Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Pages: 27-30
Ranjana (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana)
The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of organizational climate as an enhancer of general well being. A random sample of 200 lecturers serving in different colleges of Kurukshetra and Karnal districts were administered with Organizational Climate Inventory (OCI) developed by Chattopadhyay and Agrawal (1976) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) developed by Goldberg (1967). Eleven factors of OCI and six factors of GHQ were confronted by product moment method of correlation. The 17 x 17 intercorrelation matrix for 200 subjects was processed by principal component method of factor analysis. Four factors were extracted and interpreted after varimax rotation. Results of the study revealed that motivational level of organizational climate was positively related with somatic complaints of general health. However, factors support system, identity problems, warmth and organizational structure of OCI showed negative relationship with factors depression, anxiety and sleep of general health .Participants who perceived their organizational climate as having lesser support system, warmth, poor organizational structure and who experienced problems of identification tended to have more health problems.

Pages: 47-48
Harshavardhan Kidiyoor, Roopak D Naik and Sanjay V. Ganeshkar (Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics S. D. M. College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Sattur, Dharwad, Karnataka)

Malocclusion commonly known as irregular teeth affects the psychology of an individual and is associated with social stigmata. Lot of confusion prevails in the society regarding the treatment for the same. Further Orthodontic treatment (treatment of irregular teeth) is associated with a lot of variables. Thus, questions like when to treat? Who should treat? What should be the treatment protocol? Where to treat? Which appliance should be used? Always haunt the operator. The present article tries to demystify the common doubts in the society associated with orthodontic treatment planning.

Pages: 53-55
Noor Jahan Khatoon (Girls Senior Secondary School Central Karimia, Jamshedpur)
Zaki Akhtar (Department of Psychology, Karim City College, Jamshedpur)
Hoori ZAki (Business Management, Kanpur University, Kanpur)

Doctors are the life line of any nation. They imbibe wellness to the society. On the earth they act with their divine profession and save lives of people. The present study is an attempt to find out the organizational role stress among doctors. The sample consists of 50 doctors (26 males and 24 females). Pareek's (1983) organizational role stress (ORS) scale was used to measure ten types of role stress ( inter-role stress (IRD), role stagnation (RS), role expectation conflict (REC), role erosion (RE), role overload (RO), role isolation (RI), personal inadequacy (PI), self-role distance (SRD), role ambiguity (RA), resource inadequacy (RIn)). The sample further bifurcated into two groups fresher and experience holders. The t-test was used to find out the significance of differences for each type of role stress. Result revealed that there was no significance of difference in male and female doctors. Both are equally experiencing stress. Although, the role stagnation is stronger in female doctors as compare to male doctors. It has also been seen that experienced holders and fresher were differed significantly in terms of organizational role stress. They differ on the dimension of role erosion (RE) and role overload (RO). Role erosion (RE) and role overload (RO) were stronger in experienced doctors as compared to fresher. And total role stresses were stronger in experienced doctors as compared to fresher.

Pages: 61-64
Papri Nath and Rabindra Kumar Pradhan (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)

The benefits of positive writing on positive well-being have been widely studied in psychological, health and writing research (Pennebaker & Seagal, 1999; King, 2001; Lyubomirsky, Sousa & Dickerhoof, 2006; Danner, Snowdon, & Friesen, 2001; Creswell et al., 2007). The purpose of the paper is to understand the relationship between positive writing and positive well-being. Writing about one's negative experiences has been found to positively influence physical and psychological health (Pennebaker & Seagal, 1999; Lyubomirsky, Sousa, & Dickerhoof, 2006; Creswell et al., 2007). But few recent studies have gradually shifted the focus towards positive writing termed as insight view. Insight view says that writing about positive experiences or positive aspect of negative experiences leads to positive growth (King, 2001). The present paper makes an attempt to understand the underlying factors and processes behind positive writing and positive well-being. Theoretical and practical implications of positive writing in positive well-being have also been discussed.

Pages: 69-73
Mohammad Ayoob and Tara Singh (Department of Psychology, Barkatuallah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pardesh)

This study examined the relationship of acculturative stress and coping strategies in a sample of 219 Kashmiri college students (52.10% male; 47.90% female; mean age = 23.30 years, SD = 1.70) who migrated to Bhopal for study purpose. Measures used were Social, Attitudinal, Familial and Environmental Scale and Ways of Coping Questionnaire. One way analysis of variance revealed significant difference between coping behavior of participants with three levels of acculturative stress in terms of problem-focused coping, wishful thinking and self-blame coping. Result of regression analysis showed that acculturative stress was positively related to different coping strategies. Implications for reducing the effect of acculturative stress among Kashmiri college students and future research directions are discussed.

Pages: 78-84
N.V.V.S.Narayana and V. Hari Lakshmi (Department of Psychology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)

In the southern states of India since two years a rampant spread of chikun-gunya fever was observed it was a state of acute fever accompanied by long range disabilities and psychological consequences. In this study, an attempt was made to investigate the nature of symptom patterns experienced by chikun-gunya patients in the different geographical areas of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, by assessing the psychological correlates of the prolonged arthritic disabilities to normal functioning. In this study chikun-gunya symptom schedule was developed by the researcher. The psychological health of the patient was assessed by using the 'General Health questionnaire (28) (Goldberg & Hillier, 1979)'. The sample of 361 patients (male=186, female=175) were taken from the urban, semi urban, rural and the tribal areas of north coastal Andhra Pradesh. The't' test and ANOVA statistics were used to analyze data. The results showed that considering gender, females showed higher levels of somatization of symptoms with severe depression. Among the four areas investigated, significant differences were found in social dysfunction and somatization of symptoms. Comparing the acidity and no acidity patients, the symptoms of anxiety and insomnia were found to be significantly higher in acidity patients. The smoking and alcohol consuming patients both showed a significantly high score on social dysfunction.

Pages: 94-97
Payel Mazumder and Indrani Mukherjee (University of Calcutta, Kolkata)

The present study aimed at finding out relationship between occupational stress and general life satisfaction of male (N-30) and female (N=30) Central Government officers. 't' tests had been done first to find out if there was any significant gender difference among the officers on either occupational stress or general life satisfaction which, indeed had revealed a significant difference on occupational stress. Therefore, the two samples were treated independently for finding out the interrelationships. Person's product-moment 'r' had been computed for this purpose. Results indicated that for male officers, such relationships could not be found. However, for female officers, occupational stress and general life satisfaction had been found to be correlated.

Pages: 101-104
Yogesh A. Jogsan (Department of Psychology, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujrat )

The emotional maturity predicts one's ability to manage and monitor his or here emotions, to assess the emotional state of others and influence their opinions and behavior. Emotional maturity seems to be most profoundly influenced by the relationship, understanding and reactions. I have been observing that Diabetic persons have many problems at psychological level and their outlook towards life and its complications does not show positive response and also many a times they show less emotional maturity in various situations. This study is aimed to investigate the impact of Yoga on emotional maturity in Type-2 Diabetic persons together with the effect on Diabetes. Nine samples with average age of 51 years (N = 9) were selected for the study from a ten days' Yoga Shibir for Diabetes Prevention held at 'LIFE', Rajkot, organized by Saurashtra Medical & Educational Charitable Trust. Through questionnaire-method, samples have answered pre-test and post-test scale, made by Yashveer Singh and Mahesh Bhargava in English version, but I have used its Gujarati Version, Prepared by Yogesh Jogsan, Department of Psychology, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. Blood sugar level of all the subjects have been tested pathologically through 'GOD/POD Enzymatic Method' on the first and last day of the Shibir. The findings very effectively present a very good decrease in random blood sugar level (men 46.3 mg./dl), in fasting blood sugar level (mean 14.4 mg./dl.) and in post-prandial blood sugar level (mean 18.7 mg./dl). Computed t-value shows also a non-significant change, but we get noticeable improvements at the mean level which shows a need of Yoga for a long time. So, the study proposes that Yoga is great remedy to cure Diabetes as well as it is very beneficial to improve emotional maturity in the Diabetic persons.

Pages: 107-109
Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer, Hisar)
Pardeep Kumar Redhu (PGIMS, Rohtak)

The Present study was carried out to study the Educational interests of secondary school students of Jind (Haryana) on 50 students, the subjects were administered Educational interest inventory (Chander 1988). Results indicated that the educational interest of boys & girls showing difference in all educational fields indicate that the boys have low interest in Fine Arts, home science in their choice for educational subject. Where as the girls have low educational interest in Commerce and Mechanical education. They like the fields of humanities and Arts. So there is not perfect matching of educational choices of girls and boys as reflected by their interest scores.

Pages: 113-114
Umed Singh and Kanupriya (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra)

The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of emotional intelligence and burnout in middle level managers of private organizations. The sample consisted of 125 middle level managers ranging in age from 23 to 60 years with the mean age of 41.5 years. The data were collected by administering Maslach Burnout Inventory (General Survey) and Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Intelligence (M M E I). Maslach Burnout Inventory was scored for three variables, viz., Exhaustion, Cynicism, and Professional Efficacy. MMEI provided five scores for Empathy, Managing Emotions, Motivating Oneself, Self-awareness, and Handling Relations. Obtained data were analysed by descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlations. The results demonstrated that exhaustion has the significant negative relationship with four measures of emotional intelligence i.e. managing emotions, motivating oneself, self awareness and handing relations. Cynicism has been found to have significant positive correlation with empathy; and negative with managing emotions, motivating oneself, and handling relations. Professional Efficacy yielded significant positive correlations with managing emotions, motivating oneself, self awareness and handling relations. The findings of the present study depict the structured relationship between the dimensions of emotional intelligence and burnout; and are suggestive that cultivation of emotional intelligence can be an effective strategy for reducing burnout and enhancing the professional efficacy among the corporate executives.

Pages: 119-122
Anubhuti Sharma and Sudha Banth (Department of Psychology, Punjab University, Chandigarh)
S.K. Srivastava (Department of Psychology, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar)

The present study described the extent to which the single male and female young adolescents are involved in age- related decision- making areas such as- personal, educational, relationship, leisure, and entertainment, and the extent to which their parents, and family is involved. Forty single male and female youth were assessed using the 'youth decision- making involvement scale'. The results implied that single male youth tend to take suggestions from all family members and involve them jointly in taking decisions for them, which shows a feeling of togetherness and cohesion in the males, while in the case of single female youth, the parents tend to decide for their areas of decision- making reflecting females' dependence and conventional Indian mindset and simultaneously, the parents' care, concern and overprotective attitude towards them. This has brought with itself a new perspective of the modern times.

Pages: 126-129
Sarita Boora (Department of Psychology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana)

Parent child relationship and adjustment are a major concern for the present scenario of school organizations. Both these directly influence the achievement motivation of school students. Many problems increase if they do not adjust in school environment such as lack of educational, social, emotional adjustment & lack of good parent child relations. Due to all these problems achievement motivation is affected. The present study is conducted to rule out all these effects. The sample constituted of 200 students studying in 9th & 10th classes of govt. schools of Haryana. Out of these 100 are from rural & 100 from urban schools & their age ranging from 14-16 years. Tools used were Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS), Parent Child Relationship Scale (PCRS) and DEO- Mohan Achievement Scale. On the basis of the findings it was found that some dimensions of parent child relationship such as rejecting, symbolic punishment & object punishment have significant negative correlation with adjustment. Achievement motivation is not correlated with parent child relationship.