motives, which is not taken by an individual rather, is a collective decision of family members, based upon overall welfare of the home and especially of those left behind. Transitional changes among sending and receiving communities have also influenced social scientists, economists, psychologists and others to study such changes, and since long back, many studies have been done on them. What impact does parental migration leaves on their left behind children, who remain under transnational household in the countries of origin; still remains under- studied (Rajan & Nair, 2103). The absence of parents, subsequently leading to economic advantage back home, bring a lot of changes on social and psychological environment of left behind children. The aim of this paper is to study the dropout rates amongst those youngsters whose parents have migrated to Gulf countries. Data was collected through purpose sampling from migrant's houses. 6 case studies were done with left behind children to understand the phenomenon of dropout and charm of migration, as perceived by their young minds. During study , it was seen that dropout rates among children specially among boys was more , not because they were not getting good education rather, surprisingly, all the children were pass outs of private school affiliated with C.B.S.E and they also took extra tuition classes which was made possible by easy access to inflow of remittances. But for them, a high standard of living, earning money has replaced their will to learn and gain knowledge. Igniting their minds with the light of education has taken a backseat, easy access to hard-earned money of their parents abroad has diluted their passion to strive for a bright future and instead, has paved way for inclination towards materialistic goods over enrichment of their minds and hence, lives.
Pages: 139-143 Atinder Pal Kaur (Department of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh )
Pages: 136-138
Hardeep Kaur (Department of Social Work, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)

Intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in the adaptive behavior .It is a condition in which social, practical and adaptive skills are affected. Special Olympics empower athletes with intellectual disabilities and also provide them with the opportunities to learn skills that go beyond the play grounds. Special Olympics deliver opportunities for competition in a variety of sports throughout the year. The paper outlines the level and events of participation. The social and physical changes in the children with intellectual disability due to participation in Special Olympics and the problems faced by the mothers due to the participation of their children Out of the total twenty seven mothers, all the twenty one mothers whose children participated in Special Olympics were selected. Around 77.77% of the children with intellectual disability participated in Special Olympics. Majority (85.71%) of them participated at state level Olympics. More than half (52.38%) of the children participated in athletics whereas 28.57% participated in Bocce. Improvement in the self esteem and wider friends circle of their child with disability due to participation in Special Olympics were observed by 23.80% each ,of the mothers of children with intellectual disability. Around 28.57% each of the mothers saw physical changes such as enhancement in daily exercise and improvement of health in their children with disability. Some of the mothers also shared the problems faced by them .More than 42.85% of the mothers felt they were not able to give enough quality time to the siblings of the child with intellectual disability .
Pages: 136-138 Hardeep Kaur (Department of Social Work, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)
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