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Pages: 187-190 Rachana Awatramani ( Counseling Psychologist, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 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: Group therapy dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, although brought in as a necessity, today it is widely practiced by counselors, across the globe. As compared to individual psychotherapy, group therapy has been a less researched area, especially pertaining to general health, rather than specific illnesses or behaviors. This study thus was conducted to assess the General Health Questionnaire (hereafter, GHQ) scores of participants (social workers) who were given short term group therapy, using transactional, behavioral and cognitive approaches along with mindfulness meditation, for four consecutive days. 20 participants from across India were selected using convenience sampling technique. The outcome of the Wilcoxon test approved the hypothesis (z = -2.87, p<0.005), i.e. there is a statistically note worthy distinction among the GHQ scores of participants pre and post receiving group intervention. The post test GHQ scores of the participants had a significant drop than the pretest GHQ scores of the participants, depicting an improvement in their general health. Pages: 187-190
Rachana Awatramani ( Counseling Psychologist, Mumbai, Maharashtra) |
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: 180-186
Pinki and Krishna Duhan (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of… |
Pages: 177-179 Annu and Bimla Dhanda (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I. C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana) The main focus of the present investigation on significance of twin study in examines the genetic and environmental factor which influences the verbal and nonverbal cognitive abilities of twins with the age group 6-8 years. The objectives of the designed twin study to assess the substantial genetic influence on the vernal and nonverbal cognitive abilities of twins. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children WISC-R (Wechsler, 1974) was used to examine the both type of cognitive abilities namely: verbal and nonverbal. The estimates of heritability were 56 percent for verbal cognitive abilities and 60 percent for nonverbal cognitive abilities in Bhiwani district. In Hisar district the heritability estimates for verbal cognitive abilities was 53 per cent and for nonverbal cognitive abilities was 52 per cent. There was evidence for the gentic influence on verbal and nonverbal cognitive abilities of twins was more in Bhiwani location as compared to Hisar location and also concluded that the genetic influence was more on nonverbal cognitive abilities than the verbal cognitive abilities of twins. Pages: 177-179
Annu and Bimla Dhanda (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I. C. College… |
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: 174-176
Arti Kumari and Sheela Sangwan (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. Collage… |
Pages: 169-173 Manya Jain, Juhi Singhla, Hemang Kapoor, Himanshi Panda and Manish Kumar(Faculty of Dental Sciences, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana) Anjana Goyal ( Department of Biochemistry, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana) 22Keywords: 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 analyses'kekZ ,oa d';i@ Lokax ,oa yksdxhrksa ds ek/;e ls gfj;k.kk esa efgykvksa dh okLrfod fLFkfrIndian Journal of Health and Well-being 2020, 11(4-6), 168-172JAIN ETAL./ EXPLORING THE PERCEPTION ABOUT KETOGENIC DIETAMONG YOUNG ADULTSObesity is a very common yet very alarming public health problem. It is a risk factor for several other serious health issues. Recent studies have proved that the Ketogenic diet is an effective tool of weight loss along with several other therapeutic benefits for curing disorders such as Type 2 diabetes, Epilepsy etc. This article therefore aims to check respondents' lifestyle and their awareness about ketogenic diet through the various sources of information, constituents for ketogenic diet, knowledge, purpose and usefulness of ketogenic diet, types, metabolic effect, side effects, willingness to adopt and their recommendations to others as half – baked information received from random sources and adopted without the supervision and guidance from professional therapists can lead to potential harm. Aquestionnaire- based survey was conducted in 240 students in the age group of 18 – 25 years to check their awareness. 64.9% were not aware about Ketogenic diet and believed that ketogenic diet helps in weight loss, bodybuilding and muscle toning, which is not the purpose of ketogenic diet. 51.2% of respondents did not know about its other emerging therapeutic potentials. Pages: 169-173
Manya Jain, Juhi Singhla, Hemang Kapoor, Himanshi Panda and Manish Kumar(Faculty of Dental… |
Pages: 165-168 Nandini Thatte (Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra) Sadhana Natu (Department of Psychology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune, Maharashtra) llness behavior comprises of the way one's own bodily symptoms are monitored, and treatment sought. Apalliative care team includes doctors, nurses and counselors, who take holistic care of terminally ill patients and their families. This study explored the illness behavior of these professionals practicing in Pune, India. Six palliative care professionals' responses to an in-depth interview, were analysed for themes. The results provided valuable insight into their need for support. The incurable and terminal nature of their patients' condition impacted them. Pages: 165-168
Nandini Thatte (Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra)
Sadhana Natu (Department… |
Pages: 160-164 Tamsha Bohat and Sandeep Singh (Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana) In the modern era, criminal offending among youth is a major problem around the world. It is a common occurrence in which children and adolescents involve in delinquent behavior (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990). Juvenile delinquency is a serious offence in any country that is the involvement of the youth in violent crimes. Poverty, low education and broken families are directly related to higher rates of delinquency (World Youth Report, 2003). Mental health problems that include stress, anxiety are commonly found in juveniles. The issue of delinquent children and adolescents is the burning issue in India by which many young people damage their lives (Abolmali, 2010). Research demonstrating that mediation based approach would be feasible with a group of delinquents which have been shown to improve psychological well-being and reduce mental health issues (Hawkins, 2003; Himelstein, 2011). Mindfulness approaches have resulted in reduced stress and anxiety among youth offenders. Meditation based program may be a way of effective treatment for juvenile delinquent (Bylund & Reed, 2007). MBSR play vital role in the improvement of the juvenile's emotional health problem. Pages: 160-164
Tamsha Bohat and Sandeep Singh (Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science… |
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. Pages: 156-159
Kumar K. Natasha (Medanta-The Medicity, Sector-38, Gurgaon, Haryana) |
Pages: 152-155 Debanjan Banerjee (Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, Karnataka) The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global public health problem, bringing the world down to its knees within three months of its emergence. International and national borders are closed, economies crashed, travel restricted, cities under lockdown and billions quarantined at their homes in an effort to contain the outbreak. Pandemics like these are not merely biological phenomena. The consequent psycho-social implications can far outlast the pandemic. India being a socio-culturally diverse and populous country, has unique challenges to deal with mental health and well-being during such times. The limited public health resources, low awareness, stigma and prejudice towards mental health being some of them. The vulnerable populations like frontline workers, elderly, migrants, homeless, daily wage workers and labourers are further traumatised and helpless during COVID-19. The various mental health problems can include rise and worsening of psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorders and insomnia. Furthermore, the isolation and loneliness of lockdown can impair social connectedness, promote misinformation and lead to unhealthy use of technology. This commentary glances at the problem statement and implications of COVID-19 and resultant lockdown in India, focusing on the various facets of mental health. It then highlights the various ways of preserving psycho-social well-being during such a pandemic, in our socio-cultural context. Pages: 152-155
Debanjan Banerjee (Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore… |
Pages: 147-151 Vinod Kumari, Harvinder, and Mahak (Department of Sociology, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana and Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana) Health is a main determinant of human development as it has social and economic relationship with the quality of life. The right of health is the most basic of all human rights. Women are the pillars of Indian society and always have unique position in family as they are very personification of moral force that binds the family together. Women empowerment plays a major role: their agency and ability to take the best decisions in terms of nutrition for the family, women responsibilities include cooking, cleaning and taking cares children. The preset paper discusses various issues of women health and socio-economic factors affecting it. Various studies revealed that hygiene and nutrition are two important factors which have direct effect on women health. Signs of stress, trepidation, and un-identified mental distress are common in women than men. Women education level, their economic status and food habits play important role in well-being of their health. These socio-cultural factors are interlinked and multidimensional and affect the health status of women. Women health services must be seen beyond their availability as it relies on social status, cultural setting and the attitude of a society. Pages: 147-151
Vinod Kumari, Harvinder, and Mahak (Department of Sociology, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana and Pt… |
Pages: 144-146 Jatesh Kathpalia, Rashmi Tyagi, and Vinod Kumari (Department of Sociology, COBS&H, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana) This research examined the nature and extent of gender-based violence, in particular violence against women. The gender-based violence or violence against women and girls is a global pandemic that affects all the communities of the world. Violence against women is a critical issue of debatable which needs to be addressed on all platforms from where policy matters take place. However, the Indian government's resolution to end this menance, atrocity on female is at its peak. The major concept of this study is to know the various kind of violence activities with the objective of nature and extent of violence against women prevailing in Haryana. The area of study was Kurukshetra district which is situated in Haryana state. The criteria of data collection were 200 female respondents. In nature and extent of physical violence against women analysis shows first rank in physical harassment like beating, with mean score 2.11. Anger and verbal violence shows first rank with mean score 2.09. Economical violence includes husband snatch money forcefully from respondent which is earned by herself or present by her parents and relatives get first rank. In emotional violence most of the female respondent faced dismissing and ignoring also get first rank. Pages: 144-146
Jatesh Kathpalia, Rashmi Tyagi, and Vinod Kumari (Department of Sociology, COBS&H, CCS HAU, Hisar… |
Pages: 139-143 Rajesh Dahiya and Saroj Yadav (Department of Textile & Apparel Designing, I.C. College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana) For strengthening and empowering women, training is the most important input to bring desirable changes in human behavior in terms of knowledge, attitude and skill. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) plays an important role not only through transfer of technologies but also in providing required support through skill development and vocation based interventions. Garment construction is one of the self employment avenues which require less financial support and moderate risk bearing enterprise. The present study was conducted in KVK Fatehabad district of Haryana state. Seventy five respondents were selected randomly from three villages for vocational trainings on garment construction. Five days intervention was provided considering the need assessment and experts' opinion about subject matter coverage during training. Perception of trainees was recorded regarding subject matter, physical facilities and quality of trainers. The highest mean score was obtained for practical utility of training (MS 2.91), stipend/refreshment provided during training (MS 2.93), cordial relation with the trainer(MS 2.90). The overall perceived feasibility of training was found highest for observability (MS 4.24) and traibility (MS 4.10). The trainees were found to have high adoption feasibility for vocational garment construction trainings. Pages: 139-143
Rajesh Dahiya and Saroj Yadav (Department of Textile & Apparel Designing, I.C. College of… |
Pages: 01-08 Shakti Desh (Child Psychologist, Sahara Welfare Foundation Academic Achiever Project, Lucknow, U.P.) A. K. Srivastava (Rt. Head of Department, D.A.V. College Kanpur ) Present study was conducted to study the personality traits of adolescents studying in different pattern of education system. 400 adolescents randomly selected in the age range of 14 16 yrs studying in different classes from each type of urban educational institutions (Public & Convent English Medium, state Government and Govt. aided schools, Hindu Religious School & Pvt. Recognized Schools) were selected from Kanpur, Lucknow and Haridwar for the study . It included both male & female adolescents all the students taken in the sample at the three years of the stay in the institutions. personality inventory by Cattell and Beloff (1963) translated in Hindi by Kapoor and Rao was use for study. Result shows that Out of 14 factors adolescents were found differing significantly on factors i.e. B, C, E, G, J, Q2, Q3, and I. An important point to be noted is that Hindu religious schools were found to be promoting better personality traits among adolescents, in comparison to adolescents belonging to the rest of groups. Pages: 01-08
Shakti Desh (Child Psychologist, Sahara Welfare Foundation Academic Achiever Project, Lucknow, U.P.)
A. K. Srivastava… |
Pages: 09-13 Swarnalatha, A and Vasantha, K (Department of Lifelong learning and Extension, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) Entrepreneurship is a more suitable profession for women than regular employment in public and private sectors since they have to fulfill dual roles. India has been ranked among the worst performing countries in the area of women entrepreneurship in gender-focused global entrepreneurship survey. One way in enhancing the entrepreneurial activity in a country is by providing entrepreneurial training and education to potential and existing entrepreneurs. Hence this study was undertaken to study the socio economical profile of 372 women who enrolled in the skill training programmes and to observe the impact of the training programmes on entrepreneurship. A well structured questionnaire was used to elicit the socio economic information at the time of enrollment and after 6 month of completion of the training programme to study the impact. At the time of enrollment 94 per cent of the participants stated that their future focus was to establish an own business, but only 70 per cent of them were established their own trade. 89 per cent of them stated that knowledge through the training programme was one of the reasons for their success. In depth training programmes will definitely encourage women to undertake and cross the obstacle in managing the business. Pages: 09-13
Swarnalatha, A and Vasantha, K (Department of Lifelong learning and Extension, Avinashilingam University for… |
Pages: 14-18 Seena M. Mathai and Paul John Konattu (Department of Psychology, Union Christian College, Aluva, Kerala) The study was conducted to find out if Anxiety and Self efficacy could be predictors of task orientation in a sample of 47 athletes who were national level, state level and university level hand ball players. The tools used included Goal orientation scale developed by Duda &Whitehead (1998), Sports Competition Anxiety test by Martens (1977) and Generalised Self efficacy scale by Mathias Jerusalem and Ralf Schwarzer (1996 revised 2000). The obtained results showed that, the variable anxiety was low among national level players when compared to state level and university level players. Task orientation was highest among national level players. There was a significant positive correlation between self-efficacy and negative correlation between competitive anxiety with task orientation. Anxiety was also found to be a significant predictor of task orientation among the athletes. The results imply that psychological factors need to be tackled properly to enhance sport performance. Pages: 14-18
Seena M. Mathai and Paul John Konattu (Department of Psychology, Union Christian College, Aluva… |
Pages: 19-23 S. Choudhary (Department of Psychology, Singhania University Pacheri Bari, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan ) AVS Madnawat (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur) The present study aspired to investigate whether Emotional Intelligence, Personality, Presumptive Life Stress and Coping Skills are significant predictors of Mental Health and Happiness in Government and Private School Teachers. It was hypothesized that Emotional Intelligence, Personality, Presumptive Life Stress and Coping Skills will be significant predictors of Mental Health and Happiness in Government and Private School Teachers. A purposive sample of 400 3rd Grade School Teachers 200 from Government Schools and 200 from Private Schools from Rajasthan State was selected. The Predictor Variables were measured by Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) (Hyde, Pethe, & Dhar, 2001), NEO-PI (R) (McCrae & Costa, 2003), Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (Singh et. al, 1981) and Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ) (Folkman & Lazarus, 1986) whereas the Criterion/Outcome Variables were measured by Mental Health Inventory (MHI) (Singh, & Srivastava, 1983) and Happiness Scale (Argyle and Hills, 2002). The Correlational Research Design along with Regression Model was employed. The Multiple Regression Analysis was computed to investigate whether Emotional Intelligence, Personality, Presumptive Life Stress and Coping Skills are significant predictors of Mental Health and Happiness in Government and Private School Teachers. It was empirically provide that Emotional Intelligence was a significant positive predictor whereas Presumptive Life Stress was a significant negative predictor of Mental Health and Happiness in Government and Private School Teachers. The results are interpreted in the light of existing researches. Pages: 19-23
S. Choudhary (Department of Psychology, Singhania University Pacheri Bari, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan )
AVS Madnawat (Department… |
Pages: 24-29 Deepti B. Duggi and Shanmukh V. Kamble (Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnatak) The present study is conducted to find the significant difference between Individualistic Forgivers (Hindu Muslim and Christian) and collectivistic Forgivers (Hindu Muslim and Christian) on their Decisional and Emotional Forgiveness. Quota sampling technique was used to collect one hundred and seventy two, Hindu Muslim and Christian Post-Graduate Students (Hindus=30, Muslims=30, Christians=28) from various departments of Karnatak University, Dharwad and Religious Members (Hindus=28, Muslims=28, Christians=28) from Church, Temples and Mosques, from Hubli-Dharwad city for this study. Individualism-Collectivism Scale (Triandis et al., 1988), Religious Commitment Inventory,(Worthington et al., 2003) and Decisional and Emotional Forgiveness Scale( Worthington 2007) were measures to test hypotheses. By providing some conditions, respondents were asked to give current intentions and emotions towards a person who has hurt them. Results revealed that Individualistic forgivers and Collectivistic forgivers (Muslims) have shown more decisional and emotional forgiveness compared to individualistic and collectivistic forgivers (Hindus and Christians).We live in a society increasingly characterized by conflict among religious people. The present research suggests that how people perceive their and an offender's religious groups can affect whether and to what degree they forgive or do not. Pages: 24-29
Deepti B. Duggi and Shanmukh V. Kamble (Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnatak) |
Pages: 30-34 Nishi Tripathi and Nisha Rani (Department of Psychology, SHIATS, Allahabad, UP) Cerebral palsy, which is described as broad spectrum of motor disability and is non-progressive in nature, brings about fresh challenges for the whole family . The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between stress among the mothers of children with cerebral palsy and quality of mother's interaction patterns while interacting with their children during an unstructured play. It was hypothesized that the level of stress among mothers of children with cerebral palsy will significantly impact the quality of interaction between mother and the child. A purposive sample of 38 children suffering with cerebral palsy, along with their mothers was selected from a rehabilitation center in Allahabad city. Mother's stress level was measured using Parenting Stress Index (Abidin, 1995). Quality of mother-child interaction style was measured by rating maternal behavior patterns on Maternal Behavior Rating Scale (Mahoney, 1992), by observing seven minutes video of mother-child interaction during an unstructured play. A correlation analysis was done for the relationship between maternal stress level and three components of maternal interaction style i. e. responsiveness, affect and directiveness. Regression analysis for maternal stress was also done to predict the variability in maternal behavioral patterns. The results indicated that mothers' stress level lies in the clinical range and the maternal stress was related non-significantly to the maternal responsiveness and significantly to the maternal affect and directiveness. To conclude, parenting stress was related to the mother's style of interaction (affect and directive-ness) with their children, which means that high level of maternal stress interferes with mother's effectiveness at engaging in quality interaction with their children. Pages: 30-34
Nishi Tripathi and Nisha Rani (Department of Psychology, SHIATS, Allahabad, UP) |
Pages: 35-39 Taruna, Sandeep Singh and Rakesh Bahmani (Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana) Suicide is a complex, multidimensional and multi-determined, preventable act that has been studied from philosophical, sociological, psychological and clinical perspective. Well stated by Louw & Louw, 2007 that adolescence today is unfortunately not only a period of preparation for and transformation to adulthood but under the present era of globalization it has become a period in which adolescents increasingly face many new challenges which they are often ill-prepared for. Adolescent suicidal behaviour varies across the studies and countries due to differences in population characteristics. Dialectical behaviour therapy under different adapted forms has proved its efficacy in treating the individuals with self-harm behaviour including self-cutting, suicidal thoughts, urges to suicide, para suicide and suicidal attempts also. The primary objective of the present research study was to observe the effect of adapted form of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in managing the suicide risk amongst adolescents. In the present study authors kept 20 participants on therapeutic intervention for the period of one year. The participants recorded to have high levels of suicide ideation on the measure of The Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation - BSI and high levels of suicide potential on the measure of The Zung Index of Potential Suicide (IPS). Participants were trained exclusively on the skills training modules of DBT in individual as well as group settings and their post intervention assessment of depression and hopelessness levels were recorded with the respective tools after every four months (baseline, four, eight and twelve months) respectively. Descriptive statistical analysis (mean and standard deviation) and paired t-test was used to test the significance of mean. The results obtained from the present study recorded the significant decrease in the mean suicide ideation and suicide potential scores from baseline to twelve months (end of therapeutic intervention). The results obtained from the present study revealed that DBT has a significant role in managing the levels of suicide ideation, suicide potential and suicide risk amongst adolescent. It primarily improves the basic interpersonal skills of an individual and teaches to regulate and express the emotionality effectively. Pages: 35-39
Taruna, Sandeep Singh and Rakesh Bahmani (Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of… |
Pages: 40-45 Shifa Rahman (Department of Psychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam) The research study 'Effect of Personality Factor on Achievement Motivation' was conducted to analyze how personality factors like openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism effect achievement motivation across both the gender and among undergraduate and postgraduate students. Two standardized questionnaires Big Five Personality Inventory and Ray Lynn's Achievement Orientation were used. The stratified random sample comprising of 180 undergraduate and postgraduate students was used for the study. It was found that UG students are more achievement oriented than the PG students. Among the personality factors, PG students seem to have more agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness and they also show lesser neuroticism. Among the UG students, openness and neuroticism were found to be positively correlated with achievement motivation. Across gender, unlike popular belief, women were found to be more achievement oriented than men. And they are more extraverted and also score higher on neuroticism. Conscientiousness and openness were observed to be higher among men. However, on agreeableness both men and women scored the same. For women; extraversion, conscientiousness and opennessand for men, agreeableness and conscientiousness correlated with achievement motivation. These findings show a relationship between personality factors on achievement motivation as was hypothesized and contrary to the other hypothesis, neuroticism seemed to be positively correlated with achievement motivation. Pages: 40-45
Shifa Rahman (Department of Psychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam) |
Pages: 46-49 Priya Magesh and Priya G. (Department of Counselling Psychology, Madras School of Social Work, Egmore, Chennai) Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive, and often fatal disease. It is a primary disorder and not a symptom of other diseases or emotional problems. The chemistry of alcohol allows it to affect nearly every type of cell in the body, including those in the central nervous system. After prolonged exposure to alcohol, the brain becomes dependent on it. The severity of this disease is influenced by factors such as genetics, psychology, culture, and response to physical pain. Alcohol blocks out emotional pain and is often perceived as a loyal friend when human relationships fail. It is also associated with freedom and with a loss of inhibition that offsets the tedium of daily routines. When the alcoholic tries to quit drinking, the brain seeks to restore what it perceives to be its equilibrium. The brain's best weapons to achieve this are depression, anxiety, and stress (the emotional equivalents of physical pain), which are produced by brain chemical imbalances. These negative moods continue to tempt alcoholics to return to drinking long after physical withdrawal symptoms have abated. Long-term alcoholism itself may cause chemical changes that produce anxiety and depression. The world health organization estimates that there are 140 million people with alcoholism worldwide. Alcoholism is called a “Dual disease”, since it includes both mental and physical components .Alcoholics are more prone to anxiety and anger. Depression is a generalized mood condition that can occur without an identifiable triggering stimulus for alcoholics. to abuse. Depression Anxiety is most commonly triggered by the stress and guilt in alcoholic's life style. The common causes for Depression in an alcoholic is the prevention or incompletion of attaining goals and desires, feeling inadequate and disrespected, frustration from past life experiences and a disturbed life style. Studies have demonstrated the efficacy of Interpersonal skills intervention ass applied to alcoholics with depressed moods. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of interpersonal skills intervention on depression among alcoholics. Accordingly a group of 100 alcoholic patients were selected for baseline assessment. A sample of 60 alcoholics, scoring high on depression were selected for interpersonal skill intervention.30 alcoholics were randomly assigned as experimental group and 30 in to control group. The pre and post training data on depression and the implications of the results for interpersonal skill intervention are discussed. Pages: 46-49
Priya Magesh and Priya G. (Department of Counselling Psychology, Madras School of Social Work… |
Pages: 50-52 Vijander Singh and C.R Darolia (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra) T. B. Singh (Department of Clinical Psychology Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi) Neurological disease may leave the patients in a permanent vegetative state. The caregivers of the patients waiting outside of the ICU remained burdened regarding the outcome chances, whether the patients will come out fully functional or in a vegetative state. Sometimes there perceptions are changed as a result of their knowledge and closeness to the patients. To explore the knowledge, attitude and perception regarding ICU care a semi-structured interview was conducted on the 200 caregivers of ICU patients. Demographic details and responses to a questionnaire assessing the knowledge, attitude and perceptions were recorded. Results of the study shows that majority of the caregivers reported that waiting room was comfortable (78%), and desirous to participate in ICU care (60.5%) and wish the family presence should be mandatory protocol (58%). Almost the whole sample (91.5%) agreed that it was necessary to wash hands before going to ICU. The caregivers reported that they had no knowledge of brain death (44%), lack of knowledge regarding permanent vegetative state (41.5%), high treatment cost is not justified (73.5%) and had negative treatment outcome perception (95%). Pages: 50-52
Vijander Singh and C.R Darolia (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra)
T. B. Singh (Department… |
Pages: 53-56 Kr. Sajid Ali Khan, Yasmeen Kausar and Vijayshri (Department of Psychology, AMU, Aligarh, U.P.) The present study aims to examine the relationship of spiritual well being (SWB) with achievement motivation (AM) among the students of science and commerce streams. The concept of spiritual well being is becoming very popular among the researchers and the present day psychologists. It may be conceptualized as an expression about the spiritual health of an individual, about what his inner thinking leads him to do and how he performs in his life. Achievement motivation is a phenomenon which is affected mostly by spiritual well being in present day population. Achievement motivation can be said to be a need for achievement. It is an important determinant of aspiration, effort, and persistence when an individual expects his performance to be the best. In the present study, the Spiritual Well Being Scale (Paloutzian and Ellison, 1982) was used to measure SWB and Achievement Motivation Scale (Siddiqui Z.U., 2013) for achievement motivation. Correlation analysis was done to find out the relationship between SWB and achievement motivation. The result showed a negative and significant relationship (r= -.418, p< 0.01) between the SWB and achievement motivation and the dimensions of SWB, (Religious Well Being and Existential Well Being) were also negatively related to the achievement motivation. It was found that the correlation between SWB and achievement motivation was stronger among science stream students (r= -.457, p < 0.01) than the commerce stream students (r= -.390, p< 0.01), and also that correlation between SWB and achievement motivation was stronger among males than females. Pages: 53-56
Kr. Sajid Ali Khan, Yasmeen Kausar and Vijayshri (Department of Psychology, AMU, Aligarh, U.P.) |
Pages: 57-61 Nabhit Kapur (Fortis CDos Hospital, New Delhi, India) Saira Javed (Department of Behavioral Sciences Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan) The abstract should summarize the content of the paper. Try to keep the abstract below 200 words. Do not make references nor display equations in the abstract. The journal will be printed from the same-sized copy prepared by you. Your manuscript should be printed on A4 paper (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm). It is imperative that the margins and style described below be adhered to carefully. This will enable us to keep uniformity in the final printed copies of the Journal. Please keep in mind that the manuscript you prepare will be photographed and printed as it is received. Readability of copy is of paramount importance . Pages: 57-61
Nabhit Kapur (Fortis CDos Hospital, New Delhi, India)
Saira Javed (Department of Behavioral Sciences Fatima… |
Pages: 62-65 Manju Pandey and Gurbir Dullet (Department of Psychology, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand) The present study was designed to examine the relationship between alcoholism and psychopathology. The sample consisted of 150 alcoholics undergoing rehabilitation and 150 non-alcoholics (non drinkers) from Dehradun city of Uttarakhand through mixed sampling technique (random+ purposive sampling).The eight state questionnaire was used to assess the psychopathology (anxiety, stress, depression ,regression ,fatigue, guilt, extraversion & arousal) of alcoholics and non-alcoholics. Tool consists of 96 items and is constructed by S.D. Kapoor in Hindi and English languages. The t test was applied for analysis of data. Significant difference was found in anxiety, stress, depression, regression, guilt & extraversion levels. But there was no significant difference in fatigue and arousal levels of alcoholics and non-alcoholics. The result showed more psychopathology in alcoholics as compared to non-alcoholics. Pages: 62-65
Manju Pandey and Gurbir Dullet (Department of Psychology, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand) |