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Pages: 856-859 The issues of women sports in India have not received much attention. This study focuses on the experiences of Indian women boxers, who have represented India at international level. For the purpose of data collection 15 international boxers were interviewed using semi structured interview schedule. Drawing upon the data, the research shows that the boxing has influenced their lives in several ways. They have adopted the principals of sportsmanship in their Personal life, which led them to become more confident and strong both mentally as well as physically by fighting against all odds and stigma primarily associated with this game since boxing is perceived as a 'masculine game' and not suitable for women as it is considered as a bloodthirsty and dangerous sport. |
Pages: 860-863 Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. The present study aims at exploring the nature and determinants of happiness among Kalpwais in Magh Mela. It also tried to explore the link between their religious practices and feeling of happiness. The study being exploratory in nature, semi structured interview was chosen for the purpose of data collection. Interviews were held on eleven participants between 58 to 81 years of age. All the participants have left their home for performing Kalpwas for a month and were residing in the tents arranged at the bank of Ganga. A semi structured interview schedule was prepared for the interviews. Each interview was audio taped and then transcribed for further analysis. Response themes indicated that other than their daily religious activities these Kalpwais were indulged in acts as helping others and strengthening their social bonds. This according to them gives sense of peace and mental satisfaction which further leads to happiness. They further reported that Kalpwas has a positive impact on their health and minds. |
Pages: 864-869 Bilingualism is the ability to understand and produce more than one language. Three forms of bilingualism have been identified in children: compound bilingualism, coordinate bilingualism, and sub-coordinate bilingualism. The bilingual advantage is the notion that because bilinguals are constantly selecting one language and inhibiting the other(s) that they speak, they develop heightened executive functioning. The following manuscript reviews the literature on bilingualism and its linkages to language and executive functioning across the human lifespan. Overall, the literature seems to posit that bilingualism can lead to decreased performance on language tasks throughout life, although it does not impair language development as previously suspected. Moreover, the literature also suggests that bilinguals develop increased executive functioning abilities as compared to monolinguals. A review of the literature suggests that bilinguals' increased executive functioning begins in childhood and persists throughout adulthood. Further some research also suggests that bilingualism might protect older adults from some age-related cognitive declines. Overall, the literature suggests that there is a bilingual advantage, albeit limited to some specific circumstances. |
Pages: 870-873 We are living in the age of science and technology; we have found the solution of majority of the disorders our pupils are living with. Mental disorders are the kind of disorders most of the human beings suffering today. The urbanization, industrialization and consumerization of the society have created more such problems, today one in every fourth person in the world is affected by some kind of mental or neurological disorders. India being pioneer in the health science, it has developed through its Aayurveda a complete and comprehensive therapy for treatment of mental disorders. Though, these therapies are ancient and archaic, still they are relevant, effective and competent in treating persons suffering with mental disorders. The paper thoroughly examines the ancient methods of treatment as well as the causes of psychological disorders. |
Pages: 874-877 The current paper makes use of a commercially successful movie “Dear Zindagi” to introduce the concept of counselling and guidance to a large Indian population as a means of exposing the conductions of counselling sessions. This is a movie about Kaira (Bhatt), cinematographer by profession, who is going through a tumultuous period of life. For this she approaches Khan/Jug (Khan) who is a Psychologist /Counsellor/therapist by profession. This paper is an attempt to break the long held myth regarding professional counselling in the Indian society. It envisages the technical aspects of multiple therapies used at different stages of a counselling session. The movie is a beautiful attempt of how a client with the help of a psychologist/counsellor successfully copes with her emotional and behavioural problem, which has its roots in her childhood and this paper provide a psychological reflection of the same. |
Pages: 878-880 The present study was conducted to record the details of traditional costumes of tribes residing in Tarai and Bhabar of Uttarakhand. Tharu tribe was surveyed under the study. Exploratory research design was used for the present study and data was collected using the primary and secondary resources. Each style of tribal costumes acts as a meaning and history. It is one of indicators which signify the life as a means of nonverbal communication of dynamic and visible culture of tribals. Costume comprises of garments, ornaments, accessories, body decoration, hairstyle, makeup and footwear. The traditional costumes of the tribes reflected their culture as well as specific requirement of a region. It was interesting to observe this form of human self-expression. Tharu and Buxa both have a same socio-cultural lineage, which was reflected in their costumes too. Buxa tribe is a sub part of Tharu tribe but as a lowest clan. There are several endogamous sub-groups of Tharu. Tharu of Uttarakhand are the Rana Tharu, who claim themselves as Rajput by origin and according to them they are the ancestors of Maharana Pratap. There were different traditional upper garments, lower garments and headgears for both the males and females in Tharu and Buxa community. The warps were prevalent only among females. Traditional foot wears also existed, which were similar for both male and female. Tharu females wore kurti, angiya and futai as upper garments ghagra was worn as lower garment by and argana was placed over the head. Male costumes were comprised of kurta, pajama and topi. Traditional costumes of Buxa females consisted of angiya, an upper garment; a skirt called guniya as lower garment. Uniya was the headgear used by the females of Buxa tribe. The traditional male attire of Buxa tribe consisted of dhoti, a loose kurta and a white topi. |
Pages: 881-883 Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence. It has also been described as the constant, conscious pursuit of living life to its fullest potential. Wellness is a combination of healthiness and happiness. The self-actualization process for the personal growth helps create true happiness from within. Happiness is a choice one has to make. In a world of seemingly endless options, the choices which we make for ourselves make us happier. If there is a big clash between our own choices and the options which we are pressurized to choose, incongruity between the real and ideal self develops. This leads to a disintegrated and maladjusted personality. Freedom of choice with complete acceptance and support from the significant others ushers one to the fullest realization of the potential. It enhances the acceptance of self. It leads to the virtues of optimism, trust, self-respect and autonomy which make us more confident, self-reliant, positive, secure and happier. Further it develops a healthy and balanced personality striving to actualize, maintain and enhance the experiencing organism. Such an organism on a path of personal growth is a perfect combination of happiness, healthiness and wellness. In this paper, such a model of wellness based on freedom of choice has been proposed which instills personal growth with a healthy and happy life. |
Pages: 884-886 The Republic of India has the second largest population in the world and is also one of the fastest growing economy. It is the world's sixth largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest by purchasing power parity. It is progressing rapidly to become one of the world's most powerful nation not only in terms of military strength but also in technology, wealth, services, health, export etc. However, when it comes to employment of women population; things has not progressed matching to the level of development the nation is witnessing. This paper is an attempt to explore the probable cause of unemployment of women in India and what steps could be taken for women resource development. |
Pages: 887-891 The basic aims of present study were to study the attachment of mother with their children according to the nature of work of the mother and to find out the link between sex (male / female) and the attachment of the mother. The sample used for the study was 360 mothers selected by purposive randomized sampling design. Maternal Attachment Scale was used for data collection prepared by Borse. The results of the present study show that the main effect of Nature of mothers work is not significant (F = 0.06, p > 0.05) As per the means of attachment scores are 69.83 and 70.17 respectively, for the working and non-working mothers, its shows that nature of mothers employment has no effect on attachment. Second result shows that means of attachment scores are 68.36 and 71.65 respectively for the boys based mothers and girls based mothers. The main effect of sex based of mothers family (Table 21) is significant for attachment (F = 6.19, p < 0.05) significant. The girls based mothers scored higher on attachment than boys based mothers. |
Pages: 892-894 This study was designed to assess whether there are differences in personality and coping styles of hypertensive and normotensive (a term used for referring person having normal blood pressure) bank managers. A sample of 206 (30 to 55 years of age) managerial level bank employees was taken from cities like Sagar, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Jhansi, Noida through purposive sampling. Participants were approached in random manner and were included in the study only on voluntary basis. Those who were diagnosed with hypertension and were on its medication were considered in the hypertensive group. NEO-FFI personality inventory and cope scale was administered on both groups. T-test was used for data analysis. Results revealed that participants differ in terms of neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness and extraversion. They also differed significantly in coping styles. Implications are discussed in the paper. |
Pages: 895-899 The present study aims at understanding the effects of depression and retirement on geriatrics. The study works to talk about how retirement and depressive symptoms would have an effect on the mental and physical health of the elderly. It intends to focus on the cognitive decline of a person when he or she retires and the role depression plays in cognitive retardation. It also looks at the relationship between depression and dementia. Results show a great relation between retirement and depressive symptoms along with a variety of factors on the overall health of an elderly person. Other mental and physical health problems also show a strong correlation to people of old age being at a higher risk to depressive symptoms. |
Pages: 900-907 Residential satisfaction in high rise apartment complexes have been emerged as influencing frameworks in psychology and personal life satisfaction, community life style, health and well-being. In the Indian context very few studies on residential satisfaction has been conducted in high rise residential complexes. The present study attempts to examine the main and interactional effects of occupancy status and gender on evaluation of complex amenities, influencing factor for choosing flat in high rise, neighborhood relationship, social support health, happiness and residential satisfaction. Three hundred male and female residents participated in the present survey. A 2x2 factorial design structure involving gender (male vrs females) and two floor levels (owner vrs tenant) was utilized. The main effects of gender and occupancy status on major outcome variables were found significant. While looking at the results it seems very clear that substantially large number of residents exhibited moderately high level of satisfaction with complex amenities, reported moderately high level of residential satisfaction and better community life style in the complex. Some of the results are found consistent with the previous studies. Implications of the results are discussed. |
Pages: 908-911 Internet, over last one decade, has become an integral part of our daily life. In the contemporary technological era, though internet has connected people 24x7, yet this nearness has appeared to be resulted into a psychological distance among them. Hence there are controversial evidences as some have reported more closeness can be observed among internet users, while others have reported that internet usage has led to loneliness among its users. So the present study in an attempt to explore the level of internet usage and its association with intrinsic disconnectivity, i.e., feeling of loneliness among its young users. A purposive sample of 60 college students both male and female within the age range of 19 to 21 years both from urban and rural areas of Faridabad district was drawn. To measure the internet usage and loneliness level, Young's Internet Addiction test and UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russel, 1996) were used. Descriptive statistics was used to find out the prevalent level of internet usage and the level of loneliness among youth. Further, correlational analysis was done to find out the relationship between internet connectivity and corresponding intrinsic disconnectivity among youth. |
Pages: 912-914 The present study was designed to study the effect of job stress and burnout on the mental health of medical and paramedical professionals. A total sample of 320 (120 medical professionals & 200 paramedical professionals) belonging to an age group of 30-45 years, having at least 5 years of job experience in same set-up was selected .Job stress survey(JSS), Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and Mental health Inventory (MHI) were administered to measure these variables. Results revealed that Job pressure, Emotional Exhaustion and depersonalization emerged as significant predictors in deterioration of mental health of medical and paramedical professionals. |
Pages: 915-916 Maternal education has positive impacts on soft skills and social skills of children. Soft skills including effective communication, social, professional ethics, problem solving, decision-making, and organizational skills are needed in adventure education to enhance the learning of children. The study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. Two areas were selected purposively i.e., rural and urban, from urban area Hisar city and from rural area two villages namely Balsmand and Kharia were taken for collection of data. A total of 200 children in three age groups, namely, 3, 4 and 5 years were selected for the study. Maternal education was independent variable. Soft skills and social skills were taken as dependent variable. Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale of Social Maturity (Sparrow et al., 1935) was used to determine soft skills and social skills among children. Result revealed that soft and social skills were significantly related with mother education (c2 = 27.73**) and (c2 = 12.36*) in rural areas but both skills were not significant with mother education in urban (c2 = 2.45) and (2 = 1.29) areas. |
Pages: 917-919 The purpose of current study was to find the relationship between emotional intelligence and happiness among undergraduate students of Lovely Professional University (Punjab) over 150 undergraduate students (n=150). Emotional Intelligence Test (EIT) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) were used in this study. Pearson product moment correlation, linear regression analyses and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The results depict that there is a significant positive correlation between various dimensions of emotional intelligence and happiness. |
Pages: 920-922 Sexual dysfunction is defined as the inability to enjoy the sexual activities or disturbed sexual desires. It is a difficulty at any stage of the sexual activity including arousal, pleasure, orgasm and resolution. The objective of the current study is to compare the sexual dysfunction between patients with depression and mania. This is a descriptive study using cross sectional study design. The sample comprises of 20 patients with depression and 20 patients with mania (both male & female). Data were collected from Gajraraja Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; the samples were selected using random sampling method. To assess the sexual dysfunction “Changes in Sexual Functioning for Female (CSFQ-F) and Changes in Sexual Functioning for Male (CSFQ-M) were used. Data was analyzed using SPSS 16.0 version to compute the independent “t” test to assess the mean difference between mania and depression in sexual dysfunction. The results showed decreased sexual functioning in the depressive disorder and hypersexuality in mania. |
Pages: 923-927 Flexibility is a construct that has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. How ever there is very little that is known regarding its relationship with personality. The current study is an attempt to elucidate the relationship between psychological flexibility and personality. Psychological Flexibility can be defined as an individual's ability to consciously associate to the present moment and to make decisions based on deeply held values despite the presence of troublesome thoughts and conflicting emotions. Personality on the other hand can be defined as an individual's unique pattern of feeling, thinking and behaving. The purpose of the study was to understand the relationship between Personality and Psychological Flexibility on the grounds of gender variance. The sample size of the study was 60 (30 males & 30 females), age range between 18-20 years. The tools used in the study were Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2 developed by Frank Bond and Myers Briggs Preference Questionnaire developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers for measuring Psychological Flexibility and Personality Types respectively among youth. The scores were analysed by computing Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the results revealed that there was significant relationship (-0.09) between the two variables. For males the correlation was found out to be negative (-0.374) while for females the correlation was found out to be positive (0.06). It may be concluded that there exists a relationship between Psychological Flexibility and Personality. Keeping this in mind the youth must be trained to become more and more psychologically flexible as it is the key to mental health and well-being. |
Pages: 928-930 The present study aims to explore the relationship between spiritual values, organizational citizenship behavior and performance of nurses. For the purpose of the study, a sample of 100 female nurses of age group between 30-40 years which having five years experience in their profession. Government hospital nurses has been selected in the sample. Spirituality Attitude scale, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Nursing Performance Scale were administered on the subjects. Data was analyzed by using correlation method. The result reveals that positive relationship between spiritual values, organizational citizenship behavior and performance of nurses. |
Pages: 931-933 The present study focused on academic stress and its relation with mental health of adolescents. The Present study was conducted on 120 adolescent students of class 9th of schools of Amritsar city. Data was analysed by using correlation and hierarchical multiple regression. Moderate and significant correlations were observed between academic stress, perceived democratic parenting style and mental health of the adolescents. To explore the overall effect of democratic parenting style as moderator in the relationship between academic stress and mental health of adolescents, the R2 values of the regression model that included academic stress and its interaction with perceived democratic parenting style was compared with the regression model having academic stress without interaction terms. Significant interaction effect of perceived democratic parenting style of adolescent and academic stress was observed in the analysis. |
Pages: 934-937 In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. There are four major categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/ emotional abuse, and child sexual abuse. By learning some of the common warning signs of child abuse and neglect, we can catch the problem as early as possible and get both the child and the abuser the help that they need. Children are at a much greater risk in certain situations: alcohol and drug abuse, stress and lack of support, domestic violence, lack of parenting skills and untreated mental illness. Some of the effects of child abuse and neglect are physiological effect, psychological effect, trust and relationship difficulties, and core feelings of being “worthless” or “damaged” and trouble regulating emotions. According to the BBC News 2017, in India, a child is sexually abused every 15 minutes, according to the latest government figure a study on Child Abuse: India 2007, conducted by Ministry of Women and Child development (GOI) revealed, two out of every three children were physically abused. 53.22% children reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse. Every second child reported facing emotional abuse. India has signed a number of international documents and declarations that pertain to the rights of the children. The Constitution of India contains a number of provisions for the protection and welfare of the children. It found that child neglect and child abuse were far more common in single-parent families than in families where both parents are present. A number of treatments are available to victims of child abuse, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, child-parent psychotherapy, group therapy, play therapy, and art therapy. |
Pages: 938-940 The aim of present research investigation was to study the influence of psychological stress on suicidal ideation among male and female adolescents. The present research was carried out in Haridwar (Uttrakhand). The present researches choose psychological stress as predictor variable and suicidal ideation as criterion variable. Sample for present research was chosen (n=150) by stratified random sampling, comprising of 75 males and 75 females. The Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire SBHQ revised version was used and The Perceived Life Event Scale (PSLES) Kumar (1995). Strong correlation was established among males over stress and suicidal ideation (r=0.42*) and among female over stress and suicidal ideation (0.60*) |
Pages: 941-942 ADHD is the one of the common neuro-developmental condition in children; however more studies are required to identify the prevalence in Indian context. Hence the present study aimed to determine the gender difference with ADHD symptoms among school going children in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. It was a cross sectional study done on a total of 542 school going children with the age group of 5-12 years using Conner's Abbreviated Rating Scale by Quota Sampling method. Data was analysed for percentage and frequency using SPSS 16.0 version. Results showed a prevalence of 47 children with ADHD symptoms out of 542 children in which 37 were males and 10 were females. This study indicates the importance of early recognition and early intervention of this disorder. |
Pages: 943-947 In modern era, Mental health of adolescents is a major concern area for psychologists. In order to find out resilience, coping, temperament and emotional intelligence contribute and predict mental health among female adolescents, the present study was planned. Mental Health Battery (MHB), Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Intelligence (MMEI), Resilience Scale (RS), Coping Checklist (CCL) and The Formal Characteristics of Behavior-Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI) were employed on 200 female adolescents within the age range of 15 to 19 years. The data was subjected to Multiple Regression analysis. Results revealed that emotional intelligence (motivating oneself, managing emotions, handling relationships), coping (denial/blame, social support) and temperament (endurance, sensory sensitivity) 48 % variance (R2=.48) of mental health among female adolescents. |
Pages: 948-951 The aim of this paper is to explain and discuss the autobiographical account of Akhtar's book 'Tarkash'. The paper focuses on empirical exploration of narrator's life using life story approach as a method of qualitative psychology. The approach takes as foundational the propositions that (1) people construct and internalize stories to make sense of their lives, (2) these autobiographical stories have enough psychological meaning and staying power to be told to others as narrative accounts, and (3) these narrative accounts, when told to psychological researchers, can be analyzed for content themes, structural properties, functional attributes, and other categories that speak to their psychological, social, and cultural meanings. The paper reviews and integrates recent theory and research on life stories as manifested in investigations of self understanding, personality structure and change, and the complex relations between individual lives and cultural modernity. With this assertion, the present paper attempts to study translation of Akhtar's volume of poems Tarkash titled as Quiver in English, translated by Mathews. It attempts to bring out the traces of Indian tradition as well as present day Indian urban life with problems of living in a street of Mumbai, lying beneath the universal themes like love, disillusionment and social injustice and a philosophy of life. One sentence that I can dedicate to this book is : Humne to jindagi batayi thi .. log kavitaye samajh ke padhne lage. |