Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing
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Pages: 627-629 Zarine Immanuel (Mother Teresas Womens University, Tamilnadu) Kalyani Kenneth (Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development, Tamilnadu) This study is aiming to bring about changes in the attitude of today's adolescents and to get their opinion on sensitive topics like dating and pre-marital counselling which is a taboo and unheard of in certain places in India. The survey was conducted among 200 college boys and girls from the college in Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu. Seventy-five and seventy- three percentage of boys and girls respectively opined against taking dowry for various reasons while the remaining were in favour of it. About eighty nine percent of boys and seventy percent of girls expressed the need of having premarital counselling for making their prospective marriage successful. Around seventy-five percent of boys and fifty- five percent of girls were ready to date their prospective spouses before marriage to get to know them well. It can be seen in the study that the number of adolescent boys who are against taking dowry is seventy-five percent and for the adolescent girls it is seventy three percent. However the fact that the dowry system is still widely practical contradicts these views. There was a positive feedback for the need of pre-marital counselling. Pages: 627-629
Zarine Immanuel (Mother Teresas Womens University, Tamilnadu)
Kalyani Kenneth (Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth… |
Pages: 630-635 Abdul Majeed Bhat and Omar H. Dar (Department of Psychology, University of Kashmi) S. Alam (Department of Psychology, AMU Aligarh) Research consistently indicates that parents of children with mental retardation report considerably more stress associated with child characteristics than parents with typically developing children. It is commonly believed that the adaptive functioning and problem behaviour of a child with mental retardation plays a significant role in the stress a parent experiences especially mothers. The present study examines maternal stress and adaptive behaviour of children with mental retardation and attempts to find out relationship among maternal stress in mothers with that of adaptive behaviour in children with mental retardation. Participants consisted of a purposively selected 60 mothers and their respective children with mental retardation. Mothers ranged in age from 26 to 40years, with an average age of 33years (SD=4.292) and their children with mental retardation ranged in age from 48 to 192months, with an average age of 114.767 months (SD=33.742). Maternal stress in mothers was assessed using the Family Interview for Stress and Coping in Mentally Retarded Section-I (FISC-MR-I). Adaptive and Problem Behaviour in children with mental retardation were assessed using the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS) respectively. The results established a relation between maternal stress and adaptive behaviour of the child (r=-0.617), maternal stress and this correlation was found statistically significant. The specific mother related and child related demographics that are related to elevated maternal stress levels are discussed. The correlation among maternal stress scale domains and adaptive behaviour scale domains scales are also discussed. Pages: 630-635
Abdul Majeed Bhat and Omar H. Dar (Department of Psychology, University of Kashmi)
S. Alam… |
Pages: 1-5 Annalakshmi Narayanan (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbacorc) The construct of resilience has provided the conceptual base for a series of studies on the capacity of children and adolescents who do well in school despite adversities. The present study attempts to investigate the relationship between various dimensions of resilience and academic achievement among adolescent studying in 11th grade in school. Pages: 1-5
Annalakshmi Narayanan (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbacorc) |
Pages: 6-11 Arab Naz (Department of Sociology University of Malakand, Pakistan) Qaisar Khan (Department of English University of Malakand, Pakistan) Waseem Khan (Department of Sociology University of Malakand, Pakistan) The Development of a child's personality owes much to the value transmitted to him/her from parents. This paper deals with such transmission in a traditional joint family system in Pukhtoon society of the N-W.F.P. in order to conduct the study, the researcher purposively selected 100 respondents including both male and female parents aged 25 and above. Pages: 6-11
Arab Naz (Department of Sociology University of Malakand, Pakistan)
Qaisar Khan (Department of English University… |
Life stress and family environment as related to marital adjustment in working and non-working women Pages: 12-17 Sudha Katyal (Department of Human Development & Family Relations Government Home Science College, Sector-I0, Chandigarh, India) The objectives of the present study were to determine the level of marital adjustment, life stress and family environment of working and non-working women. This study also aimed to find out inter-correlation among various variables of the study. Pages: 12-17
Sudha Katyal (Department of Human Development & Family Relations Government Home Science College, Sector-I0… |
Pages: 18-24 Shruti Chauhan and Surendra Kumar Sia (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) The present study is a modest attempt to study the relationship between emotional intelligence and acculturation strategies; and to assess the contribution of emotional intelligence and its components towards acculturation strategies. A total sample of 100 white collar Non-Punjabi employees (belonging to different states, but presently working in Punjab) was used. Pages: 18-24
Shruti Chauhan and Surendra Kumar Sia (Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) |
Pages: 25-29 Nilanjana Sanyal and Manisha Dasgupta (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata) The current world is undergoing tumultuous transitions, resulting in upsurging stress, posed by crises in different spheres. Individual need to continuously cope with different stressors to combat the "disequilibrium condition." Pages: 25-29
Nilanjana Sanyal and Manisha Dasgupta (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata) |
Pages: 30-33 Fouzia Alsabab Shaikh (Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) Quality of father-adolescent relationships is often associated with overall life-satisfaction, level emotional distress and depression in adolescents (Field et al., 1995; Furstenberg & Harris, 1993; Zimmerman et al., 1995). However, it is the parental behavior of mothers that has received relatively more research attention than that of fathers. Pages: 30-33
Fouzia Alsabab Shaikh (Psychology Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) |
Pages: 34-35 Rituparna Basak and Anjali Ghosh (Psychology Research Unic, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) The aim of the present study was to find out the relationship of job satisfaction with self-efficacy and locus of control in a group of higher-secondary school teachers of Kolkata, West Bengal. Ralf Schwazer's Teacher self-efficacy scale, Rotter Locus of Control scale and Paula Lester's Teacher job satisfaction questionnaires were used in the study. Pages: 34-35
Rituparna Basak and Anjali Ghosh (Psychology Research Unic, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) |
Pages: 36-41 Sunil Saini and Neelam Goyal (Department of Applied Psychology, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana) Narender Kumar (Punjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab) The study examined the psychological aggression in marital relationship and its association with physical aggression, negotiation skills, positive feelings, physical health in a sample of 196 heterosexual couples. The results indicated that psychological aggression was associated with physical aggression, negotiated skills, and positive physical and emotional feelings. Pages: 36-41
Sunil Saini and Neelam Goyal (Department of Applied Psychology, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana)
Narender Kumar (Punjab… |
Pages: 42-46 Devinder Kumar (Psychiatric Social worker General Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryan) Brahmdeep Sindhu (SOM, General Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryan) Krishan Kumar (Clinical Psychologist NBRC, Gurgaon, Haryan) Rajiv Gupta (Department of Psychiatry PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryan) Sachin (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) There is paucity of Indian literature about psychiatric patients taking treatment in secondary Health Units. In the present study, the socio-demographic profile and pattern of new patients visits in outpatient psychiatric services of District Mental Health Programme, Gurgaon are reported and examined. Pages: 42-46
Devinder Kumar (Psychiatric Social worker General Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryan)
Brahmdeep Sindhu (SOM, General Hospital, Gurgaon… |
Pages: 47-50 Ashima Soni (Department of Psychology Panjab University, Chandigarh) well-being describes our happiness, confidence, physical condition and general out look on life. It is about feeling good and taking care of oneself; responsibilities that can often be neglected when juggling the rigorous demands of every day living in the 21st century. Pages: 47-50
Ashima Soni (Department of Psychology Panjab University, Chandigarh) |
Pages: 51-52 A.C. Vashishtha (Department of Psychology Meerut College, Meerut, U.P.) Sunita Rani (Department of Psychology, Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, Haridwar) The Purpose of the Present investigation was to study the stress factors among parents of children with mental Retardation. To measure the level of stress in different stressful situation's 30 Item Stress Factor Scale (Based on Olley, Brieger, & Otley, 1997) was administered to 300 parents of whom 150 were parents of children with mental retardation and 150 were parents of nondisabled children. Pages: 51-52
A.C. Vashishtha (Department of Psychology Meerut College, Meerut, U.P.)
Sunita Rani (Department of Psychology, Kanya… |
Pages: 53-55 Nalini Malhotra and Rakhi Hasija (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) The present study examined the role of interpersonal relationships in the life of adolescents from intact and non intact families. Adolescents' relationships with three domains were studied- social, academic and family. The data collected from 120 adolescents, out of which 60 were from intact families (30 males and 30 females) and 60 were from non intact families (30 males and 30 females). Pages: 53-55
Nalini Malhotra and Rakhi Hasija (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab) |
Pages: 56-60 Sachin (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur) Krishan Kumar (National Brain Research Centre, Manesar) Dalbir Singh Saini (DSWO, Hisar, Haryana) There is less emphasis in Indian society on the caregivers of psychiatric patients taking treatments in Psychiatric Hospitals. This is very important to see the burden and quality of life; this is a true aspect that providing care to family members dealing with chronic illness may result in feelings of burden or strain for caregivers that can diminish their quality of life. Pages: 56-60
Sachin (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur)
Krishan Kumar (National Brain Research Centre, Manesar)
Dalbir Singh Saini (DSWO… |
Pages: 61-64 Atasi Mohanty (Centre for Educational Technology Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India) The present case study has been conducted in the Darjeeling district of west Bengal in Nonh-East India. It primarily focuses on the life styles, mental health and attitude of tea-garden workers with a special emphasis on the status of women in this community. In order to assess this a standardized attitude scale, a culture-fair mental-health check list and an observation schedule have been used to collect first-hand information. Pages: 61-64
Atasi Mohanty (Centre for Educational Technology Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India) |
Pages: 65-69 Fouzia Alsabah Shaikh (Psychology Research Unit, Kolkata) Anjali Ghosh (Psychology Research Unit, Kolkata) A.A.S. Azam (Department of Psychology University of Gondar, Ethiopia) Excessive research attention has been on the role of perceived social support in recovery related outcomes among illicit substance users leaving limited research evidence regarding its determinants. Researches done in India have explored variation sin social support among substance users in tens of different demographic variables. But not many studies have explored social support in terms of meaning in life and abstinence selfefficacy as perceived by substance users. Pages: 65-69
Fouzia Alsabah Shaikh (Psychology Research Unit, Kolkata)
Anjali Ghosh (Psychology Research Unit, Kolkata)
A.A.S. Azam (Department… |
Pages: 70-74 K.N. Jayakumar (Department of Psychology, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu) A. Velayudhan (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) K. Selvaraj (Va1.zhikatti Mental Health Centre and Research Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral, developmental disorder most often diagnosed during childhood, marked by the core symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. The aim of the study is to find out whether substance abusers had a history of ADHD in their childhood. Pages: 70-74
K.N. Jayakumar (Department of Psychology, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu)
A. Velayudhan (Department of Psychology… |
Pages: 75-78 N.S. Rohini and M. Salini (Department of Psychology, Avinashilingarn Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India) The purpose of the study was to identify the level of adjustment among divorcees and enhancing it through Positive Therapy, a behavior modification technique. The sample consisted of 40 divorcees. Out of these, 20 were female and 20 male. To measure their level of adjustment, Global Adjustment Scale (Vohra, 1994) was used. Pages: 75-78
N.S. Rohini and M. Salini (Department of Psychology, Avinashilingarn Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore… |
Pages: 79-83 Rakesh Kumar Behmani (Department of Applied Psychology Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar) ealth psychology is an emerging and popular field these days. There are several theories and models which have evolved in the context of disease, treatment and prevention. All the models generally consider the biopschosocial approach to health which believes that the reasons behind all kind of disorders are avoidable and we can avoid these health related disorders. Pages: 79-83
Rakesh Kumar Behmani (Department of Applied Psychology Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology… |
Pages: 84-87 Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer Hisar, Haryana) Sangeeta Saini (GSSS, Gangwa, Hisar, Haryana) Sachin (Department Psychology University of Rajasthan, Jaipur) working women have to perform multiple roles and thus have much psychological distress. The are many personal, organizational and external factors that influence the daily perceptions of working women in originations. Many women are employed and manage both marital life and career. Pages: 84-87
Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer Hisar, Haryana)
Sangeeta Saini (GSSS, Gangwa, Hisar, Haryana)
Sachin… |
Perceptions of disability, family environment and problems faced by siblings of children with autism Pages: 88-96 Deepti Guruprasad and Surekha Chukkali (Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore) tanding up to and coping with the challenging needs of the developmental disorder of autism, is no easy journey for the family. However, research about the adjustment of the normal sibling due to the presence of the child with autism in the family has been in conclusive. Pages: 88-96
Deepti Guruprasad and Surekha Chukkali (Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore) |
Pages: 97-99 Jaishree jain (Subodh PG Girls College, Jaipur, Rajasthan) In todays world, where conflict and violence is common ru1dpeace is something everyone is trying to achieve, one tends to wonder about the how's & why's violence & aggression? What is the root cause of violence. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between parental disciplinary practices & aggression among children. Pages: 97-99
Jaishree jain (Subodh PG Girls College, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages: 100-103 Babhuti Vaidya and Akanksha Sud (Department of Psychology, Himachal Universily, Shimla) The study aims primarily to find out relationship between Life Satisfaction, Social Support and Lonelines among Senior Citizens (100 male and 100 female senior citizens living with their family) were selected by quota sampling. Result revealed that Life Satisfaction is significantly and positively related to Loneliness for both male and female Senior Citizen sand to social provision of attachment. Pages: 100-103
Babhuti Vaidya and Akanksha Sud (Department of Psychology, Himachal Universily, Shimla) |