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Pages: 157-159 Tourism is the backbone of Indian economy. It represents the economic, social and cultural development of country. Both the host and guest interaction is vital in understanding the significance of the tourism industry. Tourism development needs the positive cooperation of local communities, travel agents, guides, etc. Core participation of youth will provide a proper glance at the development of tourism industry. The scope is not limited to geographical regions, flora and fauna of the area but the understanding of psychological aspects could be as important as the other measures for the growth of tourism industry. The personality and the attitude of youth would be detrimental in understanding the perspectives of youth regarding their tourism development. Personality is the important variable in shaping the behavior of individuals. The five traits of personality, i.e., extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experiences, agreeableness and conscientiousness are the domains that have a key role in understanding the realms of life. Attitude is a psychological tendency. It is the positive and negative evaluation of the person. So, this study is an attempt to identity the relationship of personality traits with the attitude of youth towards tourism development. A sample of 60 youths was taken with equal number of males and females. They were subjected to neo five factor inventory and attitude scale. Correlation analysis will be carried out for the present study. |
Pages: 160-161 In any organization the motivation and perseverance among employees are key detrimental factor in the growth of organization. With the developing trend of guidance and counseling in organization regime is helping and encouraging the employees to enhance their coping skills and efficiency to lead the organization to achieve its desired objectives and productivity without losing the momentum. The field of psychology fraternity requires the quality training and expertise to cater the need of the hour. The books are the ultimate and quality source of knowledge in this area. The paper is prepared with the prime objective to contemplate upon the quality text available in this area. The paper consists of a review of the book named “Guidance and Counselling” authored by Kinra published by Pearson publications. The first edition of the book appeared in 2009 and therefore this book is fluent in providing guidance and counselling process and its role in helping the needy. This book caters to the requirements of students of psychology and education, the teachers, an elementary guide for the psychologists, counsellors, vocational institutes and professionals in various companies. It encompasses the need and nature of guidance and counselling from the point of view of an individual, field of education, social view, psychological, political as well as occupational and vocational view. The author of the book implies that guidance is a beneficiary factor for helping the person in selection of best suitable professional for him. Selecting the right profession as per traits and temperament help to develop the congenial work culture, right attitude along with interests, opinions and creative skills, guidance helps in acquiring and meeting all the demands. This book has also stressed the need of placement services as an integral part of guidance and counselling. The author of the book have quoted two important variables in placement that can be attained through the process of guidance and counselling. They are ability for the task and satisfaction of the individual. The assessment of this book is done keeping in mind the professionalism guided through guidance and counselling. This book also contains the list of state guidance agencies in India. An interesting bibliography with a systematic index is also provided in the book. The book is written in a simple and engaging style in a crisp fashion which makes the book an easy access for knowledge. |
Pages: 162-164 Marwaris are the immigrant traders from Marwar, Shekhawati, and adjoining regions of Rajasthan which have been permanently residing in the other states of India and abroad too. They are maintaining their own cultural identity along with adopting the local language, dresses and culture. They started shifting to different parts of the country in 19th century due to conflict between Rajput and Mughal emperors which was affecting their trades badly. In this connection they also reached to North-Eastern (N-E) regions of Bihar for trade purpose mainly. Initially they had concentrated to establish themselves in trades in this region. After that they brought their families and then their relatives and neighbours too to establish in this new area. Their main aim was to bring these known people to progress in trades. Gradually they became mixed with the local people and started to play an effective role in trades and later on in local politics also. The present paper deals with the role of Marwari community in the political process of N-E Bihar prior to independence of India. In our study we have recorded that the Marwaris of N-E Bihar had either played an inactive role by keeping them totally aloof or had played a passive role by giving different kinds of support to freedom fighters during pre-independence period of India. |
Pages: 165-167 In the financial market cluttered with numerous types of investible financial instruments, Non Convertible Debentures (NCDs) stands out with its distinctive attributes. NCDs falls into debt category segment which is issued by Corporate to raise funds from market. In the time of volatility in financial market NCDs proves to be a dark horse as they provide steady returns in the long run which could be a safer bet. Barring all traditional corporate FDs NCDs are regarded as fixed income investment with specific tenure and interest income. It doesn't have the liberty to be converted into equities but at times it is a better option for an investor as it provides better return, higher liquidity, low risk and tax relief. NCDs are assessed by credit rating agencies which provide prior indication about default risk of the debt asset. The interest rate offered by NCDs is far better than traditional bank FDs which is very popular among the retail investor in India. It is referred that NCDs work as lucrative investment option for the investors who falls into 10% to 20% tax brackets although TDS is not charged for registered NCDs. NCDs are issued in primary market and later on traded in the secondary market which provides higher liquidity and availability. Now a day's NRIs are also allowed to invest in NCDs. The tenure for NCDs ranges from 1 year to 10 years and mostly new NCDs offer higher rate of interest then the existing ones. As the tenure gets longer the yield also becomes higher for NCDs. |
Pages: 168-171 Punjab politics has been dominated by religious and communal considerations of the political or socio- religious leaders of the state. Religion, Language and caste have been the predominant symbols in Punjab politics in the post- independent era. The decade of the eighties could be labelled as the darkest period in the history of post- independent Punjab. The militant movement, starting from the now famous chowk Mehta headquarters, shifting to the Golden Temple and border districts, finally spread out into other areas, encompassing in its grip not only the Union territory and Capital Chandigarh but also the neighboring States of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, etc. The present research paper examines about the gendered violence, rape, murders on the name of bad characters or police informer, displacement and health issues in Punjab during 1980-1993 from feminist perspective and analysis the violation of women's rights such as reproductive, maternal and emotional. It also focuses on the conceptual framework of ethnicity and violence and on the role of women as supporters and activists during militant period in Punjab. Further, it discusses how women become the targets in these conflicts between the militants, Security Forces and opposing groups. How widows and half widows, mothers and daughters faced mental and emotional trauma when their male counterparts or male family members were murdered and disappeared and how they manage their household after went through a crucial period. As the problem undertaken for research is more historical in nature, the methodology adopted for research has been historical and analytical based on primary and secondary sources. Interviews were conducted with the effected women to get a clear picture of the communal problem as perceived and presented by these sections. Apart from this the census records and the different government publications constitute the primary sources. The relevant books, journals and newspapers have been used as secondary sources of information. |
Pages: 172-174 जाट भारत और पाकिस्तान में रहने वाला एक क्षत्रिय समुदाय है। भारत में मुख्य रूप से पंजाब, हरियाणा, दिल्ली, उत्तर प्रदेश, और गुजरात में बसते है। पंजाब में यह जट कहलाते है तथा शेष प्रदेशों में जाट कहलाते है। जाट एक आदिवासीय समुदाय है और प्राचीनतम क्षेत्रीय वर्ग हैं जिसकी अनेक अनुपम विशेषताएँ है इसकी सामाजिक संरचना बेजोड़ है। इस जाति ने आदिकाल से कुछ सर्वमान्य सामाजिक मापदण्ड स्वयं ही निर्धारित कर रखे है। जाट समाज की गौत्र और खाप व्यवस्थाएँ अति प्राचीन है और आज भी इनका पालन हो रहा है, जाट समाज में अपने वंश गौत्र के लोग परस्पर भाई-भाई की तरह मानते है। |
Pages: 1891-1895 The present study focuses on to explore the prevalence of common psychiatric disorders in rural population of Chhattisgarh. This community based survey conducted in 12 randomly selected villages of Balod district, Chhattisgarh (India). In order to identify the prevailing trend of common psychiatric disorders; a team of trained mental health professionals assesses 3150 participants using Comprehensive Clinical Interview, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS). The result of this door-to-door survey indicates that 264 per 1000 person are suffering from different psychiatric disorders in the rural population of Chhattisgarh. Decisively, mental health is a major public health concern in the rural population of this region. |
Pages: 1896-1899 The arts are thinking tools, a way for communication. The purpose of the arts goes way beyond creativity and imagination (Morgan, 2009). However why do the performing artists do what do they do is yet unclear. There is growing evidence that engagement in activities like dance, music, drama, painting and reading help ease our minds and heal our bodies but the impact of art on an artist himself is yet to be understood explicitly. The aim of the study is to understand the significant difference between Musicians, and dancers on flow and Psychological Well-being. The primary data was collected from respondents by administering Flow Short Scale (Rheinberg, Vollmever, & Engeser, 2008) and Psychological Well-being Scale (Ryff, 1989) on Professional Musicians and Dancers. The Results revealed that the difference between Musicians and Dancers is not significant on Flow. There is very high significant difference found between musicians and dancers on challenge-skill balance. There is significant difference found between musicians and dancers on purpose in life. There is significant difference between musicians and dancers on their self-acceptance. There is significantly very high positive correlation between flow and psychological well-being. There is significantly very high positive correlation between challenge-skill balance and purpose in life. |
Pages: 1900-1902 The present study aimed to examine the use of coping strategies in stressful life circumstances by the adult male and female siblings having Intellectually Disabled Retarded Brother/Sister. Data were collected from a sample of 40 adult males and 40 adult females having intellectually disabled retarded brother/sister from Nagpur. The Coping Responses Inventory by Moss was used. The obtained data were analysed with the help of inferential statistics i.e. Mean, SD, and t. The obtained result revealed that adult male (brothers) used Logical Analysis, Positive Reappraisal more frequently than adult female (sister), and adult female (sister) use Cognitive Avoidance, Acceptance or Resignation, Seeking Alternative Rewards and Emotional Discharge more frequently than adult male (brothers). |
Pages: 1903-1905 In hospital set up, the service of nursing staff is as important as services of doctors. The role of their services needs lots of patience, dedication and a strong attitude to serve someone. The purpose of this study was to see the relationship between organizational justice and performance of nurses in the government hospitals. For the purpose of the study, a sample of 150 female nurses of age group between 30-40 years were selected who were having five years experience in their profession. Organizational Justice and Nursing Performance Scale were administered on the subjects. Data was analyzed by using correlation method. The result reveals that there existed positive relationship between organizational justice and performance of nurses. |
Pages: 1906-1913 The election is like a mirror through which we can see the true image of democracy. The election is the heart, backbone, and safeguard of democracy. For a selection of a government, the ballot paper is stronger than a bullet gun. The election provides a peaceful and orderly transfer of power. In a democratic system, the people have the constitutional right to vote for candidates who rule over them make the laws and control the government. The understanding of voting behavior remains a mystery for the politician, policy makers, and researchers. Objectives: To study the perception of voters on voting behaviour of socio-economic groups with background characteristics in Nadia district, West Bengal. Methodology: A community based cross-sectional design has been adopted for the study at Tehatta ii block of Nadia district in West Bengal state. Data entry has been completed with the help of SPSS and analysis has been completed with the help of SPSS, STATA as well as Excel to get accurate and correct analysis. Conclusion: A maximum number of voters is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. BJP are more popular among female voters. TMC is more popular among minorities such as SC, ST, Muslims in Rural and Urban voters. CPIM is more popular with the young students at Nadia district in West Bengal. There are 23 per cent Muslims who support BJP. |
Pages: 1914-1916 The depressed person views the world through an organized set of depressive schemata that distort experience about self, the world, and the future in a negative direction. Aim of the study was to measure and compare depression among women working on government job, private and the housewives. There were 96 participants in the study, 32 in each group i.e. Women Working Government Job, Private and housewives. Data was collected from Bijnor (U.P.) by administering Beck Depression Inventory II. Statistical analysis was done with ANOVA and Post-Hoc test. Result revealed that there was significant difference among women working Government job, private job and housewives. |
Pages: 1921-1925 The present study is an effort to understand the socio-economic background of juveniles with special reference to Dharwad District. Researcher here has concentrated on juvenile Institutions situated in Hubli- Dharwad which includes Observation Home, Open Shelters, State Home for Women, Girls Home etc. The effect of media has exposed the child towards violent things. This might be reason for the admission to juveniles in the observation homes. Researcher has come across many such incidents which were the eye openers. Some of the inmates in the observation homes were admitted under POCSO act through Juvenile Justice Board. After interviewing them the facts which they revealed were surprisingly astonishing. Present study not only focuses on the Juveniles in Conflict with Law, but also concentrates on neglected children, orphans. The socio-economic profile of the children was collected through self structured questionnaires and interview schedules, who were situated in Hubli-Dharwad. The total number of respondents taken for the study was 250. With descriptive and exploratory design by purposive sampling. The survey covers respondents of the age group 8 to 18 years. The results of the study shows that majority of the respondents (69.4%) belong between the age group 15 to 18 years and majority (52%) of them were males. 56.4 % of them had completed their secondary education. Present paper is an approach to concentrate on the social and economic status of the juvenile respondents residing in the institutions. Whereas annual income of the families of respondents. 82.00% of the respondents' family annual income was below 25000/- followed by 10.00% of them earned Rs. 25000 to Rs. 50000 annually whereas 03.20% were orphans don't have any income, 02.80% of the families annual income is between Rs. 50000 to Rs. 100000 and 2.0% of the family's income is Rs. 150000 and above. So in a society a child is considered as a precious asset it is the society which can put aside him/her from the heinous world of criminality. By Proper parenting and care will nurture the child in a proper way and will thus prevent them to become delinquents. |
Pages: 1926-1929 This study investigates the relationship between emotional intelligence, locus of control and adjustment pattern of the adolescent school students of Tripura. Further the research attempted to study the impact of emotional intelligence on locus of control and adjustment pattern of the students. The sample for this study comprised of 1200 school going adolescents and they were selected from different schools of Tripura. Out of 1200 school students, 702 were male students and 498 were female students. The age range of the sample was 17-18 years and a random sampling technique was utilized to select sample from the 11th and 12th standard classes of different schools of Tripura. Data were collected by using Mangal's Emotional Intelligence Inventory, Locus of Control Scale and Bell's Adjustment Inventory. Data analysis revealed significant correlation between emotional intelligence and locus of control of the study subjects. Similarly, significant correlation was found between emotional intelligence and adjustment pattern of the study subjects. Moreover findings revealed significant impact of emotional intelligence on the locus of control and adjustment pattern of the school students of Tripura. |
Pages: 1930-1933 In the present research an attempt was made to study the relationship between loneliness and mental health among old aged people. For this study purposive sampling technique was used to collect the sample of 80 old age people in the age range of 65 to 75 years (40 were from old age home & 40 were living with family) from district Haridwar. UCLA Loneliness Scale and Mithila Mental Health Status Inventory (MMHSI) scales were used to collect data. Mean and standard deviation of loneliness of people living in old age home (42.33, 8.51) and people living with their family is (34.10, 6.81) and t-value is 4.78 which is significant at 0.01 level. This shows significant difference in the level of loneliness of old age people living with their family and old age home. Mean and standard deviation of mental health of people living in old age home (156.95, 17.61) and people living with their family is (106.25, 11.00) and t-value is 15.45 which is significant at 0.01 level. This shows significant difference in the level of mental health of old age people living with their family and old age home. The level of loneliness is high in the old age people living in old age home and ashramas. The level of mental health is also low in the old age people living in old age home as well as in ashramas in Haridwar. |
Pages: 1934-1938 Today's youth is striving for his identity, facing new problems everyday and finding optimal functioning very tough. Positive Psychology emphasizes the role of identification and application of strengths in the life of an individual for its overall growth. Strengths may have different manifestations in different cultures. Present study aimed to explore the character strength and well-being pattern of adolescents. The current study was conducted amongst 240 students of 11th and 12th grade (120 males & 120 females) belonging to urban and rural backgrounds, falling within the age group of 15-17 years. The sample was recruited through incidental purposive sampling from different schools of Bhiwani and Hisar districts of Haryana. 'T' test was employed to study the difference between means. Result of comparison between male-female adolescents reveals that female outscored their counterparts on honesty, kindness, fairness and forgiveness whereas males scored higher on curiosity, zest and hope. When compared on rural and urban dimension, rural adolescents were found significantly high on critical thinking, social intelligence, persistence, prudence, self regulation and gratitude; urban adolescents scored significantly high only on strength of appreciation of beauty. The results pertaining to well being of the subjects reveal that male scored higher than females, no significant difference was found between scores of urban and rural adolescents. |
Pages: 1939-1945 The study was conducted to understand empirically if husbands in harmonious marriages have better ability to manage communication conflict with their spouses as opposed to that of the husbands in discordant marriage. Total numbers of subjects included were 160 among which the number of discordant husbands and harmonious husbands were 80 in each case belonging to the Bengali Hindu community from the different parts of the city of Kolkata, India with purposive sampling technique. The two groups were compared using the scales: 'Marital Quality Scale' (M.Q.S.) and 'Communication Conflict Predisposition' (C.C.P.).t statistics, correlation and multiple regression analysis were conducted to analyze the data. Results showed that discordant and harmonious husbands differed significantly in their quality of married life as well as abilities of managing conflicts with their spouses. Moreover, harmonious husbands had better feelings and respect for their spouses with better values while cooperating with others in comparison to discordant husbands. Poor marital quality was correlated with poor ability to manage conflicts and vice versa. But Proneness to manage conflict was unable to predict marital quality for both harmonious and discordant husbands. |
Pages: 1946-1949 Crime is the concept which is made by us, in broad sense it can be said that crime is a man made phenomenon. Crime and its relation with the socio-demographic profile and economic status of the individual is a subject which has been discussed by many of the scholars since time immortal. The focus of the present paper is to find out the association between the socio-economic factors and the criminal behavior of the respondents in reference to Central Prison, Dharwad. Prison inmates of Dharwad Central Prison were selected for the present study. The socio-economic details of the respondents were gathered by framing structured questionnaire and inferences were drawn by the frequency tabulation and ANNOVA tests. Majority of the respondents (97.62%) were male between the age group 28-37 years (41.04%) and majority of them were married (65.45%). Majority (62.25%) of them belonged to urban locality and (85.56%) practiced Hindu religion. (43.42%) of the respondents belonged to other backward classes and surprisingly majority of them (78.18%) resided in nuclear families. (86.60%) were literates and (55.72%) of them had completed their higher secondary education. (54.22%) of the respondent had monthly income between 5001/- to 10000/- and (86.32%) of them held a BPL card |
Pages: 1950-1955 Adjustment refers to the extent to which an individual's personality functions effectively in the world of people. Hence, the harmonious relationship is referred between the person and the environment. Thus, the study aims at developing an adjustment questionnaire for adults. The total sample size of the study was 418 (both male & female) and was selected through purposive sampling techniques. The study was a cross sectional design. Data was collected through socio-demographic data sheet, General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), and self prepared adjustment questionnaire for adults. The study findings give the final questionnaire for measuring adjustment of adults in six domains: occupational, technical knowhow, familial, health, social and emotional with a 30 item questionnaire. The changing world has been bring stressors to our lives daily, thus a short questionnaire with 30 items becomes a useful assessment tool to measure adjustment problems in six domains of life in just 15-20 minutes. |
Pages: 1956-1960 Disability has acquired a centre stage in public policy discourse in India. Public policy has tended to become more inclusive and equitable for all its citizens. Target specific policies by the government agencies are based on data available in the public domain. However, as there is no consensus to define “disability” there are problems associated with authenticity of data owing to prevarications in identification by the government. Inclusion and exclusion of persons with disability have led to numerous categories emerging. The paper attempts to recapitulate the definitions and methods of measuring disability in Indian perspective and to compare the scenario of disability in past and present with emphasis on community attitude which could help in planning, framing policies and development initiatives and rehabilitation as well as. |
Pages: 1961-1967 HIV/AIDS-related stigma is one of the significant obstacles to HIV prevention attempts in the world. Children and Youth infected with HIV/AIDS are particularly more prone to stigma and discrimination because of lack of knowledge about the disease and their rights. The objective of the present review article is to explore the researches and studies related to HIV/ AIDS related stigma among children and youth living with HIV/AIDS and highlighting major findings. A detailed review and critical evaluation of published empirical studies from various databases such as PubMed, PsycINFO and online published data of several organizations were accessed for through survey, internet searches, and online journals related to HIV/AIDS related Stigma have been accessed till date to present the current state of research and development in this area. The outcome of database search resulted in 74 potentially relevant articles related to HIV/AIDS stigma. Among these, only eight articles were found applicable and met the inclusion criteria of assessing the HIV/AIDS related stigma of HIV/ AIDS children and youth. These studies concluded that HIV/AIDS related stigma is negatively associated with (a) medical adherence, (b) disclosure of HIV status, (c) health care satisfaction, (d) coping strategies and (e) social support and positively correlated with depressive symptoms among children and youth living with HIV/AIDS. The stigma associated with HIV/AIDS is a major risk for the prevention and intervention efforts for enhancing the psychological health and well-being of HIV/AIDS children and Youth. |
Pages: 1968-1972 The present study has been designed to investigate human rights awareness of undergraduate students involving a comparison between students of Arts and Science Stream as well as between students residing in rural and urban areas. Since the study involves group comparison, a total of 100 undergraduate students have been selected through adopting stratified random sampling method from two selected degree colleges of Nagaon of which 25 each for all the four sub group, viz., Rural-Arts group, Rural-Science Group, Urban-Arts group and Urban-Science group. The data have been collected through employing self-structured Human Rights Awareness Inventory prepared as per the standard procedures available in literature. Collected data, which are of quantitative in nature, are then analysed through using statistical techniques like percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation,'t' test and Tukey's POST HOC Test . The findings of the study revealed that stream of study as well as rural-urban inhabitation has significant impact on human rights awareness of undergraduate students. |
Pages: 1973-1975 There are a variety of coping strategies for dealing with stress emanating from variety of sources. These have been classified as healthy (e.g., exercise) and unhealthy (e.g., smoking). It has also been reported that some people resort to shopping spree to deal with the stress. Therefore the present study was planned to examine the association of affluenza and stress. To achieve the objective, a sample of 111adultparticipants (68 males & 43 females) was drawn from Sonipat, Rohtak, and Jind Districts of Haryana and Chandigarh. The age range was 20 to 42 years with the mean age of 29.5 years. Selected participants were tested with Perceived Stress Scale and Affluenza Scale. Obtained data were analyzed by bivariate correlation and simple linear regression. Results revealed that affluenza is positively and significantly associated with stress (r= .646, p<.01). Regression analysis revealed that stress is a significant predictor of affluenza (accounting 25% of variance in affluenza). The implications of the study are discussed. |
Pages: 1976-1979 The workplace environment keeps on changing, indicating its dynamic nature as well as unpredictability. Organizations require its employees to be more committed as well as to have a better cohesive working interrelationship. Despite a reluctance on the part of organizational researchers to deal with the subjects of emotions or spirituality, recent researchers have begun to argue for the importance of exploring their relationship to workplace satisfaction. Several dimensions of spirituality, when integrated into the workplace, can greatly enhance personal well-being and creativity, organizational harmony, and long-term business success. Similarly, it appears that spirituality and emotional intelligence is related to workplace satisfaction and effectiveness. For this purpose, the study conducted with a group of 100 government male and female teaching faculty through questionnaire method. Research findings indicates ,with both these intelligence happening in the workplace, the environment will be more conducive and faculties experience more satisfaction relates to a higher level of productivity. This paper explores the impacts of emotional intelligence and spirituality on workplace satisfaction, examining possible linkages among these variables if differences exist among gender and finally, presents several ideas for future research deriving from this research. |
Women issues and response of major national political parties in general elections 2014: An overview Pages: 1980-1984 The political parties organised number of programmes, activities and raise numbers issues related with both men and women. They made number of promises during election seasons for all sections of society including women such as women reservation in legislatures at national as well as state level, women empowerment, women safety, sexual abuse, violence against women and female foeticide, etc. These issues find place in election manifestos of political parties to attract the electorates. The paper tries to examine the role of political parties for development and upliftment of women. Further, the study also analyses are these issues influence electorates choice? |