Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Pages: 1234-1238
Shifa Rahman (Department of Psychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)

Teenage is a fundamental stage of life that each human being passes through. Teens undergo dramatic changes. In addition to the biological changes of puberty, they experience cognitive changes that allow them to think more abstractly. They become increasingly focused on friends. And as they seek greater independence, they often come into conflict with parents. Most get through adolescence with few problems, establishing identities and preparing for adulthood. Some, however, experience problems that lead to dropping out of school, drug use or crime. This depends on the environment these young adults live in, their parents, their friends, their living conditions, their education, and many other factors. Teenage issues are troubles or difficulties that may arise in an adolescents' life when living in the modern world. Becoming an adult can be an exciting process, but it can also lead to awkwardness or an inability to control hormones as the body changes. Common teenager problems include: body image, sibling rivalry, peer pressure and bullying, divorce, teenage pregnancy, practicing safe sex, teen dating, schooling & jobs, school deadlines and exams, future study or career direction, drugs & alcohol, eating disorders, weight struggles, acne, self harming etc. Media, including print, television, film and online, can negatively affect young people by exposing them to extreme violence, reinforcing the importance of money, consumerism and status symbols, sexual relationships etc. Teens Today research has consistently revealed meaningful correlations between parental involvement and teen decision-making. For example, teens who report regular, open communication with their parents about important issues say they are more likely to try to live up to their parents' expectations and less likely to drink, use drugs or engage in early sexual activity. Another research study showed that while the proportion of teens reporting positive relationships with their parents does dip somewhat during the early teen years, in general, teens feel close to their parents, think highly of them, and even want to spend time with them. In addition, research shows that quality parent-child relationships are linked to a wide range of positive outcomes for adolescents, such as mental and emotional well-being, adjustment, and social competence, and to lower levels of problem behaviors, such as substance use, delinquency, and premature sexual activity. It's true that teenage brains can be impulsive, but they are also vulnerable, dynamic and highly responsive to positive feedback by the people around them. Most teenagers agree that they will follow a peer's decision rather than their parents'. Peers are more influential in a teen's life and tend to have more power than parents. But if parents mistakenly believe that their adolescent children don't care about them or respect them or enjoy spending time with them, a real risk exists that parents will step back from being involved in their children's lives. Since research consistently indicates that adolescents develop better when they feel close to their parents, it would be a serious loss to all concerned

Pages: 1242-1244
Geeta N. Lagadhir (Shree Bosamia College, Jetpur, Gujarat)

This research paper has been prepared aiming of the study of Mental health of the students of Art's and Commerce at higher secondary and U.G.Level total 120 rendom male sample form he is urban and rural area, from joint family or divided family in Visavadar Taluka. Tools for the research was personal data sheet and mental health test developed by Dr. D.J. Bhatt and Shree Geeta R. Gida. Means were computed and T-Test was applied to check the significance of different between two variables. The result show that nodifferent is found in the Mental health of higher secondary and u.g. students weather he is from urban and rural area from a joint of a divided family.

Pages: 1245-1249
Ya Zhou and Angela Fung-Ying Siu (Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China)
Xiang-Ping Liu (School of Psychology, Research Center of Emotion, Regulation, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China)

Studies using western samples suggested a strong correlation between the recovery from psychological or physical illness and greater character strengths. The present study was interested in whether recovery from depression would also be associated with higher strengths among Chinese. Besides, given that coping deficits are closely linked with depression, the present study also aimed to explore the mediation of strengths between depression recovery and improved coping. Based on self-report screening measures, participants were selected from a pool of over 200 college students and divided into three groups, 43 “currently depressed”, 32 “recovered from past depressive episodes”, and 40 “without a history of serious depressive episodes”. All participants completed the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire. The recovered group reported higher scores on certain cognitive and affective strengths as compared with the other two groups. Strengths including love, gratitude, hope, forgiveness, bravery, and love of learning mediated the link between depression recovery and coping strategies.

Pages: 1260-1265
A. Velayudhan and S. Srividya (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore )

Climate change, global warming, deforestation, depletion of ecological reserves are some of the challenges that human race hold in the future. India, being one of the most populous countries, with diversified ecological resources is at cross roads. It is utilizing environmental resources for massive development trajectory on one hand and being a casualty of the environmental problems that arise hence forth. It must be understood that the scientific solutions to the environmental problems cannot be discounted without a study on human values, beliefs, and attitudes. The present study aims at studying the model of environmental attitudes using New Ecological paradigm (NEP) developed by Dunlap,Van Liere, Mertig, & Jones (2000) which measures wider range of facets of an ecological views namely, reality of limits of growth, anti-anthropocentrism, fragility of nature's balance, rejection of exemptionalism, and possibility of ecocrisis, among Indian masses. The data on NEP scale of 263 individuals aged between 18 to 83 was investigated. The comparison between the males (N=117) and females (N=146) showed that there exists differences between the two in the dimension of anti anthropocentrism. The results of the study and further implications have been discussed.

Pages: 1272-1274
Harpreet Kanwal Chhabra and Hardeep Kaur (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh)

The study in hand was designed to compare the multitasking performance of males groups classified as high and low on polychronicity. This was carried out for normal and emergency conditions of multitasking. Multitasking has been identified as a behavior involving frequent switching between tasks over time (Waller, 2007). Polychronicity is understood as a preference for organizing activities over time. For the above purpose, the sample of 180 young adult females with mean age of 21 yrs was taken up from the tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. 'Index of Polychronic Values Scale' by Bluedorn et al. (1999) and a self developed simulated task for multitasking was used for the study. t- ratios were computed to arrive at the results. Results showed that high polychronic subjects showed better performance as compared to low polychronic subjects across both levels multitasking.