Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Pages: 963-967
Ishita Arora (Department of Psychology, Ashoka University, Rai, Sonepat, Haryana)
Peeyush Khare (Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven)

In this paper, we examined the relationship between mental health, quality of life and spirituality in an Indian spiritual organization setting. Rapid advances in all spheres of science have led to an unprecedented increase in the physical comforts available to the general population. However, studies have shown an inverse relationship between this tangible progress, and health and happiness of an individual. Stress, anxiety and loneliness have become common mental ailments in today's technology mediated life. There is an urgent need to look for newer ways to treat the various mental and social illnesses being faced by the present generation. Sixty healthy individuals participated in our study. Three-fourth of the respondents self-reported experiencing good quality of life and one-third reported to have a high level of spiritual development. We found a positive relationship between one's spiritual development and the quality of life of the individual. The highest correlation was seen between realistic acceptance of God and socio-environmental quality of life. Psychological quality of life showed a positive relationship with awareness and negative relationship with instability with God. We were unable to establish any cause and effect relationship between the two variables of spirituality and quality of life because of limitations associated with methodology and sample of study. The implications of this study are significant as it tests the findings of previous studies in an Indian setting, and establishes a basis for future studies to be more elaborate and experimental, allowing the determination of a causal relationship between spirituality and quality of life.

Pages: 973-976
Anwaar Mohyuddin and Zainab Suleman (Department of Anthropology, Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan)

This particular research aimed to explore the perception and preferences of people regarding indigenous and western health practices. The objectives of the research are to know what health model is preferred by people and what the reasons of preferring certain health model are. Another objective was to know about the link of education and employment with a selection of health model. The research was conducted in village Tiyal, District Haripur. 80 respondents were selected; age, gender, education and employment were inclusive factors. Structured interviews were conducted with the help of a questionnaire. The results of the study indicate that the majority of the people intends to prefer western models of health because of its reliability and quick recovery. It was observed that education and employment does play a role in selecting health models, but even uneducated and poor people also opt for western medicine from a quack even if they cannot afford a general physician. In the light of this study it is recommended that the Government should focus on managing health resources for the people living in rural areas.

Pages: 982-985
Abdul-Kareem M. Jaradat (Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Yarmouk University, Jordan)

The purpose of this study was to explore the differences in boredom proneness by gender and academic achievement among a sample of 612 (185 male, 427 female) Jordanian undergraduate students. Boredom proneness was measured using the short form of the boredom proneness scale (Vodanovich, Wallace, & Kass, 2005). Results showed that females scored significantly higher on the external stimulation subscale than males, and low achieving students scored significantly higher on the subscales of internal and external stimulation, compared with their peers who were high achievers. Based on these results, implications for counselors and future research were presented.

Pages: 990-993
Poonam Mukherjee (Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Tirpura)
Hillol Mukherjee (Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Govt. of Tripura, Tirpura)

A group of 30 children from single parent families were compared to 30 children from intact families to see whether the former would show any difference with the later in terms of General Well being, and Level of Aggression particularly taking the tribal population of Tripura state into consideration. The present study attempts to synthesize and evaluate the mere presence of both the parents which might play an effective role in the development of General Well Being. Standardized Psychological Tests (Questionnaires) were administered following standard procedures given by the respective test devices. Results showed that as expected the children belonging to single parent families differ significantly in terms of their General Well being, and Level of Aggression when compared to the children from the intact families. And the children from the single parent families are having a very higher level of aggression which may contribute to their poor level of general wellbeing.

Pages: 999-1002
Ayesha Zafar (Department of Clinical Psychology Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan) Saira Majid (Applied Psychologist, Pakistan)

The aim of the study was to determine the role of coping strategies in mental health and quality of life of Caregivers of Chronically ill Patients. The two chronic illnesses selected for the present study were Liver Cirrhosis and Ischemic Heart Disease. The sample consisted of N=202 primary caregivers (Men =117; Women =85). Data for caregivers of Liver Cirrhosis patients was collected from Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore and for Ischemic Heart Disease from The Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore. Age range of caregivers was from 15-60 years. Purposive sampling was used. To fulfill the objectives of the study Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Chi-square and Multiple Regression were used. Three scales other than demographic sheet namely Urdu version by Akhtar (2005) of Brief Cope developed by Carver (1989) and Urdu version by Khan, Akhtar, Ayub, Alam, and Laghari (2003) of WHO-Quality of Life Questionnaire developed by Power, (2003) and Urdu version of General Health Questionnaire-28 by (Sanam,2001) developed by Goldenberg (1978) were used. Results indicated mental health and positive coping had inverse significant relationship. Multiple regression analysis showed impact of coping styles on quality of life among caregivers of chronically ill. Cross tabulation revealed an association between coping styles and demographic variables such as education, marital status, parent's education, disease and birth order.

Pages: 1007-1009
Jyoti (KVM Nursing College, Rohtak, Haryana)

Sample characteristics revealed that majority of the subjects were 13-15 years old (72.5%).In the pre-test 37.5% of the samples had average knowledge and 62.5% had poor knowledge regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene where as in post-test 65% of samples had good knowledge and 35% of the samples had average knowledge regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene. On comparison of the mean post-test knowledge score in all areas were higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score. This shows that self instructional module was effective in increasing the knowledge score among adolescent girls.

Pages: 1016-1018
Shabahat Bano (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

This study was designed to examine the level of adjustment pattern amongst adolescents as a result of different parenting practices. A sample of 300 subjects, 150 male and 150 female between 11 to 20 years of age were taken. The tools used were Family relationship inventory, prepared by Brunken and Crites (1964)and Bell adjustment rating inventory (Hindi form) developed by Hussain, S. (1969).results showed that when mean comparisions were carried out among early, mid and late adolescents, the affect can be seen highest among late adolescents with m=48.10 on parental acceptance , and early adolescents' parental acceptance m=30.93,while mid adolescent's parental acceptance m=48.07, respectively. The late adolescents group showed highest adjustment level as it scored lowest on adjustment and its sub dimensions ( as a reverse relationship is existing between adjustment and the independent variables - parenting , by the use of adjustment inventory). Moreover, mid adolescents group have also been reported to score higher than the early adolescents group on adjustment and its sub-dimensions. This indicates that with each succession in age the capacity to adjust improves among adolescents. Thus,Parental availability has been hypothesized to influence human beings' adjustment from early to late adolescence

Pages: 1022-1024
Pramod Kumar Saharan (College of Nursing, Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak)
Ujjawal Dahiya (College of Nursing AIIMS, New Delhi)
Sat Pal (Department of Physiology, Pt.B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak )

“A study to assess the knowledge and attitude of rickshaw driver's regarding tobacco and its harmful effects at Mohindergarh (Haryna) in a view to develop and distribute study material on hazards of tobacco.” sample size consists of 100 Auto Rickshaw, with the objective of knowledge and attitude of rickshaw driverss regarding tobacco and its harmful effect .the descriptive research designwas used, the sampling technique was convenient sampling technique, The study results on knowledge level showed that 78 (78%) had inadequate knowledge, 15 (15%) had moderate knowledge and 7 (7%) had adequate knowledge and conclude that rickshaw drivers having less knowledge on tobacco and its harmful effects. that (70%) samples are having favorable attitude, (25%) samples are having moderate favorable attitude and (5%) having unfavorable attitude regarding tobacco and its harmful effects.

Pages: 1028-1032
Anthony K. Nkyi (Counseling Center, College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana)

Post-traumatic stress disorder is increasingly recognized to be a prevalent and disabling disorder in children and adolescents, in both the developed and the developing world. Although there have been important advances in the area of research in understanding the diagnosis and assessment of PTSD in children, there is still an urgent need for further research in this area. This paper focuses on the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a variety of traumatic situations, with particular emphasis to children and adolescence. The history, diagnostic criteria, epidemiology and assessment of PTSD in children are discussed. Some treatments for PTSD in children and implications for health professionals are also suggested.

Pages: 1037-1040
Tehseen Nazir (Department of Guidance & Counseling, Ankara University, Turkey)
Falak Nesheen (Department of Psychology, AMU, Aligarh, U.P.)

School bullying conveys a deep rooted arrangement of passionate scars that for all time influence children's into adulthood. Bullying is connected with uneasiness, and poor school execution. Bullying can prompt physical harm, social issues, passionate issues, and even death. Children and teenagers who are harassed are at expanded danger for mental issues, including melancholy, and issues changing in accordance with school. Bullying likewise can bring about long haul harm to self-regard. Not just these issues school bullying can likewise truly impact the psychological wellbeing of adolescents. Being bullied subsequent to from their adolescence, the after effects were seen to be available in their adolescence. The present article is confined to clarify the genuine significance of school bullying and what causes a domineering jerk to act particularly that may deteriorate the day by day life of a victim. The present article is also framed to figure out the effect of school bullying on the psychological wellbeing of adolescents.

Pages: 1044-1048
अनिल धर एवं राजकुमार (जैन विश्वभारती विश्वविद्यालय, लाडनूं, राजस्थान)

वर्तमान अध्ययन में 14 से 20 वर्ष के 9वी से 12वी कक्षा के छात्रों (लडकों) के न्यादर्श पर प्रेक्षाध्यान का उनकी हिंसक प्रवर्ति पर प्रभाव सम्बन्धि अन्वेषण किया गया इसमें पूर्व परिक्षण व चार माह बाद पश्च परिक्षण किया गया जहाँ नियंत्रित समूह मे 30 व प्रायोगिक समूह में 90 मानव सहभागी थें प्रायोगिक समूह को 30-30 के तीन समूहों में बांटा गया जिसमें प्रायोगिक समूह प्रथम ने 30 मिनट तक आसन व प्राणयाम, प्रायोगिक समूह 2 के 30 प्रायोज्यों ने प्रेक्षाध्यान (महाप्राण ध्वनि, श्वास प्रेक्षा, ज्योति केन्द्र प्रेक्षा, अनुपे्रक्षा) इस शोध कार्य में नियंत्रित व प्रायोगिक समूह के किशोरों की आक्रामकता मापने हेतु आक्रामकता मापनी (कुमारी रोमापाल, श्री तस्नीम नकबी, 1999) का प्रयोग किया गया। नियंत्रित व प्रायोगिक समूह के मध्य अन्तर व अन्तरा मे भिन्नता देखने हेतु टी सांख्यकी का प्रयोग किया गया और यह निष्कर्ष पाया गया पूर्व-प्रयोगिक समूह 1 व नियंत्रित समूह का हिंसात्मक अभिवर्ती के स्तर में कोई सार्थक एवं महत्वपूर्ण सांख्यकीक अंतर नही पाया गया। पूर्व-प्रयोगिक समूह 2 व नियंत्रित समूह का हिंसात्मक अभिवर्ती के स्तर में कोई सार्थक एवं महत्वपूर्ण सांख्यकीक अंतर नही पाया गया। पूर्व-प्रयोगिक समूह 3 व नियंत्रित समूह का हिंसात्मक अभिवर्ती के स्तर में कोई सार्थक एवं महत्वपूर्ण सांख्यकीक अंतर नही पाया गया। पश्च-प्रायोगिक समूह 1 व पश्च-प्रायोगिक समह 2 के हिंसात्मक अभिवर्ति के स्तर में सार्थक एवं सांख्किीय रूप से महत्वपूर्ण अंतर पाया गया। पश्च-प्रायोगिक समूह 2 व पश्च-प्रायोगिक समह 3 के हिंसात्मक अभिवर्ति के स्तर में सार्थक एवं सांख्किीय रूप से महत्वपूर्ण अंतर पाया गया। पश्च-प्रायोगिक समूह 1 व पश्च- प्रायोगिक समह 3 के हिंसात्मक अभिवर्ति के स्तर में सार्थक एवं सांख्किीय रूप से महत्वपूर्ण अंतर पाया गया।