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Pages:469-473 George Mariadoss (Gandhipuram, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu) It is a descriptive research Ex Post Facto Research, studying the phenomenon of Sexually Violent Behaviors (SVB) carried out by Sexually Violent Predators (SVP) and its underlying philosophical nature and psychological factors under the light of scientific reasons. It also makes an attempt to discover the right Psycho Therapeutic Process for prevention of recidivism in SVP. It proposes a triadic Psycho Therapeutic Process: 1. Experiential Conditioning. 2. Modeling. 3. Conscience Development (EMC) reflecting upon psychological and guidance and counseling theories. This study can also be a hypothesis for further scientific research explorations: to find out the causal relationship between SVB and SVP with the help of statistical approach, to formulate additional theories and concepts, to have an experimental research to measure the success rate of the process EMC, to lay down specific interventions based on this research and to offer suggestions, recommendations, and directions to the Government and to the community regarding the prevention, prevalence and rectification of the problem of SVB by SVP. Pages:469-473
George Mariadoss (Gandhipuram, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu) |
Pages:474-476 Bhavana Arya and Shrutika Khandelwal (ICG, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) This study attempts to explore the relationship between expressing gratitude and positive emotions. The sample of the current study comprised 60 college girls pursuing graduation. The main purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of gratitude intervention. The current study also tested for the main effects of gratitude on positive emotions. Results confirmed that counting one's blessings within early adolescence is, indeed, related to well-being and other positive emotions. Findings also support that gratitude induction (i.e., counting blessings) is related to greater positive emotions when compared to those participants who serve as controls. Pages:474-476
Bhavana Arya and Shrutika Khandelwal (ICG, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages:477-480 Vijendra Singh Rastogi, Deepak Pandey and Swati Mishra (SoS in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh ) The purpose of the present research work was conducted to examine the relationship between quality of life and health of female asthmatic patients. The sample consisted of 100 female participants selected from the different hospitals in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh. The emotional and physical distress was assessed by CMI Health Questionaire (Wig, Pershad, & Verma, 1973) and to measure Quality of Life the P.G.I. Quality of life scale (Moudgil, Verma, & Kaur, 1998) was used. Regression result indicated that the quality of life is a significant predictor of emotional distress also demographical variable, i.e., education and occupation of participants is significant in this study, in the case of physical distress the quality of life is significant predictor and the physical distress also predicted by the demographical variable education of the participants. Pages:477-480
Vijendra Singh Rastogi, Deepak Pandey and Swati Mishra (SoS in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University… |
Pages:481-483 Soumya Sharma (DRDO, Timarpur, Delhi) Amit Abraham (Department of Psychology, St. Johns College, Agra, U.P.) Priyanka Masih (St. Johns College, Agra, U.P.) The purpose of this research was to comparatively study the leisure motivation, stress and anxiety amongst Indian and Foreign tourists visiting the Taj Mahal and also see gender differences between these variables. Purposive sampling was done and data collected from a total of 60 tourists (30 Indians and 30 Foreigners) visiting the Taj Mahal during the hot and sultry month of July. The Leisure Motivation Scale (Beard & Ragheb, 1983) was used to measure motivation for participating in leisure activities and the Stress and Anxiety levels was measured from items taken from the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). Six hypotheses were examined to test different relationships between Indian and Foreign tourists with reference to the three variables taken for this study. Gender specific relationships were also tested. The results indicate that: (1) There is no significant difference in leisure motivation scores between Foreign and Indian tourists visiting the Taj Mahal. (2) There is a significant difference in stress levels between Foreign and Indian tourists visiting the Taj Mahal. (3) There is no significant difference in anxiety levels between Foreign and Indian tourists visiting the Taj Mahal. (4) There is no significant difference in leisure motivation scores between male and female tourists visiting the Taj Mahal. (5) There is a highly significant difference in stress levels between male and female tourists visiting the Taj Mahal. (6) There is highly significant difference in anxiety levels between male and female tourists visiting the Taj Mahal. Pages:481-483
Soumya Sharma (DRDO, Timarpur, Delhi)
Amit Abraham (Department of Psychology, St. Johns College, Agra, U.P.)
Priyanka Masih… |
Pages:484-487 Matloob Ahmed Khan (Department of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Muzamil Ahmad (Government Degree Collage Ganderbal, Kashmir, J&K) The purpose of the present study was to assess the gender difference in stress and social support among cancer patients. Sample consisted of 200 cancer patients selected randomly, undergoing treatment in the department of Radiotherapy and Oncology in Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar Kashmir. The Questionnaire on stress in cancer patients revised version(QSC-R23), and The Questionnaire Interpersonal Support Evaluation List Short Form (ISEL-SF) were administered on patients. Data was analysed using t-test and One Way ANOVA followed by Post-Hoc Analyses. The results indicate significant gender differences in mean scores of stress while no significant gender difference was found in terms of social support. These findings have implications for understanding the psychological problems of male and female cancer patients. Pages:484-487
Matloob Ahmed Khan (Department of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Muzamil Ahmad (Government Degree… |
Pages:488-492 Jayashree Sanghani (Reach Beyond NGO, Hyderabad, Andhra Pardesh) Self-Regulation failure is a root cause of criminality, academic under achievement, compulsive sexuality and fiscal irresponsibility (Voh & Schmeichel). Self-Regulated operations are costly in the sense that they consume a limited resource. People cannot regulate their own actions indefinitely because the energy required for such regulation is finite and get depleted on usage. Hence there is need to replenish this energy to build the lasting strength. Self-Regulated children can delay gratification and suppress their impulse long enough to think ahead of possible consequences of their actions. Consider alternative action that would be appropriate. It has been found that the more we can work with children and very young ones to understand “why they do what they do” then they are better able to articulate the difficulties they get into with relationship and the better they can work beyond those. Hence children should be encouraged to commit themselves to meaningful educational goals, strive to benefit from their educational experiences, monitor their progress towards their goals, make adjustment in their effort when necessary, and establish new, more demanding goals as they accomplish earlier ones. There are different strategies used which are short term lasting. positive psychology Intervention of exposing the children to mindful awareness in what they are doing and why, also giving a gratitude and forgiveness as techniques of thinking and feeling may have a lasting impact on self-regulation which can be proved through further research. Pages:488-492
Jayashree Sanghani (Reach Beyond NGO, Hyderabad, Andhra Pardesh) |
Pages:493-495 Dhanalakshmi, D. (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) College years, though expected to be the most fun period in a student's life, many students do not have a smooth sail. The relationship problems encountered at that stage append to the stress experienced due to transition from school to college and complex psychological histories. Such complexities may often lead to distortions in thinking and in most severe form lead to depression and poor health. The current study explored the relationship between depression, cognitive distortions and general health among college students. The sample consisted of 125 undergraduate college students (62 boys and 63 girls) studying in different colleges in Chennai and aged between 18 to 20 years. The participants responded to the items on Depression taken from the Depression and the Anxiety Scale (Newcomer et al), Cognitive Distortion Scale (Briere) and General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg). Correlational analysis showed that general health was positively related to dimensions of cognitive distortion and depression. Girls were found to be more depressed and high in self-criticism as when compared to the boys. Girls have more problems in their general health as when compared to the boys. Regression analysis revealed that depression predicts general health. The results of the study draws the attention of researchers and practitioners in the discipline of psychology to explore the various causal factors for depression during late adolescence and to provide appropriate psychological interventions so that they are able to face the future challenges. Interventions to enhance the assertiveness and to change the dysfunctional thinking associated with helplessness among girls are crucial. Pages:493-495
Dhanalakshmi, D. (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) |
Pages:496-498 Rajesh Kumar (Department of Psychology, Government College, Bapauli, Panipat, Haryana) The present study was an attempt to investigate the relationship and significance of mean difference between Psychological well-being and values among adolescents. The sample of 200 adolescents of IX and X classes with age range between 14 to 16 years who were administered psychological tests, i.e., Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale (PWB), 1989b and Value Test (Ojha, 1992). Product Moment Method was used to see the relationships between Psychological well-being and Values. Results reveal that psychological well-being is significantly positive correlated with theoretical, social and religious values and significantly negative correlated with economic, aesthetic and political values. To see the significant mean difference, t- test was used. Results show that boys are high on autonomy and environmental mastery the measures of psychological well-being and theoretical and economic values where as girls are high on aesthetic and religious as compared to their counterparts. Pages:496-498
Rajesh Kumar (Department of Psychology, Government College, Bapauli, Panipat, Haryana) |
Pages:499-501 Sonia Kapur (Department of Sports Medicine And Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar) Pages:499-501
Sonia Kapur (Department of Sports Medicine And Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar) |
Pages:502-504 Aparna Bhattacharya and Archana Shukla (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, U.P.) Our internalized 'world' gets often reflected through our exteriors appearances, reactions, spoken words, postures, facial expressions, the way we walk and the colors that we wear, or else, avoid. Colors have a multitude of meanings and are an important aspect of our everyday experiences. The common observation of finding an elderly person dressed in white, brown and grey arouses a curiosity about the extent to which the processes of aging can render an elderly person as well as an elderly person's life achromatic or monochromatic. To understand the utility of colors in our healthy daily living achromatic or black and white photographs can be contrasted with photographs with life like colors, black dress of mourning with multihued flowery dresses, white hospital wards and dormitories with pastel colored rooms in our homes, achromatic times of the day dark cold nights or cloudy days- with warm, bright, sunny colorful days and a warm smiley face with another 'pale' face from which all colors seem to have drained. Nature is multihued. Nothing on earth is achromatic. Color characterizes a natural state of being. Colorlessness therefore brings to mind boredom, melancholy and lifelessness. This paper tries to explore the extent to which colors are or are not used in most elderly people's lives, personal choice or the societal expectations as the basic reason for a relative colorlessness, and the possible association of colorlessness with social isolation, hopelessness, reduced opportunities for useful productive work and also leisure activities, monotony in daily schedules, inability for humor and laughter and, most important of all, a substantial lowering of self esteem and life satisfaction. The paper also explores stereo typically negative ageist connotations of 'color' in the context of elderly. Pages:502-504
Aparna Bhattacharya and Archana Shukla (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, U.P.) |
Pages:505-507 Sudha Katyal ( Department of Human Development and Family Relations, Govt. Home. Science College, Chandigarh) The present investigation aimed to determine resilience among Undergraduate boys and girls with broken-heart. The study was carried out in Government as well as private co-educational colleges of Chandigarh. The sample comprised of 100 undergraduate students (50 boys + 50 girls) who were in the age range of 17- 21 years and had a heart-break in past 6 to 12 months. The findings revealed that 60% of the boys had heart break after being in non-committed relationship of 6-12 months duration. On the contrary, nearly 50% of the girls had heart break after being in committed relationship of 1-2 years. For more than 50% of boys and girls, nearly 6-12 months had passed after their break-up when the investigator collected the data. The results revealed that majority of boys had moderate to high level of resilience while majority of girls exhibited just moderate resilience. However, there was no significant difference in resilience of boys and girls. Pages:505-507
Sudha Katyal ( Department of Human Development and Family Relations, Govt. Home. Science College, Chandigarh) |
Pages:508-512 Sushila Pareek and Nirmala Singh Rathore (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) Education is conceived as a powerful agency, which is instrumental in bringing about the desired changes in the socio cultural and economic life of nation. In particular, the importance of the Higher Education System in addressing the economic prospects of a nation has never been in doubt. The contribution of the Higher Education System for the development of knowledge and skills and for the generation of wealth, growth of employment, improvement in productivity and enhancement of global competitive capabilities are well recognized. Further, higher education plays an important role in facilitating social, economical, technological and human resource development and changes and producing adequately trained manpower. Students now a days deal with many issues and peer pressures which subject them to drugs, depression, obesity, alcohol, eating disorder, suicide, bullying and peer group pressure. The high prevalence worldwide depression among students, the small rise in life satisfaction and the synergy between learning and positive emotion argue that the skills for happiness should be taught in school and other education institutions. Martin Seligman, founder of the field of positive psychology is appreciated to begin the world's pioneering school; when he comes to employing the science of positive psychology to bolster good teaching practices as positive education program. According to Seligman and et al. (2009) positive education is defined as education for both traditional skills and for happiness. Thus, Positive education helps in identifying and utilizing character strengths rather than the traditional focus on student's weaknesses and helps in achieving a more positive attitude, interpersonal relationships, and happiness and develops resilience. Pages:508-512
Sushila Pareek and Nirmala Singh Rathore (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages:513-515 Yousaf Jamal (Department of Psychology, Government College Township, Lahore) Sayyeda Taskeen Zahra (Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan) The current study aimed to explore the relationship between religiosity and aggression in school students. Human aggression is any behavior directed toward another individual that is carried out with the proximate (immediate) intent to cause harm. Religiosity may be referred to as the state of one's belief in God, characterized by his piety and religious passion. A convenient sample of 100 higher secondary school students was selected by convenient sampling technique in a cross-sectional survey research design. Muslim Religious Personality Inventory (MRPI) by Steven Eric Krauss (2011) and Aggression Scale by Ana Kozina (2013) were used to assess the Muslim religiosity and aggression respectively. Permission to use the scales has already been obtained from authors of the scales. Descriptive and inferential analyses were made by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. Findings of Pearson Product Moment correlations revealed that there is statistically significant negative relationship between religiosity and aggression (p< .05) in higher secondary school students. In addition, Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis revealed that religiosity predicts 16% variance on aggression in higher secondary school students. These findings have implication that religiosity plays an important role in teaching moral values and teaching a person how to act responsibly and care for others. Pages:513-515
Yousaf Jamal (Department of Psychology, Government College Township, Lahore)
Sayyeda Taskeen Zahra (Department of Psychology, University… |
Pages:516-520 Satyananda Panda (Department of Psychology, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim ) Stress is defined as a state of threatened or perceived by the individual as threatened homeostasis and it is re-established by a complex repertoire of behavioural and physiologic adaptive responses of the organism. According to the World Health Organization, stress is a significant problem of our times and affects both physical as well as the mental health of people. Stress is defined as a situation where the organism's homeostasis is threatened or the organism perceives a situation as threatening. Stress can affect all aspects of your life, including your emotions, behaviors, thinking ability, and physical health. Stress coping methods are the cognitive, behavioral and psychological efforts to deal with stress. After a thorough literature review, the following techniques were identified and are presented and briefly discussed here: progressive muscle relaxation, autogenic training, relaxation response, biofeedback, emotional freedom technique, guided imagery, diaphragmatic breathing, transcendental meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction and emotional freedom technique. These are all evidence-based techniques, easy to learn and practice, with good results in individuals with good health or with a disease. Pages:516-520
Satyananda Panda (Department of Psychology, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim ) |
Pages:525-527 Vitalii Klymchuk (Research Fellow in Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Kiev, Ukraine ) Positive psychotherapy is a psychodynamic humanistic resource-oriented conflict-centered and a transcultural approach, which was developed by Peseschkian. Psychodrama is an action method of psychotherapy that implies passing out of client's inner world and its correction by the dramatic means. The description of integrating psychodrama-approach and positive psychotherapy in application to the problem of personal motivational changes (by the example of solution of the motivational conflict) is presented in this article. The understanding of motivational discourse, motivational conflicts, their types and manifestation on different levels were defined. Five-step model of work with actual motivational conflicts was depicted. The model implies following steps: 1) observation and distancing from conflict, 2) inventory of all sides of conflict, 3) situational encouragement of client to solution of the conflict; 4) verbalization of every step of conflict solution, 5) broadening of goals or deeper understanding what to do after conflict solution. The description of each step is accompanied by example of clinical practice. Pages:525-527
Vitalii Klymchuk (Research Fellow in Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Kiev, Ukraine ) |
Pages:528-530 Heera Chaudhary, Jyoti and Sheetal Chaudhary (Department of Home Science, RBD PG College, Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh ) The objective of this paper is to find out how Positive emotions, forgiveness, resilience and gratitude play a very essential role for a society to act positively. These together are extremely important for mental health and an overall balanced personality. Chronic stress from negative attitudes and a feeling of helplessness & hopelessness can upset the body's hormone balance and deplete the brain's chemicals required for feelings of happiness as well as have a damaging impact on the immune system. This article brings out that how healthy attitude not only helps a person to cope up with the worst circumstances and negativity but to also overcome it with brilliance. Here we have shed light on the importance of positivity for an individual to have better living conditions and hence, a stable society, and we also have discussed how one can have a positive outlook for various difficulties in the current living conditions. Pages:528-530
Heera Chaudhary, Jyoti and Sheetal Chaudhary (Department of Home Science, RBD PG College, Bijnore, Uttar… |
Pages:531-533 Shashirekha, S. M. (Department of Education, Davangere University, Davangere, Karnataka ) Values are powerful determinants of human accomplishments, progress, and fulfillment. Due to advancement and development of technology, the face of the world is changing very quickly. Technology is influencing all aspects of human life, way of living, and therefore everything changing very rapidly. We observe more influence in the field of education, economy, social and cultural climate. Through mass and electronic medias, there is information explosion in every moment that one finds it very difficult to keep pace with this. We find change in the classroom conditions, change in the learner behavior, change in the style of learning, new innovations in teaching and learning process. Because of aforementioned changes, it is difficult kindle moral and aesthetic sensibilities of learners, to raise their level of value consciousness, stimulate them to think freely and critically, to develop the ability to judge actions and events rationally. Hence, the general tone and ethos of the school act as a powerful source of value education. Value education is not separate activity that is distinct from the teachers other academic activities. It is necessary to facilitate values with reference to the concrete realities in which children live and function. The value education should be rooted in realities of school and teachers. Teacher may facilitate different values directly via different classroom learning tasks. This paper presents some of the story reading tasks to facilitate values among second language learners. Teacher can select the stories such as “The Enchanted pool”, “The three questions”, and “Justice above self”, which are prescribed for 9th standard second language learners. Using these stories by giving reading task teacher can facilitate values like patience, sympathy, kindness, honesty, helpfulness, faithfulness, forgiveness, truth, conscience, and justice among second language learners. Pages:531-533
Shashirekha, S. M. (Department of Education, Davangere University, Davangere, Karnataka ) |
Pages:534-539 Roopa Mathura and Swati Sharma (Department of Psychology, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) College life is a transitional period which offers challenges and opportunities for cementing healthy lifestyle behaviour in students. The transition that young people make between school and university is for many an exciting, yet challenging time. These challenges may enhance or deteriorate their well-being depending on individual character strengths. The present study was designed on correlation pattern to appraise the contribution of positive concomitant factors, mindfulness and wisdom to the well-being of first year college students. Linear regression analysis was conducted to find contribution of these variables in predicting well-being. The sample of the study consisted of hundred first year students (male and female) of various faculties from different colleges. The scales used for assessment were General Well-Being Scale (Dupuy, 1978), Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003) and 3-D Wisdom Scale (Ardelt, 2003). The results of correlation analysis showed that there exist a significant positive correlation of mindfulness (r = 0.445) and wisdom (r = 0.313) with well-being. Evaluation of regression analysis showed that reflective dimension of wisdom and mindfulness are good predictors of well-being. Further research is required for detailed and widespread investigation of practical implication of results of the study. Pages:534-539
Roopa Mathura and Swati Sharma (Department of Psychology, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages:1-9 Juliana Pinto and Julom Angelina (Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd, Manila, Philippines) The research explored the effectiveness of Religious Cognitive Emotional Therapy (RCET) Program to alleviate psycho-spiritual crisis termed as; depressive symptoms and lack of religious meaning of consecrated women in India. The Psycho-Spiritual crises are experiences a person encounters in life that are distressing due to irrational beliefs, thoughts and emotions about consecrated life. These crises can affect their relationship with God, Religious vows, prayer, community life and ministry can lead to depression. This study was conducted in two phases: 1. development of the RCET program, 2. assessment of the effectiveness of RCETP in alleviating depressive symptoms and enhancing religious meaning of consecrated women employing true experimental research design particularly between subjects. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Assessment of Religious Meaning was administered before and after the implementation of the program. Total number of 60 consecrated women randomly assigned to control and experimental conditions. Data analysis was done utilizing mean scores, paired sample t-test, MANOVA and Cohen's d. The null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significant. The statistical analysis between pre, post and extended post test scores of the experimental group showed significant difference (P=0.00) revealed the significant effectiveness of RCET program in decreasing depressive symptoms and enhancing religious meaning. Pages:1-9
Juliana Pinto and Julom Angelina (Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd, Manila, Philippines) |
Pages:10-18 Betcy George and RosalitoG de Guzman (The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Department of Psychology, España, Manila, Philippines) Alcoholism is the devastating fatal disease negatively affects the individual, family and society at large. It is progressive and harmful that dominates thinking and emotions of the alcoholic and produces severe consequences on physical and psychological well-being. Stress and disregulation of emotions is the important contributing factor of addiction and relapse susceptibility. Growing evidence suggests perceived stress, emotion regulation underlie clinically relevant behaviors and psychological difficulties among the alcoholics. In response to these problems researcher incorporates a focuseson reducing perceived stress, difficulties in emotion regulation developed an intervention program based on acceptance and commitment strategy along with mindfulness. The study has two phases; ACTP program development and assessment of the effectiveness program in reducing perceived stress and emotion regulation difficulty thereby total abstinence and replacement of addictive pattern of behavior through experimental methods.Total32 alcohol dependence randomly assigned to control and experimental situation. Two scales perceived stress (PSS-14) and difficulties in emotion regulation (DERS) were administered. The mean, paired sample t-test, MANOVA and Cohen's d were utilized for data analysis. The null hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significant. Pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group showed significant difference (P=0.00) that revealed the effectiveness of ACTP program. Pages:10-18
Betcy George and RosalitoG de Guzman (The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Department of… |