Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Pages: 94-97
Santosh and Suresh K. Darolia (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, Haryana)

Mindfulness as psychological construct has been studied since long in relation to different mental health variables with different dimensions. Present study investigates the differences between clinical and non-clinical samples their trait mindfulness and its relationship with depression. A sample of 200 depressive patients and 200 normal adults drawn from various psychiatric hospitals were tested on Back Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Comparison of these two groups revealed non-clinical sample scored higher than clinical on three facets of mindfulness (i.e., act with awareness, non-judgmental & non-reactive) and the global mindfulness score. Depression in clinical group was strongly predicted by mindfulness (R=0.557 p<.001) and significantly but slightly lower in non-clinical group (R=0.46 p<.001). Hence, it is concluded that mindfulness plays vital role in the control of depression in non-clinical group.

Pages: 102-106
Hossein Mahmoudi1, Fatemeh Jafari Chahestani2, Vahid Baharvand3, and Masoome Ezadpanahi4 (Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran1, Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran2, Department of Psychology, Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran3, and Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran4)

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between maternal perfectionism and mental health of preschool children in Tehran. The statistical population included all preschool students in District 2 of Tehran in the academic years 2018-2019. Their number was 476 this year. Using Krejcie and Morgan table and one-stage cluster random sampling, 220 people were selected as the statistical sample. The mental health questionnaire of Terry Short et al., Mental health questionnaire was used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaires was assessed and confirmed using content validity and reliability by Cronbach's alpha. Descriptive statistics (mean, etc.) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation test, multiple regression test & independent t-test) were used to analyze the data. The results showed that mental health increases with increasing perfectionism and positive perfectionism among mothers. With the increase of negative perfectionism among the screws, the mental health of preschool students decreases. Positive perfectionism has been able to have a positive effect on the mental health variable of newcomers and predict it, and negative perfectionism has been able to have a negative impact on the mental health variable of newcomers and predict it, between mental health in both groups of male and female newcomers there is no significant difference.

Pages: 110-112
Sunil Kumar and Manju (Department of Applied Psychology, GJUS&T University, Hisar, Haryana)

Life is always full of hurdles and very challenging and when we set a long term goal in life and go for that it becomes very boring also. In such situation grit play a significant role and work as a weapon. Grit, basically includes consistency of interest and perseverance of efforts for long term goal. In this study we have four variables (hope, self-control, self-efficacy, orientation to happiness) that relate to gritty behavior. But the objective here is that how much these variables relate and contribute in grit among adults. For this purpose, a sample of 300 participants (aged 18-30 years) was purposely selected. The scale of Grit, Hope, Self-efficacy, Self-control and Orientation to Happiness were administered and scored as per the manual. Results found that self-control emerged as the single most potent predictor of grit accounting for 18.3% of variance while self-efficacy, hope and pleasure jointly account for 13.3% of variance.

Pages: 116-120
Anurag Upadhyay1, Upagya Rai2, and Richa Singh3 (Udai Pratap Autonomous College, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh1, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi2 and Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat, Rajghat Fort, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh3)

The discipline that scientifically studies the positive aspect of human life is known as positive psychology. It is an applied branch of psychology, which integrates the positive elements of life in a person. In today's fast-paced technological era, humans are left dissatisfied and unhappy because of the absence of a wide sense of positivity and positive openness. The present paper is an effort to introduce the field of Positive psychology, how it emerged as a distinct scientific area within Psychology. It also focuses on well-being which is not only a major concern of everyday inquiry but also of intense scientific scrutiny in terms of hedonic and eudiamonic perspectives. The paper focuses on the optimistic promises of the discipline in terms of massive possibilities where it can be applied in a wide range of practical areas such as health, education, parenting, psychotherapy, etc.

Pages: 126-128
D. Manasa and Sampathkumar (Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka)

Character strengths are ethical facets of personality. Mental health refers to individuals' ability to cope with daily challenges of life by optimum utilization of skills. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of character strengths on mental health. The participants were 400 college students. Value in Action Inventory-72 by McGrath was used to measure Character strengths. Psychological well-being scale developed by Sisodia and Choudary was used to assess mental health. Data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA. Results showed that participants with high character strengths found to have better mental health and vice versa.

Pages: 137-141
Poonam Singh (Department of Psychology, Munshi Singh College, Motihari, Bihar)

With increasing competition in today's organization, management of employee's attitude, behavior and emotion has become an important issue that has ramification in delivering services to customers which in turn affects the organizations productivity. In order to provide effective service to customer and become valuable for customer, organization must focus on managing employee's emotion. Management of Emotional labour of employee's could help the organization to maintain edge over the organization and help to gain competitive advantage. The present study is aimed at exploring emotional labour of employees of private sector organizations and assessing its influence on job satisfaction as and explores moderating effect of perceived organizational support. Sample consists 100 participants selected from private organizations. Emotional labour measured by scale developed by Kruml and Geddes (2000) and job satisfaction measured by scale by Hackman and Oldham (1975). Data were analysed by correlation, multiple and moderation regressions. Regression result showed that emotional labour is negatively related with job satisfaction and perceived organizational support is moderating emotional labour-job satisfaction relationship. Further result and implication of study labour has been discussed in paper.

Pages: 146-149
Vishva Choudhary and Bharti Sharma (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

Individuals who belong to the natural world consider themselves as part natural word and feel to connect with environment. Wilson, who coined the term biophilia almost 20 years ago, provided a philosophical framework for the concept of being connected to nature. Biophilia is described as an individual's innate emotional connection to other living plants and animals. Individual well-being is also nourished by exposure to plants and flowers. Nature Connectedness hypothesis explained that linked between people and natural world has a tangible effect on their physical and mental well-being and behavior. Many researcher done their work on related constructs include ecological identity (Naess, 1973); explained ecological identity, while the concept if nature relatedness (Nisbet, 2009); and inclusion with nature (Schultz, 2002); described by (Nisbet, 2009); and (Schultz, 2002) respectively , all of which also take into account the extent to which someone experiences himself or herself as a part of natural community of life. People who have more connected and linked with nature consider themselves as a part of the wider natural world and society. In the current research, we explained difference between nature connectedness and psychological well-being between male and female by applied Connectedness to nature scale (Mayer & Frantz, 2004) and psychological well-being Scale by (Ryff, 1989) on adults (N=70). The result showed the significant difference between the male and female in connectedness to nature and psychological well-being that connection to nature lead the difference in psychology well-being among adults.

Pages: 154-157
Manju and Sarvdeep Kohli (Department of Psychology, M. D. University, Rohtak, Haryana)

Hypertension is one of the most important non-communicable diseases which are associated with considerable mortality and morbidity. The higher degree of anxiety leads to poor blood pressure control which may cause cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, retinal and renal problems and ultimately worsens the quality of life. So, the present study examined the relationship of anxiety with quality of life among hypertensives. For this purpose, a total sample of 60 clinically diagnosed hypertensives were selected from the age bracket of 35-55 years. The tools used were State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for measuring anxiety levels and World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-BREF to measure the quality of life. The results show a negative and significant association of state anxiety and trait anxiety with the different domains of quality of life i.e. physical health, psychological, social relationships and environmental among hypertensives. The results suggest that degree of anxiety must be addressed in order to improve the quality of life among hypertensives.

Pages: 175-178
Aliya Ismail Nadaf and Vinayak M. Honmore (Department of Psychology, Smt. Mathubai Garware Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sangli, Maharasthra)

The present study was an endeavour to investigate the role of coping resources and gender among frontline physicians with reference to their psychological well-being. Eighty frontline physicians (40 males & 40 females) participated in the present study. The purposive sample of this study comprised of 80 frontline physicians from various government and non government hospitals. Psychological Well-being Scale (Sisodia & Choudhary, 2012) and Coping Resources Inventory (Marting & Hammer, 2004) with five subscale each was employed. Findings of the 2 x 2 ANOVA revealed that coping resources significantly affect the level of psychological well-being where gender difference is insignificant for psychological well-being among frontline physicians. No interaction effect on psychological well-being scores of coping resources and gender was found.