Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Pages: 1066-1068
Manisha Panchal (M. Phil Clinical Psychology Trainee IBS, GFSU, Gandhinagar)
Aashish Contractor (Psychiatrist, Kanoria Hospital, Bhat Gandhinagar)
Ami Pathak (Clinical Psychologist IBS, GFSU, Gandhinagar)
Biswajit Dey (IBS, GFSU Gandhinagar, Gujrat)

Memory has been recognized as one of the major cognitive faculties and this has been an area of investigation for psychiatric and non-psychiatric conditions since very long time. There are evidences in the present literature which are suggestive of excessive alcohol intake can lead to deterioration in various types of memory.The objective of the present study was to assess various types of memory in people withAlcohol Dependence Syndrome(ADS) and compare the findings with normal population.In the present study authors used a cross sectional, hospital based, between group designs. Memory scale of an Indian standardized neuropsychological test battery was administered on patients with ADS based on ICD -10 criteria and a comparison was done with equal number of normal people.Patients with ADS showed significant deficits in most of the domains of memory functioning. Future studies can foster more comprehensive assessment and necessary psychological management for them.

Pages: 1075-1077
Ankita Deshmukh and Bansh Gopal Singh (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, C.G.)

Marriage is influencedby various psychological and social factors. The present study was planned to study role of maternal home attachment, support and marital problems caused due to maternal home in distressed wives. The variables were studied on a sample of 103 married females who reported marital distress. To assess the maternal home attachment, support and marital problems the scales were constructed and participants were interviewed. Multiple correlations were calculated. Positive correlation between maternal support and marital home attachment was found. The study also found that marital problems and maternal support has very less negative relationship and was not significant.No relationship between marital problems and maternal attachment was found.

Pages: 1081-1083
G. Anuradha and M. Jha (Department of SOS Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, C.G.)

Previously Burnout is regarded as work related disorder. But recent Studies shows that many other factors are also responsible for Burnout among students. Present research deals with 'personality' as a major factor causing Burnout among students. In other words Burnout affects personality of a person concerned. The term personality is a broad concept which defines a person completely. But certain personality types have a tendency to develop the symptoms typically associated with Burnout. So the aim of present research is to investigate the relationship between personality dimensions and academic Burnout in students (higher secondary level). Randomized sample technique is used to select the sample and data collected from 159 higher secondary students from rural area of Chhattisgarh state (boys 96, Girls 63).Academic Burnout tool (ABT). A self made tool is prepared to measure students' academic Burnout which consist six dimensions i.e. Low academic achievement (LAA), Interaction between student and teacher (IBST), teacher's behaviour (TB), Lack of social support (LSS), Unfavourable Learning conditions (ULC), Extra work (EW) and also four Factor Eysenck's personality questionnaire (EPQ) is used. The results shows positive and significant relationship between extraversion personality (.345) and Neurotics personality (0.236) but only Psychotics kind of personality (.236) of student shows no significant relationship with students' academic Burnout.

Pages: 1087-1090
Gagan Prit Kaur and Richa Singh (Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women , Rajghat Fort, BHU, Varanasi)

Ageing is as real as mortality for all living beings and ageing brings certain brain related changes which causes changes in cognitive functioning. Inhibition of return (IOR) is a phenomenon related to attention and it is an important cognitive process which is affected by ageing. IOR refers to the phenomenon of delaying of response to cued location as the gap between cue and target presentation (Stimulus Onset Asynchrony, SOA) increases. The present paper is an attempt to explore the phenomenon of IOR and whether the ageing process influences IOR. Studies reviewed indicated contradictory findings. Some studies found similar IOR effects in both younger and older adults. While other studies had reported age related differences, i.e., older adults exhibit greater magnitude and longer and continuous effects of IOR than younger adults.

Pages: 1094-1095
Bhoomika Sachacher (Research Officer, Project Hifazat Central Institute of Psychiatry Kanke, Ranchi)
Masroor Jahan (Additional Professor of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi)
Vinod Kumar Sinha (Department of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi)

This paper attempts to determine whether gender differences affects intelligence and academic performance among school going children. Total 100 children of both sexes between the age ranges of 7-15 years were selected. Intelligence assess by Malin's intelligence scale for Indian children and for academic performance academic records of children was taken from the school. Data was analysed using of descriptive statistics, chi square test and person correlation. Results showed that there is no influence of intelligence and academic performance on gender.

Pages: 1099-1101
Neeta Pattan and Usha Devi C. (Department of Food and Nutrition, Smt VHD Central Institute of Home Science, Seshadri Road, Bangalore, Karnataka)

Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are wide spread globally with a large negative societal impact. As the green leafy vegetables are inexpensive foods rich in micronutrients, utilization of unconventional green leafy vegetables can be explored to overcome some of micronutrient malnutrition. Hence the study has been taken to develop masala bun enriched with dehydrated unconventional green leafy vegetable, Anne greens, Celosta argentea. Dehydrated green leafy vegetable powder at 4, 6 and 8 per cent levels was incorporated in developing masala bun. The developed products, three variations and a control were evaluated for sensory parameters by semi trained panel members using a nine point hedonic scale. All the products prepared by incorporating anne greens at different levels were acceptable with scores of above 6.0 ranging from moderately good (6.1) to excellent (8.2) on nine point hedonic scale. Masala bun with 6 per cent level of incorporation (7.7) was more accepted compared to 8 per cent level of incorporation. There was no significant difference between the masala bun without enrichment and masala bun with 4 and 6 per cent levels of incorporation. It can be concluded that enrichment of masala bun with 6 per cent level of dehydrated anne greens can be used to enhance the nutritional quality of the product.

Pages: 1104-1105
Vikram Kala (Department of Medicine, Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana)
Richa Kansal (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana)
Prerna Panjeta (Department of Biochemistry, Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana)
Poonam Adlakha (Department of Histopathology, Venereology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh)
Mohit Nagpal (Department of Dermatology and Venereology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh)

Spontaneous gallbladder perforation in a patient of end stage renal disease is very umcommon event. It can lead to rapid deterioration of the patient with complicationg into sepsis and biliary peritonitis, often associated with high mortality. We report a case of 56 year old male patient of diabetic nephropathy and end stage renal disease who was on maintainance hemodialysis for past eight months. He reported to emergency room with acute abdomen and was subsequently diagnosed with gallbladder perforation. His current condition was complicated by his comorbid end stage renal failure. He recovered completely with early conservative antiobiotics therapy and aggressive hemodialysis. A prompt diagnosis and immediate initiation of antimicrobial therapy according to best guess antibiotic sensitivity are very important to optimize the management and prevent further deterioration of the patient.

Pages: 1109-1114
Jyoti Gupta, Subhasmita Panda and Nandita Babu (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Stories are a part of a child's everyday experience and narration helps to describe this experience. Children from slum generate narrations to reflect their social world. This study attempts to explore slum children's construction of the social world in their narratives. To gain an in-depth understanding of children's construction of their social world, fifteen 6 and 7 year olds were selected from a slum area located in the city of Delhi. They were asked to narrate stories based on story leads and pictures which were provided to them. Their narrations were coded and significant themes such as: social engagement, personal likes and dislikes, mental state attribution, emotions and concern with authority emerged illustrating children construction of a meaningful social world through their narratives.

Pages: 1119-1123
Suvashisa Rana, Meena Hariharan, Durgesh Nandinee and Kallavarapu Vincent (Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh)

As forgiveness plays a vital role in the process of building healthy relationship, this study explored the contributions of forgiveness on happiness among adolescents. A convenience sample of 200 adolescent participants from two leading educational institutions was selected. The participants completed a survey assessing the forgiveness (forgiveness of self, others, and situations) and happiness. The results revealed that there were significant contributions of forgiveness and its domains on happiness of the adolescents. The role of age was also found to be significant indicating that the older adolescents were found to be higher in forgiveness compared with their younger counterparts. Since there was an impact of forgiveness on happiness, adolescents need to be taught the prosocial behavior during childhood and adolescence in order to foster positive health, both at individual as well as community levels.

Pages: 1130-1136
Joby. P. A. and Prabhavati Shukla (SOS in Psychology. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh)

The present study is a venture to unfold the effects of a group-based Cognitive behavioural stress management intervention (CBSM) among Indian early-breast cancer survivors on quality of life. In India, breast cancer is the most widespread malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer death in adult females. With enhanced early detection and treatment, great numbers of breast cancer patients are surviving several years after diagnosis with declining quality of life. Quality of life of women is considered an important issue in the treatment of women with breast cancer. Psychosocial interventions have demonstrated efficacy for serving patients and families confront the many fears that come up during this hard time. Subjects of the present research were 60 women survivors of early-breast cancer. To study the problem pre and post experimental design with control group were opted. The experimental group was received weekly 2 hrs sittings for a period of 10 week group-based Cognitive behavioural stress management intervention while the control group received only a 1-day psychoeducational group seminar. The Indian adaptation of EORTC QLQ-C 30, version 3.0 and its breast cancer supplementary measure QLQ-BR23 questionnaires were administered to Pre, post and follow-up study for the assessment of quality of life (QoL). Pre, post and follow-up study data were analysed by implying one-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and paired samples T- tests. The result revealed that group-based Cognitive behavioural stress management intervention was effective and produced significant effects on post and follow-up experimental group's survivor's quality of life. In contrast, minimal change was observed in control group survivor's quality of life. It may be concluded that Breast cancer survivors truly need psychotherapeutic support and in particular a group-based psychotherapeutic interventions can substantially improve the quality of life of breast cancer survivors. The CBSM intervention programme represents a novel tool for the betterment of breast cancer survivor's quality of life.

Pages: 1145-1149
Aradhana Shukla (Department of Psychology, Kuamun University Campus, Almora)

Marriage is a relationship which involves emotional and legal commitment and bonds a man and woman in a thread of love. It continues through children physical attraction, mental support and formation of strong family relationship but some times this family role passes through some difficult roué and people solve if through their understanding. In this study on attempt was made to seek out the pattern of experiential stress living with and without their has bonds and in joining and neuclear families. It was contended that ((i) variation in the level of employment would cause variation in experiential stress (ii) Women living with and without their husbands would show difference in the level of experiential stress (iii) variation in the level of stress would be caused by the family structure i.e. joint nuclear family. Eighty women of employed and unemployed status and ranging between 25 to 35 years served as participants and they were arranged according to the requirements of 3-way factories design with two levels of (employment status employed/unemployed) two level of marital status (living with husband/living without husband) and two types of family spretimes (joint and neculear) i.e. 10 participants per all. Living with husband was defined to those who used to live with their husband in permanent mode their whereas without husbanded women were those whose husbands were far from their due to job condition. Home climate supportiveness scale and stress and stress management scale developed by the author were used. Doctor were analyzed by ANOVA and it was found that (i) magnitude of stress was higher in employed women (ii) women who were living without their husbands were higher on stress and (iii) nuclear family gave less stress than joint family.

Pages: 1156-1160
Triveni, S. (Department of Psychology, Karnataka University Dharwad, Karnataka)

Human values can be arranged into a value system which is “an enduring organization of beliefs concerning preferable modes of conduct or end states of existence along a continuum of relative importance” (Rokeach, 1973, p. 5). Teachers in India have the role of building the personality of today's youth. They need to display an ideal conduct which consists of an integrated value system so that they maintain their personal balance and integrity to deliver their duties sincerely. Hence, there is a need to study the value orientation of college teachers. The present study is undertaken with the objective of understanding the value orientation of college teachers and their socio-demographic correlates. A sample of 100 college teacher (male 50 and female 50) within the age range of 28to 60 from Govt and private aided colleges of Northern Karnataka, i.e., Hubli and Dharwad city areas are selected through purposive sampling technique. Rokeach's Value Survey developed by Rokeach in 1968 which consists of lists of 18 Terminal and 18 Instrumental values that are to be ranked based on the importance to the subject as a guiding principle of their life, was used to assess the value orientation of the sample. The results reveal that Most preferred terminal value s of college teachers are Health (Rank 1), A comfortable life (Rank2) and National Security (Rank 3). Whereas the most preferred Instrumental values are Honest (Rank1) Ambitious (Rank 2) and Clean (Rank 3). Gender difference in both the values are studied and socio-demographic correlates are discussed. Implications are suggested.