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Pages: 1-5 The current research aims to study if Emotional Intelligence can be enhanced by working on 'Meaning In Life' with Logo Therapy. 35 male Humanities students aged 18 to 22 years were taken as participants. The study was pre- and post-approach. Logo therapy and Self-Reflective Process was implemented to evaluate the impact of application. The participants were explained the process at the beginning. They were given Emotional Intelligence Scale (Situational) by Srinivasan and Murugan. This test measures Emotional intelligence of age 18 years above population. Logo Therapy was implemented to enhance the Emotional Quotient. There was a significant difference in overall score of Emotional Quotient and there was significant difference in each area of Emotional Quotients' sub factors. The Mean was 23.82 and SD was 4.48. The pre-test and post-test Assessment score indicate significant t test difference in the paired sample, which confirms the effect of intervention. |
Pages: 6-10 Marriage is a connection that every human experience it in their life; and the majority of humanitarian rules sky religious particularly Islamic Shariya not only recognized it as Lord Constitution and posed some regulations for it, also considered its sacredness. And is known as an ideal way of sexual desires, mental calmness, and human generation maintenance. Conducting this goal is possible when this relation is based on religious directions and legal regulations in an age when married couples understand its values, importance, and objective. On the other hand, many Islamic scholars allowed underage marriages, when Islamic history has narrated such events. Now, this is questioned that in the current situation by considering all negative consequences of underage marriages; is it possible for layers to limit the allowance of this kind of marriage? Or they deliver this decision to judges. In a positive response to this question, what is the base for underage marriages in the history of Islam? What is known from the study of jurisprudential and legal opinions is that in the current situation, due to time changes and more attention of parents to material issues and reduction of human emotions, such marriages with small personal interests and the strength and continuity of their family relationships. It is necessary to emphasize the application of the rule of underage marriages to prevent further abuse of profiteers and beneficiaries and to protect the interests of minors. Undoubtedly, the imposition of such restrictions on the above-mentioned rule is not considered against the Shari'a but is under the spirit of the rules of jurisprudence and law. |
Pages: 11-13 Design Thinking is a new term but the topic is not new. From so many years there are a number of people are practically applying it in their lives whether personal or professional lives. But in real design thinking is an art. Anyone who knows the way of applying it, are leading in a great manner. Design thinking is the need of the day. Through this paper, the meaning, importance and other related information are tried to be found out in an easy manner. As this is an important topic which can change the way of thinking and can change the failures into success. |
Pages: 14-18 Humans remained inseparable from the natural environment until the upsurge of technological advancement. Access to the natural environment is significantly different when comparing people living in urban and rural areas. Previous findings have revealed the effect of the proximity to nature on the physical and mental well-being of humans. In the current scenario, where the government is investing sufficiently more on creating cities through government policies, it would be inevitable to understand the impact of individuals' attitude towards their environment and its impact on individual's well-being. This study aims to compare the relationship between the sense of connectedness towards nature and Subjective well-being among college students of rural and urban background. The sample (N= 200) consisted of both male (n= 100) and female (n= 100) students from rural and urban backgrounds. The participants were administered with, Connectedness to nature scale and The Flourishing Scale. The data collected was analyzed by using Pearson's correlation Coefficient and Independent sample t-test. The analysis of the data revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between Nature connectedness and subjective well-being among male and female students and the rural counterparts have reported to have a comparatively better connectedness to nature and thereby a better state of subjective well-being than their urban counterparts. The more a person feels connected to nature in his surroundings, the more is his sense of subjective well-being. |
Pages: 19-23 The study examined comorbidity of substance use disorders among patients receiving treatment from Psychiatry Department, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The study made used of the descriptive research design. The target population for the study comprised 79 psychiatric inpatients and outpatients at the Psychiatry department, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital from January 2015 to February 2018. Frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the data. The results of the study showed that substance abuse and mental disorders were prevalent at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Comorbidity of substance abuse and mental disorder was also prevalent. It was recommended that staff of the hospital should organize workshops and seminars to educate and sensitize the general public regarding comorbidity of substance abuse and mental disorders. |
Pages: 24-28 There is a considerable interest regarding the symptom reduction and functional recovery in schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder which are considredred severe mental disorders. However, both long and short-term follow-up studies revealed considerable heterogeneity in this regard. This is a follow-up study assessed and compared the factors influencing the symptom reduction and functional recovery between schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. Patients with an ICD-10 diagnosis of schizophrenia (n=50) and bipolar affective disorders (n =50) were recruited in the study through purposive sampling technique. The OPD based training program was offered to both the group to improve functionality. All the patients were assessed at baseline and at the end of two-year follow-up with Present State Examination and Disability Assessment Scale to examine symptom status and functional outcome, respectively. At the end of a two-year follow-up, 37 patients with schizophrenia and 38 patients with bipolar affective disorder reported for evaluation, out of which 21.8% patients with schizophrenia and 31.5% patients with bipolar affective disorders have completely remitted. Clinical variables, comorbid illness(substance abuse, anxiety) and psychosocial (stigma,socialsupport) factors were common to those who remitted in both groups. Specific association was noted between socio-cultural conditions such as education, occupation and living condition, family support and early intervention both pharmacological and psycho-social intervention with the recovery of both conditions. There are several psychosocial factors associated with the symptom reduction and functional recovery among persons with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorders. |
Pages: 29-34 The study assessed the satisfaction of Psychiatric Nursing Students in a clinical learning environment in the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, Cape Coast. The cross-sectional survey was adopted for the study. The purposive and convenience sampling technique was used to select 105 final year psychiatric nursing students for the study. The Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher (CLES+T) was used to gather data. Data was analysed using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviation and independent samples t-test. Findings revealed that psychiatric nursing students were generally satisfied with experiences from clinical learning environments. It was revealed that, varied factors influence satisfaction in clinical learning environment. Lastly, no significant differences were found on the basis of age and gender in psychiatric nursing students in terms of satisfaction in clinical learning environment. We recommend that stakeholders of psychiatric nursing training institutions must enact policies and programs aimed at the enhancement of psychiatric nursing student placement in the Clinical Learning Environment. |
Pages: 35-38 With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to impact the world, it is imperative to recognizeit's impact on mental health. Studies from various parts of the world show that the measures necessary to curb the virus have their own impact on people, as do the factors associated with risk and loss. Major impacts are seen in terms of increased anxiety and stress, with vulnerable populations, marginalized populations, and those already combating mental health issues being the most at risk. Isolation and loneliness are also serious concerns as they are shown to be related with other negative health and mental health outcomes. Recommendations of how to deal with the stress and emotional response to the ongoing restrictions are presented. |
Pages: 39-43 In recent years considerable attention has been made by the psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health professionals on the psyche of women and their mental health but due to the lack of awareness by women about their condition the status of their mental health has not so changed and facilitated as it should be. Not only in India but in almost parts of the world the condition of women is more or less same. Truly speaking women are struggling and trying their best to prove them on social records .One side of the coin reveals that women are highly appreciated and regarded on the outer realm of society but the other side manifests that the actual situation is very pitiable. Keeping these views in consideration this major project funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi is started by the author and during data collection and roaming in the whirlpool of literature it has been noticed that pooling across age, marital status, job status and many other demographic conditions the situation of women is not so well and it has caused many physical deformities and psychological problems in them. After analyzing the status of women as a gender the concept of mental health has been discussed followed by the perception of illness by the women. At last, some recommendations are made to raise the status of women. |
Pages: 44-50 Researchers have well established the critical role of Common Property Resources (CPRs) in India's rural economy. The present study focuses on the impact of degradation and depletion of resources on women's livelihoods in the rural parts of Rajasthan. The depletion of CPRs has a direct adverse impact on the poor people's livelihood, and among them, women are the worst victims of this depletion. Women are responsible for collecting fuel, fodder, and bringing water from outside premises for their families' sustenance. Due to the gender division of labour, the impact is most felt by the women in particular. The study investigated the change in rural women's work pattern in Rajasthan due to the depletion of these natural resources from the 1980s to 2011, using the unit-level data from the various Round of Employment and Unemployment Situation in India (NSSO); across five regions in Rajasthan. Various socio-economic parameters, such as education, Monthly Per Capita Expenditure, Operational Holdings and social groups, were used to find the most vulnerable section among the women. The study finds that some regions show a reasonable reduction in CPR area while dependence on CPRs has substantially increased. These are the highly vulnerable regions in terms of both resource condition and poverty implications since the increased dependence is now catered to by a reduced CPR area thus increasing the pressure on increasingly scarce resources pushing the poor and marginalised population to the brink of sustenance. Dependence on firewood remains highest out of all the three activities related to Common resources. The collection of fruits and fish, is high for the Aravali and Hadoti region of Rajasthan, showing that the importance of CPRs also depends on their availability. The study also reflects that the most marginalised groups are illiterates, Landless, social groups (ST, SC and OBC) and rural women belonging to the lowest two MPCE groups. Their dependency on CPRs is highest across their respective parameters. |
Pages: 382-393 With school-going adolescents spending most of their wakeful hours in school, the teachers are the ones who have the best opportunity to pay attention to their day-to-day activities and recognize their problems. Teachers help in building resilience among children who are at risk for psychosocial development like the children of incarcerated parents. Resilience is influenced by factors at various levels, namely, individual, family, school, and community. The present study tries to understand the factors contributing to the resilience of the prisoner's children as perceived by their teachers. Semi-structured interviews with 12 teachers who teach prisoners' children were conducted. Thematic analysis was carried out to analyze the data. Risk and protective factors exist at individual, school, and community levels. The study's findings revealed that protective factors buffer the effect of risk factors that may affect the healthy psychosocial development of the prisoners' children. Lack of protective factors at the family level was identified through the interview. Although many risk factors and protective factors were influencing psychosocial development, the presence of emotional problems in children, neglect of these children at family and community level, and social support at school and community were noticed. The findings from the present study can inform policies to support prisoner's children and direct interventions for these children. |
Pages: 394-402 From ancient times to the present day, some people have engaged in any kind of bargaining to meet their economic needs so as to benefit from each other's seduction or unjustified persuasion; Islamic jurisprudence has taken this issue with a corrective approach considering its dangerous consequences. The society has turned its attention to this under the heading of aleatory, because such misbehavior may be due to ignorance of the evidence, or ignorance of the attributes, or lack of power to deliver the good by the seller to the customer. The purpose of this study was explaining aleatory, the place of deception in society based on verses and hadiths, its evaluation criteria by the scholars in virtual space such as gold quest, stock market, transaction by chance and internet transactions considering the adverse consequences on the society. This research was descriptive using the method of progressive inference in discovering the meanings of jurisprudence. After explaining the jurisprudential ideas and five hypotheses, the article explained that the aleatory is forbidden in Islamic laws that results from any ambiguity in the source or in its documents. It suggests the agents to avoid such deceptive behaviors in society that lead to conflict and strife. |
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Pages: 409-412 Turkey as prominent emerging nation enjoyed 6.6 percent of compounded growth rate from 2010 to 2017 due to huge construction upswing. There was a bubble in housing market during the phase which crashed in 2018 as the nation was saddled with mammoth debt burden. The medium- and long-term foreign currency debts of Turkey superseded $328 billion by the end of 2018. As president Mr. RecepTayyipErdoğan was against of high interest rate, central bank resorted to reduction in interest rate. His quixotic stance caused depreciation of national currency and fueled inflation. Turkish lira depreciated by 35 percent in August 2018 and inflation skyrocketed to the level of 25 percent in October 2018. Economic contraction drove unemployment level to 14 percent in mid 2019 and spiked to reach 17.2 percent in April 2020. To counter the situation, economic policy focused on accelerating nominal credit growth. But export oriented growth is hampered due to slowdown in European economies. Economic hardship aggravated as tourism sector collapsed completely in wake of global pandemic and export oriented growth faced severe setback. Central bank reserve spent $20 billion to tackle virus epidemic and it drained already depleted coffer. Lira receded record low in May 2020 as inflation went high and economic de-growth indicated imminent recession. People of Turkey remained disgruntled about authoritarian rule full of foolhardy policy measure. President already underwent coup attempt against him in 2016. |
Pages: 413-419 Are you an adult? It is a difficult question to answer and it becomes even more complicated if you are an Indian women who is in the age group of 18-25 years. Even though this period of life, i.e the bracket of 18-25 years, has been termed by popular literature as Emerging Adulthood, however it’s worth contemplation whether the ‘popular literature’ which is majorly developed in western socio-cultural contexts, can be used to understand women in this age group in Indian socio-cultural settings which are replete with layers of complexities and multiplicities. This research paper attempts to answer various unanswered, unexplored questions including analysing the nuances of adulthood and womanhood. This research paper is an outcome of the doctoral research work primarily based upon exploring the existence and nature of Emerging Adulthood in the Indian socio-cultural context. For this research study, the mixed research methods approach was adopted and the data was collected and analysed in two phases. The first phase was primarily quantitative in approach with ‘social survey’ as the main method and knowing about the existence of Emerging Adulthood in India as the main objective. In the second phase of the research work, representative sample from the targeted population was interviewed, followed by narrative analysis. This analysis has come up with some interesting findings related to the gender differences in the process of identity development during emerging adulthood, for instance, the way women experience this phase of life is completely different from the experiences of men. This not only gives way to the possibility of a separate theory for identity development of women during emerging adulthood but also questions the very basis of the way certain psychological constructs are defined and understood from ages. This paper focuses upon developing a theoretical perspective on identity development of women during Emerging Adulthood. It provides a theoretical framework emphasising various aspects of identity development of women in India. This theorisation will not enrich the present theoretical frameworks of understanding identity development but it will also provide an alternate perspective of understanding identity development as process, the perspective of women in India. |
Pages: 420-425 One of the fundamental issues in the field of social sciences and especially in sociology is the discussion of economic Poverty and an increase in the crime rates. Factors such as psychological, social, biological, and environmental play a role in increasing crime rates. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of economic poverty on the increase of criminal offenses in Herat city. The intellectual framework of the research is derived from a social interpretive approach with a particular emphasis on labor theory. A qualitative research method has been used and through a one-on-one interview from people. The statistical population of the study is based on Herat city. To facilitate and expedite research and save time and money, inevitably, 15 people have reached the theoretical saturation of the research from the statistical population and were selected as a well-known sample purposefully for this study. According to research findings, there is a direct relationship between economic poverty and the increase in criminal offenses. |
Pages: 426-435 The research was primarily carried out to pinpoint whether emotional intelligence and pro-social behavior predicts academic achievement of first year undergraduate students of institute of teacher education and behavioral science in Wollo University. On the other hand,the study tried to identify the association among emotional intelligence, pro-social behavior and academic achievement, sex disparitiesand level of emotional intelligence, pro-social behavior and academic achievement of students. To achieve this, data was gathered from 111 (m=50, F= 53) students by using stratified simple random sampling technique. As the result of multiple regression indicated, emotional intelligence predicts pro-social behavior of students, whereas, emotional intelligence did not anticipate academic achievement of students. On the other hand, pro-social behavior negatively and significantly predicts academic achievement of students. The Pearson correlation coefficient showed that, there was statistically significant positive association amidst emotional intelligence and pro-social behavior. However, it was found that there was no association amidst emotional intelligence and academic achievement and also there was a statistically significant negative correlation between pro-social behavior and academic achievement of students. Besides, there was no sex disparity in emotional intelligence and pro-social behavior. However, there was statistically significant disparity amidst male and female learners in academic achievement and male students exceed female counterparts in general status of academic performance. As one sample t-test result depicted, Majority of the students have high status of emotional intelligence, pro-social behavior and academic performance. The researcher forwarded the following recommendations for concerned bodies. Socio-emotional training’s should be provided to students, intensive studies should be conducted on this topic, teachers of the university should advocate the importance of emotional intelligence and pro-social behavior in the class room, the university and broadcasting Medias should give attention for the topic. |
Pages: 436-442 This study was a part of an ICSSR project running under the author and it was aimed to find out the impact of cultural variation, chronological age and marital circumstances on temperament and well being. 240 participants from Kumaun were takenand they were arranged according to the requirements of 3-way factorial design with 3 types of culture (Bhotia, Buxa and General Kumauni),two levels of chronological age (25-30 years and 55-60 years) and 2 types of marital circumstances (wives living with husbands and wives living far from husbands) i.e; 20 participants per cell. Measures of temperament and well-being were given to them.Data were analyzed by three way analysis of variation and it was found that all variables laid their impact on temperament and well-being as main effects and interaction mode. Inter correlation analysis result showed that all dimensions were closely knitted. |
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Pages: 446-448 Lifestyle factors including type of occupation, eating habits, addictions and sleeplessness can all affect your psychological state.If anyone experiences and have a psychological state problem there are often these factors responsible. Good psychological state helps to be happy in life and affect difficulties and complications successfully. It gives a way of well-being and inner quality or a state of physical or mental strength. As you're taking care of your body with proper nutrition and exercise, you'll do things to guard your psychological state. Many studies are conducted on the connection between lifestyle and mind in recent years, a number of which are scientifically stronger than others. Ezoe.S & Morimoto K. (1994),” research seeks to integrate behaviors with the main components of psychological state. They found that healthiness habits are often unique and are all related to better psychological state conditions. there's ample evidence that medical lifestyle changes (TLCs) apply to both medical and general populations. within the 21st century, alternative therapies may have to be developed as a basis for psychological, medical and community health.” |
Pages: 449-451 Elections are of great importance for democracies like India, where the chosen representatives link the citizens with the government. Political behavior of voters has been explained by various socio-economic and psychological models. Bandwagon effect, underdog effect, and various other psychological correlates contributes in voting choice. Apart from this, there are various socio-economic and demographic reasons that may have a significant impact in making a reasoned voting choice.The present study is aimed at evaluating the influences in elections and the voter’s perception of political parties and leaders. The present study was done on 900 respondents selected randomly from different constituencies of Haryana, with equal number of males and females. Results indicate that influence of family or parents is significant in decision making towards voting for a particular party or candidate. However, benefits in terms of economic gains and voting appeal on the basis of religious and communal statements was denied by the respondents. The awareness of voters about political environment was moderate and the impact of personality and communication skills of the political leaders was also considered as a determinant of voting choice. Some influences like parental advice in voting are positive in nature for rational decision making in voting related matters, whereas some other influences like voting for financial gains should be avoided for the effective management of democratic status of a nation. |
Pages: 452-458 Access to safe drinking water and affordable sanitation is essential to population health, welfare and development. And the environment in which we live and access these facilities has asevere impact on the health of users. This study explored the interrelations between the location of the living environment of the urban poor women and their access to water and sanitation facilities; and its impact on their health. The study adopted a cross-sectional mixed method design and selected 550 women from 11 location-based sample areas of Chennai city using a purposive sampling technique. Findings of the study reported that the provision of water and sanitation facilities is not equally distributed and the women’s choice of access to facilities and the health impact differs between the living environments. Physical pain, injuries, infectious diseases like reproductive tract infections, gastrointestinal problems and skin diseases, and psychological stress were commonly reported among the urban poor women in all categories. But the degree of health impact varied according to the living environment and the coastal slum women were found to be highly affected. The study concludes by suggesting the location-specific sustainable intervention to improve the health and well-being of urban poor women and the community. |
Pages: 459-461 Starting in 2005 as a budget carrier, GoAir had smooth sailing in tough Indian aviation market. Positioned as a conservative but consistent airline GoAir was focussed more on generating profit than capturing the market. With the aim of raising funds for expansion, the low cost carrier had plans to come up with its IPO in the year 2020. But since last year, situation had become challenging for the airline due to multiple issue ranging from rising fuel cost, shortage of pilots, delayed delivery of aircraft from the airbus manufactures, engine issues and unstable leadership. The situation became more serious in the recent months due to absence of revenue earning caused by travel restriction on account of global pandemic. The airline had no other option, but to take several cost cutting measures to stay afloat. Starting with termination of the contracts of expat pilots to sending employees on temporary leave without pay, the GoAir top management also took major pay cuts. GoAir’s promoters continued to seek financial assistance with the government so as to improve the position of employees and safeguard airline from being grounded. GoAir also had rounds of talks with banks, lessors and suppliers for the same purpose. Now, the CEO of GoAir is in tight situation as he is given the task of coming up with a survival plan for the airline. He is in tight situation as he has responsibility towards employees in paying compensation to them when cash inflow is badly affected and on the other hand, keeping the airline alive in the current scenario. Even after withdrawal of restriction, social distancing and hygiene concern will not allow it to operate in its fullest capacity for few months. What would be the survival plan in this situation? Would it be possible for GoAir to keep people in payroll, paying salaries and wages amidst travel restrictions or would it resort to layoff in order to survive? Or would there be a new compensation structure to retain critical talent? What steps would the airline take to show its investors, customers and the government that it cares about them? |
Pages: 462-465 The current research aims to study if Emotional Intelligence can be enhanced by working on ‘Meaning In Life’. 35 male engineering students aged 18 to 22 years were taken as participants.The study was pre- and post-approach. Logo therapy and Self-Reflective Process was implemented to evaluate the impact of application. The participants were explained the process at the beginning. They were given Emotional Intelligence Scale (Situational) by Srinivasan & K Murugan. This test measures Emotional intelligence of age 18 years above population.Logo Therapy was implemented to enhance the Emotional Quotient. There was a significant difference in overall score of Emotional Quotient and there was significant difference in each area of Emotional Quotients’ sub factors. The Mean was 22.77 and SD was 4.65. The pre-test and post-test Assessment score indicate significant t test difference in the paired sample, which confirms the effect of intervention. |
Pages: 466-468 Cannabis sativa is believed to be one of the oldest plants man has cultivated. But throughout the history it was subjected to the lots of debates for its ethical use. This plant has provided a way to look into the number of medical challenges from analgesia to weight loss and promising clues to treating medical syndromes including seizure disorders, anorexia, chronic pain, cancer, nausea and various infectious diseases that remain challenges for 21st century medicine. This plant is being cultivated in India since ancient times. Old texts (like Ayurveda) hail the plant as sacred and medicinal. It has travelled all over the world across different cultures for medicinal, recreational, religious and commercial purposes. Its use and cultivation decreased since the British Government prohibited its use in 1930s. The resin obtained from the plant contains over 60 cannabinoids and 400 different chemicals of which Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the major chemical with psychoactive properties. There are some natural receptors for THC found in human body called the ‘endocannabinoid system’ which helps in maintaining biological harmony in response to changes in the environment. This is also known as the gateway of drugs. Studies claim that good percentage of adult people abuses the drug and also a high prevalence rate of cannabis use is reported in India. This study review will focus on history of cannabis and its potential for the new scientific investigations as a therapeutic agent. The study will also focus on the need for the Indian government to encourage the researchers to explore the potential of cannabis as more countries in the world allow the use of medicinal cannabis. |