Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Pages: 263-265
G. Parvathi (Counselling Psychologist and Certified Arts Based Therapist Practitioner, Chennai)

This article presents the case of a 17 year old boy diagnosed with autism and analyses how various form of art interventions and techniques played a role in his arduous journey of growth and development. As children, all of them enjoy and create various types of art. Children usually draw pictures or images in shapes, form and pieces of different objects, as they relate those things with various scattered images. Children with autism are no different from this, except the way how they relate with it. They will draw or mould things but it is difficult to form relatedness with the person or object. Here, we are going to explore the value of arts based intervention in a young boy who is diagnosed with autism in his development, growth and ability to relate to self and his surroundings. The importance of Arts Based Therapy (ABT) approaches and techniques as part of the therapeutic interventions and how an art can reach out to help to children will be discussed here. More significantly, how the children diagnosed with autism will be benefited from ABTinterventions also will be explored.

Pages: 253-255
R. N. Singh (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)
Shubhra S. Bharadwaj (Department of Psychology, Shri Gandhi Smarak P.G. College, Maltari, Azamgarh, ttar Pradesh)

i22Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13Keywords: asdWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: InMTikaram Keywords: To study y Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13SpgptaDyWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: ● ○■ ● Sr. Mean of Male Mean of Female SD of Male SD of Female Obtained t and significance1. 14.40 16.93 1.71 3.03 .600.05 levels- 2.00, 0.01 levels-2.66Table 1: Sr. Variables Individualistic Forgivers Individualistic Forgivers Individualistic Forgivers (Hindus) (N=30) (Muslims) (N=30) (Christians) (N=28)Mean SDs Mean SDs Mean SDs1 Decisional Forgiveness 49.66 13.234 56.90 11.991 42.98 6.4862 Emotional Forgiveness 50.13 9.098 54.03 9.384 45.58 10.061Table 1: Dimensions of study habits Family income Mass media exposure Participation in sportsConcentration .10 .16* .18*Comprehension .10 .17* .10Planning .11 .09 .08Use of e-resources .14* .26** .12Interaction .13 .20** .17*Study sets .10 .13 .06Drilling .06 .25** .11Overall study habits .10 .27** .16*Note: **Significant at 1% level of significanceTable 2: Correlations between income, mass media exposure, participation in sports and study habits of high school students (n=240)Note: ** = p < .05; N = 204 for all analysesThe purpose of this study was to compare the bronchial asthma patients with normal control participants. Agroup of 50 asthmatic outdoor patients with age range of 40-55 years was purposively sampled. Only those patients were selected who had not gone under long term treatment. The patients belonged to Jaunpur district (U.P. India). Agroup of 100 normal subjects was also sampled for the comparison purpose. The personality characteristics of both the groups were measured with 16PF questionnaire. The two groups differed significantly on A, C, F, L, N, O, Q1, Q2 and Q3 personality factors. This suggests that bronchial asthma patient group possess different personality constellation as compared to the normal participants. Results are thoroughly discussed and implications are also highlighted.

Pages: 239-244
Richa Mohta and Susmita Halder ( Department of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Kolkata, West Bengal)

i22Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13Keywords: asdWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: InMTikaram Keywords: To study y Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13SpgptaDyWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: ● ○■ ● Sr. Mean of Male Mean of Female SD of Male SD of Female Obtained t and significance1. 14.40 16.93 1.71 3.03 .600.05 levels- 2.00, 0.01 levels-2.66Table 1: Sr. Variables Individualistic Forgivers Individualistic Forgivers Individualistic Forgivers (Hindus) (N=30) (Muslims) (N=30) (Christians) (N=28)Mean SDs Mean SDs Mean SDs1 Decisional Forgiveness 49.66 13.234 56.90 11.991 42.98 6.4862 Emotional Forgiveness 50.13 9.098 54.03 9.384 45.58 10.061Table 1: Dimensions of study habits Family income Mass media exposure Participation in sportsConcentration .10 .16* .18*Comprehension .10 .17* .10Planning .11 .09 .08Use of e-resources .14* .26** .12Interaction .13 .20** .17*Study sets .10 .13 .06Drilling .06 .25** .11Overall study habits .10 .27** .16*Note: **Significant at 1% level of significanceTable 2: Correlations between income, mass media exposure, participation in sports and study habits of high school students (n=240)Note: ** = p < .05; N = 204 for all analysesMenopause involves the permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from the loss of ovarian follicular activity. Post-menopause is defined as the period dating from the final menstrual period (FMP). Certain symptoms that are often part of post-menopause, and are collectively called 'Post-Menopausal Syndrome' include vasomotor symptoms, urogenital atrophy, osteoporosis, depression, sexual dysfunction, cognitive and sleep disturbances. The age at which menopause will take place, is influenced by genetic and environmental factors and also differs across cultures. Thus, although, this is a biological process, these changes do not occur in isolation rather is surrounded by psychological, social and cultural variables. All of which have significant impact on women's life; including their perceptions, experiences, coping and overall health. Taking this into account, the present study aims to explore the perceptions regarding self and experience of intimacy in post-menopausal women. The study compares women in the age group of 45-55 years, who are in the post-menopausal stage and women aged between 30 - 40 years who are in the menstruation stage. Findings suggests significant difference between the two groups.

Pages: 227-234
N. Annalakshmi, K. Arthe, and K. Keerthana (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)

Social scientists have an essential role in examining the human aspects of climate change. Individual differences can influence how one responds to issues related to climate change. The present study aims at understanding the psychological factors that predict attitude towards climate change among youth. Asurvey on personality and attitude towards climate change was completed by 200 young adults in the age group 18 to 25 years. Personality was assessed in terms of HEXACO personality factors. Regression analysis that was used to analyze the data revealed that the personality traits namely honesty-humility and openness to experience positively predicted climate change beliefs. Climate change intentions were positively predicted by honesty-humility, extraversion, and negatively predicted by agreeableness and conscientiousness. The findings of the study have implications for sensitizing youth towards climate change.

Pages: 218-221
Nishant Choudhary(Psychiatry, PBM Hospital, Bikaner, Rajasthan)
Radha Sain(Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

Middle age is the period of human adulthood that precede the onset of old age. In middle age, the relative potencies of past, present, and future are changed as the person increasingly directs effort to the process of recollection of the past, rather than expectation of the future. In the middle age most of couples experience empty nest stage, it is a event in which parents experience feelings of sadness and loss when the last child leaves home. When their children leave home for the study, parents have to stay home alone without routine activities with their children. Indeed, empty nest stage having positive and negative effects on previously happy marital relationships, but they used some coping strategies for the came out from the negative emotions. In the study marital adjustment, coping strategies and empty nest syndrome scale has been used for this purpose. To fulfill these objectives, 80 couples (male-female) those living without children were selected from metro cities through purposive sampling method. Present study shows negative correlation between empty nest and marital adjustment in females and positive correlation found with coping strategies in male and females.

Pages: 209-214
Olorunfunmi I. Solana, Opeoluwa C. Ogunwale, Gafar B. Ogungbayi45Yewande O. Uthman-Akinhanmi (Department of Home Science and Hospitality Management, College of Agricultural Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, P.M.B. 0012, 1,2,3,45Ayetoro, Ogun State, Nigeria)
Ibikunle F. Olaleru (Farming System Research Program, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria)

This study assessed the prevalence of obesity in Yewa Community among children aged 5 – 12 years. This incidence began ignorantly and is likely to continue through adulthood with histories and higher risk of non-communicable diseases. The dietary requirement variations from person to person also depended on age, gender, lifestyle and degree of physical activity. Hence, a cross-sectional study using multi-stage random sampling was carried out using a structured questionnaire administered with the authorizations of children's parents and Community Health Unit of Yewa North Local Government. Data collected from 126 respondents were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0, from which the prevalence of obesity revealed 23.8% obese while only 33.3% had normal weight and 38.9% of the obese were family hereditary. An excellent percentage of children (91.3%) were fed breakfast daily. There was a significant relationship between the dietary pattern of the children (5 – 12 years) and the socio-economic characteristics of the subjects parents (p < 0.05), as well as with between dietary pattern and the prevalence of obesity of children. The psychological evaluation indicates that 66.7% of the children and also the parents were ready to make changes to manage their weight, while only 31.0% of the parents are concerned about obese children.

Pages: 201-203
Roopali Das (Department of Psychology, Bharati College, University of Delhi, New Delhi and Jain University, Bangalore, Karnataka)

i22Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13Keywords: asdWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: InMTikaram Keywords: To study y Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13SpgptaDyWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: This article is an attempt to discusses the underlying psychological aspects of Depression and Anxiety from a Psycho-Spiritual Perspective. The conventional literature classifies these as disorders of the human mind which resultsfromneurobiologicaldisturbances,whereasthepsycho-spiritualknowledgequalifiesthemasan opportunity for growth of the being. Drawing from the earlier Yoga traditions and largely from Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga Psychology, the article explores the understanding of a human being in terms of not just to a limited mind-body conglomeration, but as a conscious being essentially spiritual, operating at different levels of consciousness in a sync with nature. The mind, body and emotions are the functions of consciousness through which we interact with our environment, with the ego forming the epicentre of personality which acts as the reference point for all these interactions. It is a fresh take on exploring psychological disorders and construing their rightful place in the development of an individual's personality through the course of life.

Pages: 191-194
M. R. Deeksha (Department of Psychology, SDM PG College, Ujire, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka)
Varsha A. Malagi (Department of PG Studies and Research Psychology, SDM PG College, Ujire, Karnataka)

Perceived social support is about the perception of whether the significant other, family and friends are adequately supporting them in their needs and deeds. Musicians and dancers belong to the genre of performing arts which involve conveying of artistic expression through bodily movements. The main objective of the study is to find if there is any difference in the level of perceived social support among musicians and dancers. The research examined perceived social support using Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support This research involved 103 participants aged from 18 to 45 years. The results indicated that there is no significant difference in the level of perceived social support between musicians and dancers. According to the mean scores, there is higher perceived social support among female musicians and male dancers. There is higher perceived social support from family among musicians and dancers.

Pages: 180-186
Pinki and Krishna Duhan (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)

i22Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13Keywords: asdWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: InMTikaram Keywords: To study y Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13SpgptaDyWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: Parental aspiration are often amazed with parents' educational achievements (how much parents expect from their children schooling to complete).Mental health is a key which shows the level to which the person has been able to meet his environmental loads i.e. social, emotional or physical; and the extent to which he gets himself mentally worried, therefore the study was conducted to examine the parental aspiration and mental health of adolescents. The study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state in rural and urban area. Alist of adolescents studying in arts and science stream from XI and XII class was prepared from govt. and private schools of rural and urban area i.e. 100 from rural area and 100 from urban area from thus making a total sample of 200 adolescents. Parental aspiration scale by Grover and Grover (1987) was used to assess perceived parental aspiration of respondents, and mental health inventory by Jagdish and Shrivastva (1983) to assess mental health of respondents. The finding elucidates that science stream and private school respondents perceived high level of parental aspiration than their counter parts. Results further revealed significant differences for stream of education and type of school. Results further pinpointed that science stream and private school respondents had better mental health than arts stream and govt. school respondents.

Pages: 174-176
Arti Kumari and Sheela Sangwan (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. Collage of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana)

i22Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13Keywords: asdWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: InMTikaram Keywords: To study y Indian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 01-01http://www.iahrw.com/index.php/home/journal_detail/19#list© 2020 Indian Association of Health, Research and WelfareISSN-p-2229-5356,e-2321-3698NAAS Ratings 4.13SpgptaDyWe have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed toE-mail: ● ○■ ● Sr. Mean of Male Mean of Female SD of Male SD of Female Obtained t and significance1. 14.40 16.93 1.71 3.03 .600.05 levels- 2.00, 0.01 levels-2.66Table 1: Sr. Variables Individualistic Forgivers Individualistic Forgivers Individualistic Forgivers (Hindus) (N=30) (Muslims) (N=30) (Christians) (N=28)Mean SDs Mean SDs Mean SDs1 Decisional Forgiveness 49.66 13.234 56.90 11.991 42.98 6.4862 Emotional Forgiveness 50.13 9.098 54.03 9.384 45.58 10.061Table 1: Dimensions of study habits Family income Mass media exposure Participation in sportsConcentration .10 .16* .18*Comprehension .10 .17* .10Planning .11 .09 .08Use of e-resources .14* .26** .12Interaction .13 .20** .17*Study sets .10 .13 .06Drilling .06 .25** .11Overall study habits .10 .27** .16*Note: **Significant at 1% level of significanceTable 2: Correlations between income, mass media exposure, participation in sports and study habits of high school students (n=240)Note: ** = p < .05; N = 204 for all analysesArti Kumari and Sheela SangwanDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. Collage of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, HaryanaDuring the past decades there was an increase in prevalence of chronic diseases in elder person, which leads to poor quality of life. This review paper specifically focuses on an importance of spirituality within the lifetime of elderly. Individual's spiritual viewpoint is become a vital demand of the era, considering several types of physical illness, disability, loss of loved ones, loneliness, depression and mortality during ageing years. Among the elderly, spirituality is extremely important in the management of several chronic diseases and improves their quality of life. Findings of the study also linked association between regular attending the spiritual services and improved health and quality of life in elderly. A specially designed spiritual activities and yoga activities is linked with improved sleep quality and reduced chronic and other types of disorders in elderly. Meditative prayers also have positive effects on overall health condition of elders.

Pages: 156-159
Kumar K. Natasha (Medanta-The Medicity, Sector-38, Gurgaon, Haryana)

Patients with brain tumor and their caregivers are at a high risk of depression. Clinicians have mixed opinions about sharing details of the diagnosis and prognosis with the patients in order to preserve the patient's mental health. This study assessed if there is any difference in prevalence of symptoms of depression in meningioma and glioma patients and caregivers assessed a few days before surgery. The correlation between prognostic awareness and depression was assessed. 29 caregivers and 61 tumor patients were evaluated. Quantitative methods were used. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) was used to assess depression. Findings showed that 34.7% of meningioma patients and 41.9% of glioma patients had depression. 44.5% of the caregivers of glioma patients had depression while none of the caregivers of meningioma patients had depression. 56.7% of the meningioma patients and 62.8% of the glioma patients felt that they had inadequate information about their illness, prognosis and treatment options. 56.1% of the patients wanted more information regarding the illness while only 4.2% of the caregivers agreed that more information should be given to the patient regarding the illness. Poor prognostic awareness was associated with higher level of depression among patients. Clinician-patient communication patterns need careful evaluation, where the doctor gives accurate information regarding the prognosis while also maintaining hope.