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Pages: 731-733 Alka Agrawal (Department of Psychsology, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Universitys, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) Women career decision making has attracted research attention in the last two decades especially when it comes to choosing tertiary education. Despite the importance of decision making skills, there are still limited studies exploring this phenomenon in practice. Therefore this study aims to explore the psycho social factors like socio economic and self esteem affect the career decisions of university students. The study findings for women's career choices indicate a positive overall picture. Both self esteem and socioeconomic status were found to be influential on women's career choices. In order to generalize the findings , further research is required involving other contexts and subject groups. Pages: 731-733
Alka Agrawal (Department of Psychsology, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Universitys, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) |
Pages: 734-736 Seema Gupta (Department of Psychology, Gokul Das Hindu Girls College, Moradabad, Uttar Prasesh) Housing is one of the most needful munities that makes its direct impact on mental health, became one has to live and develop himself/herself only living in home. It is also said that home is the first institution so the importance of home in the formation of mental health cannot be denied. Keeping this view in consideration this study was planned and it was aimed to find out the level of mental health among adolescents living in overcrowded homes as a function of gender and age. Two hundred participants (100 males and 100 females) ranging between 13-18 years served as participants. Personal data schedule was used to collect demographic information and mental health battery was used to ascertain the pattern and level of mental health in participants. Four groups of adolescents formed on the basis of gender and age were compared on the mental health through analysis of variance and it was found insignificant so it can be concluded that household crowding do not lay any significant impact on mental health of adolescents. It is only a matter of motivation, chance and interest. Dimensional analysis revealed that the absence of similar trend. As mental health battery was comprised of six dimensions like emotional stability, overall adjustment, autonomy, security-insecurity, self concept and intelligence and many of them are sheer person-based so it is very obvious that they cannot stand in similar raw. So we can say that household crowding is not so strong variable that may lead the pattern and level of mental health is adolescents. Pages: 734-736
Seema Gupta (Department of Psychology, Gokul Das Hindu Girls College, Moradabad, Uttar Prasesh) |
Pages: 737-740 Payal Kanwar Chandel (AIBAS, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan ) Since the origin of mankind the concept of “reincarnation” has been, and still is a mystery, which people are trying to solve. In the present article the effort is made to first define the term(the belief that after death one can be born again as a different person, animal, or any other living creature) Reincarnation, in its literal meaning i.e. based on its literary origin and then the corresponding terms used in various religious texts. Depending on the evolution of civilisations the concept of reincarnation too spread world-wide, but with a discrimination based on the religious beliefs. This article tries to understand the various religious beliefs for 'reincarnation'. Starting from Hinduism, which seems to be the originator of the concept, having a strong belief in rebirth (even gods reincarnate), the beliefs of Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity and Islam are discussed in the present piece of work. It was observed that although many religions like Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism do believe in reincarnation but there exists differences in their beliefs. Majority of Christianity and Islam discard the very concept of reincarnation but there exist some sub-sects that have been observed to believe in life after death. An effort to compare various beliefs is made in the present piece of work, related researches as well are included in the text. Pages: 737-740
Payal Kanwar Chandel (AIBAS, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan ) |
Pages: 741-743 Gagan Deep (Department of Communication Management and Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana ) Many inventions like light, wheel, printing, sound etc. has been the base of human evolution since ages, but one innovation, which has really brought revolution in the recent times, is internet. Internet itself is a harmless tool but the latest phenomenon which are the social networking sites, have driven the mental health of the masses in a different way, especially of teenagers. The present paper talks about the affects of over use of social networking sites on the mental health of teenagers and offers some solutions to this problem. It is highlighted here that how the social networking sites are doing harm to the teenagers and how some measures at the school and family level can control this situation. Pages: 741-743
Gagan Deep (Department of Communication Management and Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and… |
Pages: 744-746 Anita Sharma and Sandeep Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh) Alcoholism is the dependence on, or addiction to alcohol and it is a chronic, progressive and sometimes fatal disease (Goedde & Agarwal, 1989). In this article the psychotherapeutic treatment of a 45 years old patient is described. The treatment leads to the exploration of various facets of the patient's life. The results of the treatment were suggestive of significant improvement and the resolution of various underlying issues. Pages: 744-746
Anita Sharma and Sandeep Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh) |
Pages: 747-748 Palash Mandal, Vigneshvaran, K., Sanjeev Kumar and K. Sekar (Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Karnataka ) Disasters strike at most unwanted hour and take troll from human life. During Second World War mental health issues of war survivors were noticed, though further this area was not much explored. Only in past decade this area got attention and lot of changes came into this field. Earlier mental health services were medical model based but now paradigm shifted from medical to bio-psycho-social model, intervention became more community based rather institutional and empowering to the survivors. In developing countries still there is lack of management strategy for assessment and providing basic services to the survivors. This study was aimed to assess psychosocial impact on survivors following the landslide and their need for long term rehabilitation. Indepth interview and observation method were used to collect data. Various kind of psychosocial response of survivors was identified such as loss of family members, property, livelihood, numbness, flashback, guilt feeling, hopelessness, elations, etc. Pages: 747-748
Palash Mandal, Vigneshvaran, K., Sanjeev Kumar and K. Sekar (Department of Psychiatric Social Work… |
Pages: 749-751 Sradhanjali Mishra (Department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relation, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisa) Communication in the present corporate world has gained currency due to the overhauling change of the information system. There is an imperative need for an effective communication in the corporate world. An improved written communication system can make employees happier with their jobs, cut down on confusion and paper work, and even bring in more business. For proper ventilation, employer's views there have to be a full proof communication mechanism. In our present study a humble attempt has been made to focus on the facilities for communication through implementation of Employee Value Proportion (EVP). Recent experience has shown that personal communication is critical for smooth running of companies and cannot be fully replaced by any form of technical communication devices. To shoulder these responsibility employees, must learn to understand their own behavior. Perhaps the largest shift in contemporary corporate communication is an expansion of its strategic mandate, and this expansion is closely tied to the rise in importance of communicating and nurturing corporate identity, brand, and reputation. Most managers are well-known with the language and activities of envisioning a business, setting a strategy, establishing goals, and figuring out how to meet the goals with a series of short-term objectives. This article dwells upon the outcomes of the research on the relationship between the extent of communication among organizational units and its efficiency. Pages: 749-751
Sradhanjali Mishra (Department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relation, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisa) |
Pages: 752-756 Gete Tsegaye (Department of Psychology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia) The present study aimed to find out the prevalence of substance use and its relationship with selected socio-demographic factors as well as its educational impacts. Halaba public secondary school was selected purposefully due to its strategic importance. Out of a total of 5,518 students 311 female and 500 male students were selected to take part in the study by using proportionate stratified random sampling technique . A survey questionnaire was used to collect data by the help of 11 secondary school teachers. Three FGDs were conducted with 24 key informants. According to the present study 29.8% of the students were found to be current substance users. Chi-Square Test indicated that gender and substance use were highly significantly associated (p< .001). On the other hand, one way ANOVA indicated that Muslims were more involved in khat chewing compared to other religious groups. Also grades 9 & 10 students were more involved compared to their seniors. The more the parents' were educated the trend observed was that the lesser is the involvement of their children in substance use. Children of vocational level educated parents were less involved in substance use. Likewise, compared to other professional groups farmers' children were more involved in substance use (p<.001). Furthermore, an indication that pointed out negative impacts of substance use on academics was found. In order to control and prevent substance use in schools, an integrated approach that involves Parent Teacher Association, Student Council, Community and Religious leaders and the Government should be employed. Pages: 752-756
Gete Tsegaye (Department of Psychology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia) |
Pages: 757-762 Gitanjali Kapoor and Kamayani Mathur (Department of Psychology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat ) Diabetes makes many demands on lifestyle and poses debilitating and life-threatening complications which overall have a negative impact on a patient's well-being and social life. India is presently home to 62 million diabetics an increase of nearly 2 million in just one year with more than 50 % of them unacquainted of their condition. Thus the objective of the present research was to study the level of diabetes empowerment and resulting distress in the patients of type 2 diabetes. A total sample of 120 diabetics aged 45 to 70 years equally divided gender-wise was selected from different hospitals of Ahmedabad city through purposive sampling method. The Diabetes Empowerment Scale (Anderson, 2000) and Diabetes Distress Scale (Polonsky, 2005) were administered to the subjects. ANOVA was used to statistically analyze the data. The results revealed that diabetes empowerment was observed to be less in females than in males and more so in the patients with diabetes duration of less than 7 years. Males were found to be better at managing the psychological aspects of diabetes and setting and achieving diabetes goals. Emotional burden, physician related distress and interpersonal distress were observed to be higher in females than in males. Type 2 diabetics with duration of diabetes less than 7 years had more diabetes distress. Pages: 757-762
Gitanjali Kapoor and Kamayani Mathur (Department of Psychology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat ) |
Pages: 763-768 Anita Sharma and Sandeep Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla) This research has been performed to explore and compare the personality profile of Alcoholics, Drug Addicts and Normals by using the New Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) of Costa and McCrae (1992). Alcoholic and Drug Addicts were selected from drug rehabilitation centers from Amritsar (Punjab) by applying Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) (Skinner, 1982) and Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) (Skinner, 1982) on them. The total sample comprised of 120 subjects with 40 Alcoholics, 40 Drug Addicts and 40 Normals. For the analysis purpose, one way ANOVA and Post-hoc comparison i.e.,Duncan's multiple range test have been used. In terms of NEO-five factor model of personality taxonomy, the present study reveals that alcoholics scored significantly higher on personality dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion followed by drug addicts. Whereas, normals scored significantly higher on openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness dimensions of personality. Pages: 763-768
Anita Sharma and Sandeep Sharma (Department of Psychology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla) |
Pages: 769-773 Tabasum Farooq Khan and Musaddiq Jahan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) Orphans exist in all societies. The number of orphans is increasing day by day in India in general and in Kashmir in particular, due to the past 23 years of conflict. Besides, the trend of institutionalizing them is spreading in the society. This study aimed to compare the psychological wellbeing and achievement motivation of orphan and non-orphan adolescents (males and females) in Kashmir. Participants comprised of 80 adolescents, out of whom 20 were male orphans, 20 female orphans, 20 male non orphans and 20 female non -orphans. The sample was collected from three orphanages and different schools of Kashmir. Ryff's psychological well-being scale and Deo-Mohan Achievement Motivation scale were administered to collect data. Multivariate analysis of variance was performed to analyze data. A significant difference was obtained between orphans and non-orphans on psychological wellbeing. Non-orphans scored higher on psychological wellbeing than orphan adolescents. Certain dimensions of psychological well-being namely personal growth, positive relations, purpose in life and self-acceptance also differ significantly in orphans and non-orphans. Only one dimension on which males and females differ significantly was purpose in life. No significant difference was obtained between orphan and non-orphan& between male and female adolescents on achievement motivation. So, the concerned bodies, policy makers, schools, family, governmental and non-governmental organization should work together in order to increase the psychological well-being of orphans. Pages: 769-773
Tabasum Farooq Khan and Musaddiq Jahan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar… |
Pages: 774-777 Neelam Kumari and Jai Prakash (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi) The cognitive profile in schizophrenia is characterized by deficits across several domains, notably attention, memory and executive functions. The aspects of executive functions that are compromised in schizophrenia are the capacities for volitional activity, forward planning and self regulation. Therefore, cognitive enhancement interventions programs have been achieving importance and interest because they may provide direct benefits to patients with executive dysfunctions (Wykes et al., 2011). To see the effect of executive function rehabilitaton training on patients with schizophrenia. By using purposive sampling technique, 10 patients of schizophrenia were chosen according to ICD 10 DCR criteria and were divided randomly into two groups, experimental group and control group. Executive functioning was assessed among all the participants of experimental group as well as control group by using WCST. After baseline assessment, executive function rehabilitation training was provided to the experimental group using executive function module of Brainwave R series and after the training both the groups were assessed by using WCST. The patients with schizophrenia demonstrated improvement in various measures of WCST namely perseverative errors, percent perseverative errors, non perseverative errors, percent non perseverative errors, conceptual level responses, percent conceptual level responses and number of categories completed after they underwent executive function rehabilitation training. Pages: 774-777
Neelam Kumari and Jai Prakash (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry… |
Pages: 778-783 Jeny Rapheal (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore ) Varghese Paul K. (Department of Psychology, Prajyoti Niketan College, Pudukkad) An attempt is made to view Home Environment of adolescents of India from the perspective of Self Determination theory (SDT) which is a need based theory. Psychological need satisfaction of adolescents in the backdrop of their Home Environment is a rarely attempted topic of investigation in Indian research scenario. The postulates and assumptions of SDT seem to be very much appropriate for Indian parenting contexts in this era of globalization and consequent cultural intermixing. It is high time that empirically supported facts of SDT is to be tried and tested in eastern cultures where collectivism is gradually losing its hold on interpersonal relationships and replaced by individualism and personal autonomy. Review of studies of past dealing with the environmental correlates of adolescent well-being asserts the ineluctable role of environment as the cardinal agency for adolescents' basic psychological need satisfaction. In the analysis of data collected from the adolescents of 69 Indian families, significant association was observed between various dimensions of Home environment and the three basic psychological needs of SDT. Study concludes that "autonomy supportive" environment and "autonomy supportive" parenting should be introduced in research as well as practice in India. Pages: 778-783
Jeny Rapheal (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore )
Varghese Paul K. (Department of Psychology… |
Pages: 784-788 A.K. Yaduvanshi (Department of Psychology, St. Johns College, Agra) A. Abraham (Department of Psychology, Scottish Church College, Kolkata) S. Jain (Department of Statistics and Computer Science, St. Johns College, Agra) S. Tomar (Department of Sociology, S.N. Medical College, Agra) Leprosy is a medical problem as well as social problem because it creates lots of psychosocial and economical problems. In the present study an attempt was made to measure anxiety in patients with leprosy in Agra and Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The sample (N=300) consisted of 150 male and 150 female patients with leprosy from each districts between age ranged 18-60 years. Anxiety score of the study was obtained with the help of anxiety scale administered after establishment of rapport in the clinical setup with leprosy patients. Analysis of the data was made by computing mean, standard deviation, t-test and chi-square test for statistical significance. Result indicated that male patient with leprosy had significantly higher anxiety than female patients with leprosy. It was seen that 45.33% of the male and 36.66% of the female patients were suffering from anxiety. Majority of the patients with leprosy come from poor socio-economic background. The findings of this study emphasize the importance and need of intervention on economic rehabilitation for patients with leprosy. A supportive approach with reassurance is quite effective for the patients and it is suggested that relaxation techniques and psychotherapy is essential for leprosy patients suffering with anxiety. Pages: 784-788
A.K. Yaduvanshi (Department of Psychology, St. Johns College, Agra)
A. Abraham (Department of Psychology, Scottish… |
Pages: 789-794 Veena Gupta (Department of Psychology, Indraprastha College for Women University of Delhi, Delhi) Pooja Jaggi (Department of Psychology, Mata Sundri College University of Delhi, Delhi) Malika Murli (HR Associate, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific, New Delhi) The present study was an attempt to examine the parental preparation in relation to childbirth. The sample consisted of 100 subjects, of which 25 couples were those where fathers were present in the labor room and the other 25 couples were those where fathers were not present. A semi-structured interview was used to assess the level of preparation by both the parents on four dimensions - intellectual, physical, social and emotional. The results indicate that overall fathers who were present in the labor room showed more involvement throughout the pregnancy, and seemed to be more prepared both intellectually and physically. The mothers showed similar levels of preparation on all four dimensions in both the groups. In the group where fathers were present in the labor room, partners reported better marital relationships, and the duration of labor was found to be significantly shorter. The present study implies a need for changing traditional gender roles in the process of childbirth. Pages: 789-794
Veena Gupta (Department of Psychology, Indraprastha College for Women University of Delhi, Delhi)
Pooja Jaggi… |
Pages: 795-799 Jessicinta P. Coelho and Kamayani Mathur (Department of Psychology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat) Chronic illness is any disorder that persists over a long period and affects the physical, emotional, intellectual, vocational, social and spiritual functioning. (Medical dictionary, 2009). The objective of the present study was to measure the helplessness and general wellbeing in adult patients of Arthritis, Essential Hypertension and Obesity. The total consisted of 120 subjects aged 18 years and above selected from the various hospitals of Ahmedabad city using the purposive sampling technique and were equally divided into 3 groups of chronic illnesses. The Helplessness scale (Mathur & Bhatnagar, 2012) and the P.G.I General Wellbeing Scale (Verma & Verma, 1989) were administered to the subjects. The student's t-test was used to statistically analyze the data. The results indicated that the female patients of arthritis and obesity showed more helplessness as compared to the male patients. Whereas the male patients of essential hypertension showed more helplessness as compared to the female patients of essential hypertension. The patients of obesity showed more helplessness as compared to the patients of arthritis and essential hypertension. The male patients of all the three chronic illness groups showed a better wellbeing level as compared to the female patients of all the three groups. The results on the general wellbeing measure indicated that there was no difference among the three groups of chronic illnesses. Pages: 795-799
Jessicinta P. Coelho and Kamayani Mathur (Department of Psychology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat) |
Pages: 800-804 Kranti Sihotra (Govt. M.A.M College, Jammu) Poonam Sharma (Department of Psychology, Jammu University, Jammu ) The present study will try to find out the gender issues in access of children to secondary education, the performance and academic achievement motivation of girls and boys and the underlying self esteem. Gender equality in education is the basic human right. Human capital is defined as the stock of knowledge and personal abilities an individual possesses, and is perceived as a factor of production that can be improved through education, training and experience. A normative survey method was used. Stratified random sample of school going children were part of the study (N=104). 52 boys and 52 girls were part of the study. Rosenberg self esteem scale and Sharma academic achievement motivation test (AAMT) were used as measuring instruments. The data obtained was analysed statistically. The results indicated that gender plays a significant role in access of enrolment of girls in secondary education but there is no significant difference in human capital. Pages: 800-804
Kranti Sihotra (Govt. M.A.M College, Jammu)
Poonam Sharma (Department of Psychology, Jammu University, Jammu ) |
Pages: 805-810 Sangeeta Rath and Stuti Das (Department of Psychology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha) Psychologists have identified personality variables as one of the most important factors related to physical illness. The period since 1950s till date, research has continued to show positive results relating illness to psychological factors and personality. Research in this area suggests that stress seems to affect some people more than it does to others, and researchers have looked for personality variables that might account for differential effects of stress. This study attempts to compare the neuroticism versus emotional stability scores of hypertensive and normotensive as well as male and female participants. The study adopted a 2 (hypertensives and normotensives) x 2 (males and females) factorial design. Two hundred and forty participants (120 chronic hypertensives and 120 normotensives) are selected from Gurgaon, Delhi. Out of 120 hypertensives, there were 60 males and 60 females. Similarly 60 healthy males and 60 healthy females not suffering from hypertension or any other disease were selected. The participants of all the four groups compared with respect to their scores on neuroticism versus emotional stability. The results indicate that hypertensives showed more score in all the dimensions of neuroticism compared to normotensives. It is also found that females have more depression and anxiety than males. They are more self-conscious and more vulnerable to stress compared to males. Males score high on anger, hostility and impulsive dimensions of the personality. Pages: 805-810
Sangeeta Rath and Stuti Das (Department of Psychology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha) |
Pages: 811-815 Hansita Ojha and B.G Singh (Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) The purpose of the present study was to examine the differences in thinking styles among adolescence of two different regions Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Total 400 (200 boys and 200 girls) adolescents were taken in the sample. The Thinking Style Scale developed by John, Singh and Verma (2005) was used. The multivariate analysis revealed significant effect of gender, region, as well as their interaction effects on thinking styles of adolescents where judicial thinking style, executive thinking style, monarchic thinking style and anarchic thinking style had significant effect on gender. The legislative thinking style, Hierarchic thinking style, Oligarchic thinking style, Local thinking style had significant effect on region. The results also revealed that the interaction effect of gender and region had significant effect on legislative thinking style. Pages: 811-815
Hansita Ojha and B.G Singh (Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhatisgarh) |
Pages: 816-819 Swati Chaudhary (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Haryana) Suman Chaudhari (Arya College of Education Bherian, Hisar Haryana) The aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between psychological capital, job satisfaction and turnover intention of employees of banks of public sector undertaking in India. A sample of 100 employees including 77 males and 23 females is selected for the investigation. PsyCap was measured with the use of the 24-item psychological capital questionnaire (PCQ) by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio (2007). The Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) was developed by Muthayya (1973) and Turnover Intention assessed through Shore and Martin (1989) scale. Findings of study shows that there is not a significant correlation between psychological capital and job satisfaction but psychological capital and turnover intention have a negative significant correlation. It is also reveals that there is significant difference in male and female's job satisfaction and turnover intention. Pages: 816-819
Swati Chaudhary (Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Haryana)
Suman Chaudhari (Arya College of Education… |
Pages: 820-822 Raja Lakshmi and Nandha Kumara Pujam (Department of Clinical Psychology, SRM Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu) Internet has become an integral part of our life for the past one decade. In India use of internet is massive among students. There is growing concern about whether internet usage is excessive and does it leads to addiction. Furthermore prevalence study of Internet Addiction is need of the hour. The present study is to find out the prevalence of Internet Addiction and its associated depression in college students of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. In this study 200 college students from Kerala and Tamil Nadu were randomly selected. They were assessed for internet addiction and depression using the measures Internet Addiction Test and Beck Depression Inventory. This was a cross sectional study and the analysis include mean, standard deviation, percentage and 't'. Results show that 9% of college students of Tamil Nadu and 12% of college students of Kerala have depression associated with internet addiction. Pages: 820-822
Raja Lakshmi and Nandha Kumara Pujam (Department of Clinical Psychology, SRM Medical College, Hospital… |
Pages: 823-825 Shruti Saxena (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) The aim of the present study is to study the relationship between psychological hardiness and mental health among college students .The study was conducted to a sample of 100 college students (50 boys and 50 girls). Psychological hardinesstest and Mental health test was used to collect data. The results of the study showed that there exists a significant positive relationship between psychological hardiness and mental health among college students. Pages: 823-825
Shruti Saxena (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) |
Pages: 826-828 Archana Satsangi and Urvashi Sharma (Department of Psychology, Dayalbagh Institute of Education, Agra, Uttar Pradesh) In the modern era, men are seeking an effective guidelines to illuminate their spirituality which enhances their physical, social, and emotional state. Therefore, the present research paper tries to investigate the effect of spirituality on emotional stability among middle aged working men and women. The sample consists of 50 subjects (25 males & 25 females) working in teaching profession. The sample has taken from Mathura city. Sample is equal in terms of education, income, age group and marital status. For measuring spirituality, 'Spirituality Attitude Scale' by Husain et al. (2010) and for emotional stability 'DPI (Dimension of Personality)' by Dr. Bhargav (1994) were used. To find out the effect of spirituality and gender on emotional stability 2×2 factorial design was used. The result of the present research reveals that there is a significant effect of spirituality and gender on emotional stability. Pages: 826-828
Archana Satsangi and Urvashi Sharma (Department of Psychology, Dayalbagh Institute of Education, Agra, Uttar… |
Pages: 829-830 Shweta Chaturvedi and Preet Kumari (Department of Psychology, DEI, Dayalbagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh) Cognitive style refers to the characteristic way in which an individual conceptually organizes the environment. The relationship of psychological well being with different cognitive styles may have an important implication in human development for that reason the aim of the present study was to assess the relationship of cognitive styles (systematic and intuitive) with psychological well being among adolescents. The product moment correlation was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed high positive correlation of psychological well-being with systematic cognitive style and low positive correlation with intuitive cognitive style. Pages: 829-830
Shweta Chaturvedi and Preet Kumari (Department of Psychology, DEI, Dayalbagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh) |
Pages: 831-835 Darshnita B. Ahluwalia and Promila Singh (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh) The aim of the present piece of research work is to examine empirically that Work Motivation, Organisational Climate and Hierarchical Level as Predictors of Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment among Railway Employees. Employing Expost-facto research where correlational design was employed and scientific methodology will be used to answer research questions. This study was conducted in Wagon Repair Shop, Raipur on 590 Railway employees in three different hierarchical levels. Significant differences were observed at three different hierarchical level. Decision making process and support system dimension in organisational climate emerged as significant predictors of job satisfaction. Dependence, organisational orientation, psychological incentives and material incentives, dimension of work motivation emerged as significant predictors of job satisfaction. Organisational structure, communication flow and identity problem and work motivation total dimension in organisational climate and work motivation emerged as significant predictors of organisational commitment. Pages: 831-835
Darshnita B. Ahluwalia and Promila Singh (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla… |