Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Pages: 799-801
Sarika Sharma and Suraj Kumar (Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana)

The persons with disabilities faces many obstacle in their all aspects of life i.e. in personal, social, academic, occupational and recreational as well. As we know that technological era has changed into number of way. The Persons with Disabilities has comprehensive convenience, it is vital for enabling them to acquire for equal opportunity and live unrestrictedly and compete comprehensively in all aspects of life in an inclusive society. The Rights to Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act, 2016 (PwDs Act, 1995) under Sections 44, 45 and 46 categorically provides for non-discrimination in transport, non-discrimination on the road and non-discrimination essential atmosphere individually. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), in which India is a signatory, under Article 9 casts an obligation on all the signatory governments to take proper measures to assure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical atmosphere, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communication technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the community, both in urban and in rural areas. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), inistry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched the “Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)” as a nation-wide flagship campaign for achieving comprehensive convenience that will empower persons with disabilities to acquire for equal opportunity and live unrestrictedly and participate fully in all aspects of life in an inclusive society. So the objective of present paper is to realize that there are many different kinds of disabilities, and that new technologies have been developed to assist those who possess one or more of them. The present study also reveals or enlists the types of new technological devices and its use for persons with disabilities in an inclusive setting.

Pages: 805-810
Priyanka Musalay and K. Laliteshwari (Department of Psychology, St Francis College, Begumpet, Hyderabad )

Being kind to oneself during difficult times using Self compassion is a coping strategy, along with recognising the shared nature of human suffering and being mindfully aware of negative thoughts and emotions (Neff & Faso, 2015). Previous research has shown a link to self compassion and criminality to the mindfulness component of self-compassion (Morley, Terranova, Cunningham, & Kraft, 2016). Cognitive emotion regulation refers to the conscious cognitive way of handling the intake of emotionally arousing information (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2016). The objectives of the study is to find out the significant relation between self compassion and cognitive emotion regulation in juvenile delinquents. Purposive sampling technique was used on 54 male juvenile delinquents. Self -Compassion was measured using self compassion scale by Kristin Neff (2003) and cognitive emotion regulation using cognitive emotion regulation scale developed by Garnefski, Kraaij, and Spinhoven (2003). The analysis of the data was done using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results revealed that there was a partial correlation between self compassion and cognitive emotion regulation.

Pages: 817-818
Suraj Kumar (Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana)

Why do individuals teach, what are their hopes, what requests and desires are made of them? What are their professional satisfaction, and how would they address the inescapable troubles and dissatisfactions of a standout amongst the most difficult of all occupations? These were among the inquiries tended to by teachers in reacting to the questionnaire survey, and in interviews where teachers as well as with principals, school administrators, system officials, teacher instructors and researcher obtain face. It is not just fresher teachers still instilled with youthful enthusiasm, very much experienced teachers and those entering from different vocations also show esteems which are basically social. That is, individuals pick a teaching vocation since they wish to associate decidedly and accommodatingly with the lives of others, to have any kind of effect. Here, emerges the role of a 'New Generation Teacher' not only for providing first aid to students experiencing depressive pressures and fears but also assisting them until the crisis are resolved.

Pages: 822-825
Rosy Chhabra (Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein, College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA)
Carolyn Springer (Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA)
Naina Sharma (Department of Distance Education, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)
Shivnath Ghosh (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla)
Nehama Teitelman (Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein, College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA)
Sunil Kumar Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla)

The focus of the current School-based Teenage Education Program (STEP) was on HIV prevention with youth in public schools in Punjab, India. Utilizing Train-the-Trainer model, we trained undergraduate students from local undergraduate colleges to provide this program to 794 8th and 9th grade students (13-16 years) in 15 schools. The mean age was 14.11 years (SD=.66) and 53.4% were males. Close to 8.9% of the sample reported ever using some kind of illicit drugs (alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, sniffing glue, steroids). About 16% had reported an intention to use drugs within the next three months before the intervention, majority were boys. Repeated measures analyses of variance after intervention showed an overall decrease in intentions in youth to use substance over time and the experimental group overall showed less intentions to use drugs than the control group. There is clearly a need for behaviorally oriented substance abuse focused programs in India. STEP, among many other programs, clearly demonstrates the need and community acceptance of these programs. Schools agreed to provide permission, space and time for the program indicating a recognized need for such programs.

Pages 832-835
Manju (School of Education, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh, Haryana)

Psychological well-being found to be related to physical health. In addition, it is often noticed that If a society takes great effort to measure productivity, people in the society are likely to focus more on it and sometimes even to the detriment of other values. If a society regularly assesses well-being, people will provide their attention on it and learn more about its causes. Psychological well-being is therefore valuable not only because it assesses well-being more directly but it has beneficial consequences. The present paper reviews on relation in psychological wellbeing, social support and optimism in today's generation.

Pages: 847-849
Jal Mistry and Sushila Yadav (Vedanta Cultural Foundation, Mumbai, Maharashtra)

Diseases are rampant in human society. Some are clearly diagnosable by the medical profession, others not so well diagnosed. Medical colleges confine their structure of learning wholly to the physical body. However certain diseases seem to go beyond physical causes and extend to mental causes. The example discussed in this paper is that of stress. It affects millions of people, leading to many diseases, but rare is a doctor who can explain the origin and cause of stress. The medical fraternity's knowledge beyond the physical body seems lacking. What gives impetus to the body, what propels the body? This takes us to the realm of thought. The nature, role and relationship of thought with the physical body are explained. Stress is analyzed as a state of mind caused by uncontrolled indiscriminate thought, which can be controlled by discriminate thought. With this approach the serious and often fatal repercussions of stress on the physical body can be avoided. Thereby eliminating the cause instead of treating the effects of stress. With a comprehensive understanding of how the human personality functions doctors would be able to view patients from a holistic perspective. Giving patients a correct diagnosis along with a complete treatment plan.

Pages: 853-855
Bodhraj Kumkaria, O. P. Sharma, and Mridula Pal Singh (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

The present study aimed at investigating the role of various personality traits on well-being among psychiatrist. The sample size consisted of 100 psychiatrists with (50 male & 50 female) from SMS Psychiatric Center, Jaipur and various Government Psychiatric Centers located in Rajasthan State through purposive sampling. Correlational design was used. Participants completed Psychological Well-Being Scale (Ryff, 2008); and NEO-FFI (McCrae & Costa, 1992); and Type A/B Behavioral Pattern Scale (Dhar & Jain, 1983). The results of the study revealed that psychological well-being of psychiatrist significantly positively correlates with extraversion, openness to experience and conscientiousness. On the contrary well-being has a significant negative relationship with neuroticism dimension of Big Five personality traits. No significant correlation was obtained between well-being and agreeableness dimension of personality.

Pages: 867-871
Anuja Deshpande and Savita Deshpande (Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra)

The present study was conducted to investigate the demographic factors contributing to the problem of cell phone dependency. The study examined factors like gender, educational qualification, family type, living arrangement and other factors pertaining to duration of years using cell phones, availability of wi-fi, and subscription plan. A total of 400 students from different colleges in Mumbai, Navi-Mumbai, and Thane jurisdiction were recruited. Clustered Sampling and Snowball Sampling were used for data collection. Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS; Bianchi & Phillips, 2005) was used to measure the cell phone dependency among college students. The obtained data was analysed using Independent t-test and One-Way ANOVA. Results revealed that gender and duration of years using cell phone were statistically significant in predicting cell phone dependency. Other factors were not statistically impact cell phone dependency.

Pages: 877-880
Farah Shoaib and Neena Kohli (Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)

The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between employee engagement and goal setting theory and its consequences. It is hypothesized that goal setting is a predictor of employee engagement and employee engagement leads to positive outcomes and enhance employee performance. Data was collected from a sample of 149 employees working in public (90) and private (59) sector organizations. The average age range of the respondents was 42 and 20 percent were female. Data was collected through survey method and different questionnaires were adapted. Results indicated that goal setting theory is positively affecting employee engagement and together they influenced employee performance, i.e., high level of job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior. Originality/ Value- The paper provides empirical support in engagement literature and relation of goal setting with engagement.

Pages: 885-887
Veni R. K. (Department of B. Voc. Psychology, Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore, Karnataka)
Annie Marie Merlene A. (Department of Psychology, University College, Trivandrum, Kerala)

Old age is the closing period in the life span of an individual. Like every other period in the life span, old age is characterised by certain physical and psychological changes. They face a change in their previous roles, or positions due to changes in their cognitive, conative, and other abilities. They need to pass through a series of status passages such as retirement, widowhood, and adjustment to death. The present study which aimed at finding out the Gender Differences in Self-Esteem and Quality Of Life among the Elderly was conducted on a sample of 200 Elderly people from Trivandrum. Two tools namely, the Self-esteem Inventory and Quality of Life Scale were used for the study. The findings of the study indicate that statistically a significant difference exists between the Elderly Men and Women, with regard to their Quality of Life, but no significant difference exists between them in their Self-esteem.

Pages: 893-897
Shefali Kamal Kumar and N.R. Mrinal (Department of Psychology, Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra)

To find out which type of dietetic intervention(s) can assuage the selected symptoms of menopause, as compared to each other and a control group. A sample of 200 menopausal (peri-menopausal & post-menopausal women) was selected from Nagpur city (urban area). The subjects were then divided into four groups (n=50 each group), three experimental and one control and the three experimental groups were assigned three different, six weeks long dietary interventions, namely the high protein dietary intervention, the high frequency dietary intervention and the traditional weight loss dietary intervention. The data were collected before and after the dietary programs and complied into a 2X4 ANOVA design with the pre and post test results being analyzed with the Student's t test. The post-hoc Tukey's test was employed to then differentiate between the efficacies of each dietary intervention. The three different types of diets demonstrated positive results for the different variables. The high protein dietary intervention was seen to have the most positive effect on depression, cholesterol levels, hot flashes and bloating, while the high frequency dietary intervention had a positive result on hot flashes and bloating and the traditional weight loss dietary intervention had a positive effect on depression and bloating. Depending on the most pressing symptom(s) presented by the menopausal woman, any of the three dietary interventions can be used to help relieve her distress. Food as a medium of alleviating the distress caused by menopause can have a statistically significant effect and should be preferred to medications.